FMForward: Dedicated to the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Facility Management

In this episode Kate speaks with Matt Post of Belfor Property Restoration, one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners.  Belfor is the largest wholly-owned property restoration companies in the world with over 300 offices throughout the U.S.  Belfor specializes in mold remediation, water, fire, flood and document restoration.  Anything related to property management can be mitigated and rebuilt.  

Matt and Kate discuss the variety of ...

In this episode Kate speaks with Gabriel Andreson, Certified Coach, Speaker, Co-Founder and President at Inovis Energy, one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners.  Inovis provides innovative energy efficiency solutions to help clients reduce their energy spend and carbon footprint.  Listen in as Gabriel discusses their work with clients across a range of industries (including the cannabis industry) and talks about the solutions the...

In our first episode we confirmed that we do, indeed, have a talent gap problem in FM.  In episode 2 we looked at what Higher Ed had to offer us in terms of solutions and found that the number of students in FM was dwindling. In Episode 3 we looked at ways to drive more high school students into the trades and into Facilities Management certificate and degree programs, and in Episode 4 we looked at other sources of talent. 

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In this episode Kate speaks with Doug Jasset, Commerical Business Development for Landscape America and discusses how Landscape America can help not only with snow plowing and landscape maintenance but also by adding value to the landscape engineering/planning process. Doug and Kate also touch on the value of open communication between vendor partners and FMs and how much it improves the relationship. 

Kate approaches the...

In our first episode we confirmed that we do, indeed, have a talent gap problem in Facility Management.  In episode 2 we looked at what Higher Ed had to offer us in terms of solutions and found that the number of students in FM was dwindling. And in Episode 3 we looked at ways to drive more high school students into the trades and into Facilities Management certificate and degree programs. 

Now, in episode 4, Kate intervie...

In this episode Kate speaks with Kurt Yeghian, Founder & CEO of Existing Conditions Surveys, Inc., (now a GPRS company), one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners.   Started 27 years ago, Existing Conditions' legacy is deeply rooted in Boston and New York, both cities rich with older buildings, but Existing Conditions has worked on the most high-profile projects across the country in 29 states.  As a previous junior archit...

In this episode, host Kate Thibeault speaks with Carolyn McGary, the National Director of the FM Pipeline team, Mary Mills, Associate Director of Operations at RTX, Kofi Williams, Senior Project Manager at Hughes Marino and Jackie Allen, rising Junior at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School and winner of the 2024 Massachusetts Facilithon about what it takes to get high school students interested in the field of Facilities ...

In this episode Kate speaks with Chris Colón, MBA, CCP and Workplace Project Director at MovePlan, one of IFMA Boston's vendor partners.  MovePlan is one of the only specialist move and change management organizations that operates on a global scale.  MovePlan focuses on the employee experience during the move and change process to ensure that all stakeholders are heard and are brought along for the journey.  Listen to learn m...

In episode two of the FM Talent Gap series, Kate speaks with the deans of two local universities about their Facility Management Programs and the courses they offer to their various students.   They speak to the challenge of bringing high school students into the field of facility management and how to market to those students.  From there they delve into the graduate level offerings and potential workforce development initiatives....

In this episode Kate launches the new podcast season which is dedicated to the FM Talent Gap by defining the problem and discussing it with a panel of experts.  If you have had trouble finding skilled talent lately, you are not alone!  Stay tuned to hear from industry experts about labor shortages in the industry - why they exist and what some organizations are doing about it.

Panel Introductions:

Jake Smithwick  - (1) Jake Smithwick...

In this episode Kate showcases IFMA Boston vendor partner, Tecta America with Anthony Moura, Regional Sales Manager.  Kate approaches the conversation from an FM perspective to fully understand the value of partnering with a roofing company such as Tecta America. 

Anthony Moura
Regional Sales Manager
Tecta America New England
amoura@tectaamerica.com
C: 508-649-4715
O: 781-982-5684

North Billerica, MA - ...

Welcome to the FMForward podcast and a mini series called FM Stories. The journey into the facilities management profession is rarely direct and incredibly varied. But we recently sat down to talk with four of our experienced members to understand how they found themselves in their current positions, what have they learned, what they would changed, and what advice they have for those that are coming up in the ranks. Each interview ...

Welcome to the FMForward podcast and a mini series called FM Stories. The journey into the facilities management profession is rarely direct and incredibly varied. But we recently sat down to talk with four of our experienced members to understand how they found themselves in their current positions, what have they learned, what they would changed, and what advice they have for those that are coming up in the ranks. Each interview ...

Welcome to the FMForward podcast and a mini series called FM Stories. The journey into the facilities management profession is rarely direct and incredibly varied. But we recently sat down to talk with four of our experienced members to understand how they found themselves in their current positions, what have they learned, what they would changed, and what advice they have for those that are coming up in the ranks. Each interview ...

Welcome to the FMForward podcast and a mini series called FM Stories. The journey into the facilities management profession is rarely direct and incredibly varied. But we recently sat down to talk with four of our experienced members to understand how they found themselves in their current positions, what have they learned, what they would changed, and what advice they have for those that are coming up in the ranks. Each interview ...

In the second half of our 4th season, Jackie digs deep into climate, how to plan for change, reduce greenhouse gas, and work on bringing our facilities in line with governmental mandates. In this episode, Jackie talks with John Powers, Founder of Extensible Energy and Elizabeth Larsen, Sustainability Engineer at Bala Consulting Engineers where they get down to the brass tacks of energy...what it costs, why we need and how can we re...

In the second half of our 4th season, Jackie digs deep into climate, how to plan for change, reduce greenhouse gas, and work on bringing our facilities in line with governmental mandates. In this episode, Jackie talks with Andy Wu, Senior Corporate Sustainability Consultant from Liberty Mutual. With over 800 locations across 20 countries, Liberty Mutual it took a very coordinated group effort to arrive at their energy reduction goa...

In the second half of our 4th season, Jackie digs deep into climate, how to plan for change, reduce greenhouse gas, and work on bringing our facilities in line with governmental mandates. In this episode, we are joined by individuals from Bentley University and Greener U. They worked together to create a comprehensive climate action plan for the university that helped them in achieving its 2020 goal of reducing their carbon footpri...