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Facility management

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Facility management (or facilities management or FM) is a professional management discipline focused upon the efficient and effective delivery of support services for the organizations that it serves. [1]

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Activity relationship chart

An activity relationship chart (ARC) is a tabular means of displaying the closeness rating among all pairs of activities or departments.

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Activity-based working

Activity-based working (ABW) is a transformational business strategy that provides people with a choice of settings for a variety of workplace activities.

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AM/FM/GIS

AM/FM/GIS stands for Automated Mapping/Facilities Management and is a subset of GIS, which is associated with public utilities like gas, electric, water and telecommunications.

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British Institute of Facilities Management

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) is a United Kingdom-based professional association for the facilities management sector.

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Building information modeling

Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places.

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Business continuity

Business continuity is the planning and preparation of a company to make sure it overcomes serious incidents or disasters and resumes its normal operations within a reasonably short period.

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Computerized maintenance management system

Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), also known as computerized maintenance management information system (CMMIS), is a software package that maintains a computer database of information about an organization's maintenance operations.

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Cost reduction

Cost reduction is the process used by companies to reduce their costs and increase their profits.

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Environmental stewardship

Environmental stewardship refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices.

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Global Facility Management Association (Global FM)

The Global Facility Management Association (Global FM) is a federation of facilities management associations.

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Human factors and ergonomics

Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as Human Factors), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the (engineering and) design of products, processes, and systems.

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Human resources

Human resources are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy.

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Information and communications technology

Information and communication technology (ICT) is another/extensional term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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International Facility Management Association

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) is a professional membership association which exists to guide and develop facility management professionals by providing services, products, resources and opportunities.

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International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.

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Janitor

A janitor (American English, Scottish English), janitress (female), custodian, porter, cleaner or caretaker is a person who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals, schools, and residential accommodation.

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Physical plant

Physical plant, mechanical plant or industrial plant (and where context is given, often just plant) refers to the necessary infrastructure used in operation and maintenance of a given facility.

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Project management

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.

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Property management

Property management is the operation, control, and oversight of real estate as used in its most broad terms.

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Real estate

Real estate is "property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

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1:5:200

In the construction industry, the 1:5:200 rule (or 1:5:200 ratio) is a rule of thumb that states that.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facility_management

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