7.28.10 | Houston, TX | The Facilities Management Workshop will be held Aug. 26-27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street,
Dupont Circle, Washington, DC. The theme of the two day event is, “Achieving Organizational
Objectives Through FM,” and will address topics including facility management best practices, sustainability, asset management and managing government facilities. The workshop has been coordinated with IFMA’s CFM Exam Review Course, immediately preceding the conference Aug. 24-25, also at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.
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7.27.10 | Boston, MA | EMCOR Services Northeast, along with J.C. Higgins and BTE, presented a $10,000 check to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at the EMCOR In Greater Boston 3rd Annual Golf Invitational. EMCOR’s national “Taking KidSafety To The Street” program was launched 5 years ago and since that time, EMCOR has helped recover 186 children throughout the U.S.
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7.21.10 | Austin, TX | URS Corporation was awarded a contract to provide support services for the Red River Army Depot, New Boston, TX. URS will provide ongoing maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and upgrade of vehicles, including trucks, tractors and trailers and all-terrain materialhandling equipment.
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7.14.10 | Brussels, Belgium | World FM Day was held June 24 on five continents to celebrate the contributions facilities management makes to
international business and the global built environment. World FM Day 2010 also announced the winners of the first Global FM Awards for Excellence in Facilities Management.
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7.14.10 | Norwalk, CT | EMCOR Group subsidiary, EMCOR Government Services, Inc., received an operating support services contract at Naval District Washington, Washington, DC. EGS will be responsible for providing
regional base operating support services at numerous Naval facilities
within a 100-mile radius of D.C., and will include facility
management, fire protection management, pest control, grounds
maintenance,
janitorial work, refuse collection, and snow removal.
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7.13.10 | Houston, TX | The Groundskeeper and the IFMA Foundation released Sustainable Landscaping. The guide on how to introduce and advance sustainable practices in landscaping is the sixth in the IFMA Foundation’s Sustainability “How-to” Guide Series and is available as a free download.
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7.13.10 | Houston, TX | The IFMA
Foundation announced its 2010-2011 executive
committee and board of trustees. Stephen Ballesty, director at Rider Levett Bucknalls, Sydney, Australia, was named foundation chair. Joining Mr Ballesty on the executive committee are first vice chair Roger Peterson, ARAMARK Facilities Services; Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Oliver, International Monetary Fund; and IFMA President and CEO Tony Keane. The new members of the IFMA Foundation board of trustees include:
- Marc Liciardello, ARAMARK
- Peter Ankerstjerne, ISS Facility Services
- Diane Coles, SCAN Health Plan
- James Corby,
Steelcase Workplace Services
- Kathryn Lopez, CB Richard Ellis
- Kris Mayo, freelance marketing and
event coordinator
- Michael Schley, FM Systems;
- Dean Stanberry, retired facility
professional
- Eric Teicholz,
Graphic Systems
- Cheryl
Waybright, Mace Macro
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7.7.2010 | Houston, TX | International Facility Management Association’s World Workplace 2010 Conference & Expo, will be held in Atlanta, GA, Oct. 27-29 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Now in its 31st year, the conference will feature more than 75 educational sessions and new product demonstrations by manufacturers from across the globe. This year’s conference will feature an opening keynote presentation from the honorable Alexis M. Herman — esteemed workforce expert and former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton — who will deliver a presentation entitled "The Changing Global Workforce: Ways to Understand it and Leverage It" on Wednesday, Oct. 27
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7.1.10 | Houston, TX | The International Facility Management
Association announced its 2010-2011 executive
committee and board of directors. Beginning July 1, Francis J. Kuhn will
serve as the new chair. Rounding out the executive committee are Kathy Roper, IFMA Fellow, associate professor of the
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Building Construction Program, and Marc S. Liciardello, vice president of corporate services
at ARAMARK. The new members of IFMA’s 2010-2011 board of directors are:
- Isilay Civan, senior consultant at HOK
- Michael D. Feldman, deputy executive director at Los Angeles World
Airports
- Joachim W. Hohmann, managing partner of Consultants
Circle
- Jon Seller, general manager of Optegy Group
- William A. Rodgers Jr, president and CEO of GoodCents
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