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Organizations: Owners, Developers, Facility Managers
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AASHTO – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
www.aashto.org
News and Issues provides past and current issues of the AASHTO Journal, Daily Transportation Update, meeting topics and schedule information. Bookstore offers for sale reference materials and specifications related to transportation issues, such as bridges and structures, construction, maintenance, design, traffic, planning, environment; "AASHTO Reference Book," with contact information for all state highway department officials and other transportation officials (free to members and for sale to visitors). Lists meetings, conventions, conferences, events related to AASHTO or transportation. AASHTO Innovative Highway Technologies provides information about highway design and maintenance technologies; contains Tests and Trials database and Transportation Research Board's TRIS Research in Progress Database. National Transportation Product Evaluation Program provides information about research in the areas of traffic safety, construction, maintenance materials.
American Public Works Association
www.apwa.net
Provides regulatory, legislative updates and position papers. Contains chapter directory. Lists jobs in engineering, public works, utilities and related fields. Resource Center provides government and public works links for engineering and technology, public works administration and management, transportation, water resources. Includes information about continuing education programs and workshops. Bookstore offers continuing education programs; contract documents; publications on construction, engineering and technology, transportation planning and design, water and environment, infrastructure. Institutes and Special Interest Groups provides information about MicroPAVER pavement maintenance software developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Can view research report on airport pavement management systems worldwide. Resource Center, Online Buyers Guide lists service, consulting, manufacturing companies serving the public works industry in alphabetical order or by category, including bridges, construction, engineering, demolition, environmental, pipe, pavement, roads, safety, trenches, underground damage prevention. Federally Funded Projects includes Environmental Management Systems handbooks and guides. Links includes Recommended Marking Guidelines and color codes for excavation.
American School and University Magazine
www.asumag.com
Provides daily headlines, product information index, current and archived issues, RSS News Feed. Articles by Topic includes articles on “Security,” “Green Buildings,” “Construction & Design,” “Energy & Indoor Environment,” “Flooring & Carpeting,” “Furniture & Furnishings,” “Maintenance & Operations,” “Washrooms & Locker Rooms,” “Daylighting & Windows” and “Contract Services."
American Water Works Association
www.awwa.org
Provides events schedule; technical forums; government, legislative and regulatory information; seminars and technical courses; offers for sale downloadable standards, manuals and conference papers. Buyers Guide lists service, consulting firms serving the water and wastewater industry in alphabetical order or by category. Career Center lists jobs openings for engineers and technical professionals in the water industry.
APPA – Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
www.appa.org
Provides information for facilities officers and physical plant administrators at colleges, universities and other educational institutions. "General Administration and Management," "Maintenance and Operations," "Energy and Utilities" and "Planning, Design and Construction" categories contain RFPs for corresponding services and include school name, project title and full text of the RFP. Provides links to facilities management departments at colleges and universities; articles and links on K-12 facilities planning. Contains full text of current and archival (1996-) issues of Facilities Manager. Membership, Buyer's Guide lists product and service providers by category, including facilities inspection, athletic facilities construction, building systems, consulting, building accessories, building services and environmental. Bookstore offers books for sale online on educational facility planning, design and construction; administration and management; and maintenance and operations.
Associated Owners and Developers
www.constructionchannel.net/aod/index.htm
Provides quarterly newsletter, magazine; information about annual industry conference, standard form agreements between owners and contractors; construction cases of the month; job board; offers state construction law books for sale.
Association for Facilities Engineering
www.afe.org/index.cfm
Includes directory of product and service providers; events calendar; articles from Facilities Engineering Journal, recent editions of e-newsletter. Certification provides information on certification programs for plant engineers, plant supervisors, plant maintenance managers and recertification process; FAQs; code of ethics; offers for sale sample questions and review materials for certification exams. Career Center allows job seekers and employers to post, view resumes and job openings.
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Building Owners and Managers Association
www.boma.org
Provides information about BOMA's position and activities related
to building codes and standards. Includes code-related position
papers, talking points, news releases and links; standards
available for sale; technical and regulatory publications
about construction, ADA, facilities management, standards
available for sale online; research and statistical reports
available for sale or download; topical discussion forums
for registered users; listing of conferences. Offers online
seminars and training packages for building owners and managers;
lists training opportunities and events. Energy Resource Center provides articles,
FAQs and links. Buyer's Guide links to member
building products and services suppliers.
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Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University
www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/
Program of the Departments of Civil Engineering and Computer Science within the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Research offers index of past (1993-) and present research projects arranged by date or focus area, with topics, dates and abstracts. Publications lists technical reports, working papers and other publications available for sale or online download; can search publications database; members can access CIFE Bulletin. Membership lists examples of technology transfer projects from CIFE research to industry members.
College Planning and Management
www.peterli.com/cpm/
Includes full text of articles from current issue and searchable article archive. Research and Reports includes current and archival annual College Housing Special Report, College Construction Report, School Construction Report, Campus Housing Report.
Construction Industry Institute
construction-institute.org
Provides information on research committees; benchmarking and metrics program; knowledge management system for CII research; training programs, workshops, seminars, webinars; research programs; directory of research and best practices products for sale; FAQs; news.
Construction Management Association of America
www.cmaanet.org
Contains “Choosing The Best Delivery Method for Your Facility Project”; “Owners Guide to Construction Management”; directory of construction and project managers; schedule specification; sample RFP; offers construction management publications for sale.
Construction Owners Association of America
www.coaa.org
Contains
information about the organization, member list, membership
application form, information about upcoming events, newsletter
issues, and links to newsgroups related to the construction
industry.
Construction Users Roundtable
www.curt.org/
Provides
information about workforce development, industrial relations,
and owner and constructor safety award programs; news. Lists
upcoming events and conferences; cost effectiveness and
other publications available for order or for free download;
member companies. Provides directory of local user roundtables.
Construction Users Roundtable, Local User Councils
These
regional councils of plant and facility owners are concerned
with improving the construction and maintenance process.
They focus on improving efficiency, productivity, safety,
quality, work practices; assuring the availability of skilled
construction workers; training; construction management;
wages and benefits; and public policy issues involving construction
and maintenance costs. Their Web sites typically provide
event and training calendars; member lists; statistics;
study results. Many of the councils formerly were affiliated
with the Business Roundtable's Construction Committee as
Local User Councils. Click
here for a list of Local User Councils,
with contact information and links to their Web sites.
Council of Educational Facility Planners International
www.cefpi.org
Lists conferences and workshops; Recognized Educational Facility Professionals by state. Provides state educational facility guideline information; links to state school facility agencies; Educational Facility Planner feature articles and article abstract database; catalog of design publications for sale online; school design consultant directory; and job openings in educational facility design and planning. Provides chapter links.
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FacilitiesNet
www.facilitiesnet.com
Provides RSS news feed; archive of articles organized by category, including construction/renovation/retrofit, HVAC, energy management, environmental issues, interior planning, lighting, facility management. Can access full text of current and archival (since 2002) issues of Building Operating Management and Maintenance Solutions magazines. Online bookstore offers books on facilities management and operations. Products contains product directory, with manufacturer information. Provides resources on accessibility, environment, health, safety; meeting and training seminar calendar. Salary Search provides benchmarks for salary information across states and types of jobs, facilities. Provides RSS feed; news updates; archives of "Building Operating Management, Maintenance Solutions," latest issue of "Facility Service Decisions"; discussion forums. Energy Efficiency includes links to energy pricing; statistics; resources on deregulation, energy efficiency, renewable energy; interactive tools.
FacilityManagement.com
www.facilitymanagement.com
Web site of American School and Hospital Facility magazine. Includes index of full-text articles on facility management issues organized by topic or by date since 2002. Digital edition provides back issues from 2008 and includes searchable database of past issues. Listings of building product manufacturers organized by product type provide company names and phone numbers. Lists industry-related professional associations, government, education and healthcare Web sites.
Facility Manager, Business Facilities
www.groupc.com/publications.php
Can view articles, news and departments from current and archival issues of Business Facilities and Today's Facility Manager. Provides topical index, with links to articles from past issues. Ask the Expert contains topical FAQs. Featured Locations provides state economic profiles, industry profiles, and database of available industrial sites and buildings, organized by state.
Federal Facilities Council
sites.nationalacademies.org/
DEPS/FFC/index.htm
Develops and advances technologies, processes and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their life cycle. Operates under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the National Research Council, the principal operating agency of the National Academies and the National Academy of Engineering. Lists events and workshops, ongoing and planned studies, committees, and reports available for sale.
FIATECH
www.fiatech.org
Non-profit consortium focused on developing technologies to improve design, engineering, construction and maintenance of capital projects and facilities. Provides research reports; media library; presentations; tutorial on buying software; information about, resources for Capital Projects Technology Roadmap; information on completed, ongoing research projects; reports; calendar; career center; RSS feed; guide to tech blogs. Provides reports on project planning, BIM, improving productivity, smart chips, handover of buildings and capital facilities, workforce development, data standards, life cycle data management.
FMLink
www.fmlink.com
Facilities management resource for registered users. Includes updates on regulations, government activity, industry developments, trends, research affecting the facilities management industry; announcements of facility service contract awards; surveys; cost indexes; discussion forum; links to facility management publications and professional organizations. Can browse online editions or search article database of all publications by keyword. Includes facilities management best practices; facilities checklists; step-by-step guides to managing facilities, presented by BOMI Institute; white papers and case studies; sustainability articles and product directory; statistical data; survey results. Lists conferences, professional courses and seminars; industry job opportunities; can post resumes. Can search for manufacturers/suppliers of facilities products. What's New provides updates on accessibility and code-related issues for the facilities management industry.
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Health Facilities Management
www.hfmmagazine.com/
Can view articles from current and archived issues. Includes buyers’ guide, e-newsletter, salary survey and free subscription to digital edition.
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International Facilities Management Association
www.ifma.org
Provides information about certification, professional development courses. Buyer’s Directory lists facilities management products. Tools and Resources includes articles on emergency preparedness; briefings on automated external defibrillators, smoking in office buildings, terrorism insurance, Brownfields, building mold, forced building access, ADA, electric utility deregulation, telecommunications demarcation points, indoor air quality and other issues. Bookstore offers facilities management publications for sale. JOBnet provides searchable job openings and resume database; offers online resume posting and job alerts.
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National Contract Management Association
www.ncmahq.org
Provides information about NCMA certification and training; lists local chapters; links to Internet contracting and small business resources. Provides conference schedules for NCMA and other organizations. Registered users can access online content from Contract Management magazine and Journal of Contract Management; users can search articles database by keyword. Hard copy and companion digital edition of annual Contract Management Resource Guide, annual Contract Management Salary Survey are available for purchase.
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Qualifications-Based Selection Information
www.iaengr.org/qbsinfo.htm
Can download "Qualifications-Based Selection: A Guide for Selecting an Architect or Engineer, or Land Surveyor – For Public Owners."
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School Planning and Management
www.peterli.com/spm/
Includes current issues of College Planning & Management and School Planning & Management; searchable article archive. Research and Reports includes current and archival annual College Housing Special Report, College Construction Report, School Construction Report, Campus Housing Report.
Service Channel
www.servicechannel.com
Web-based
service for the facilities management industry that allows property owners, facility
managers and service contractors to manage and store facilities' maintenance and
repair information, such as work orders, invoices and job status reports. Can track field work, manage insurance claims and W-9s, pay wages online. Visitors
can view product demo.
Skire
www.skire.com
Web-based applications enable users to manage the entire lifecycle of a facility, from pre-project planning to post-construction operations and maintenance. Project team members can use the Unifier to manage all data and business processes in one centralized system. Functions include Cost Manager, Schedule Manager, Program Manager, uDesigner. Can request product demo online.
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Today's Facility Manager
www.todaysfacilitymanager.com
Provides article archive from current, past issues organized by topic, including Building Envelope, Energy and Environment, Safety, Space Planning, Technology.
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Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org
Provides case studies of projects in development and on
smart growth; information on winners of awards for excellence.
Includes real estate data; list of information packets available
for sale; organizational and continuing education information;
and online forum. Bookstore offers real estate development and finance
publications for sale; workshops on real estate development
financing, multifamily housing development and other subjects.
Current, past issues of Urban Land, Land Use Digest and
Finance Trends, other publications; industry directories; and Buyers' Guide
are available to members only. Discover ULI, Marketplace lists RFPs/RFQs for development opportunities. Meetings and Education lists study tours, training programs, district council meetings, national meetings.
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WebPE.com
www.webpe.com
WebPE Property
Manager offers online management of property data, including data, photos and
maps. WebPE Environmental provides online monitoring of environmental compliance, restoration and prevention programs.
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