Trends and Issues Facing Higher Education Facilities Management

Higher Education Facilities Management professionals face multiple challenges today. Issues can run the complexity gamut, from very simple to very difficult.

The top 7 common challenges in facilities management are:

• Ensuring that the facility is always functionally operational and safe
• “Working on the business while working in the business” – finding the time and resources to perform a Facilities Condition Assessment, improve program components such as Training and Quality Assurance, upgrading and/or expanding the CMMS, conducting a labor needs analysis, evaluating new technologies to name a few…
• HR issues: Dealing with an aging workforce and shortage of qualified applicants, turnover, absenteeism, vacancies.
• Energy efficiency and sustainability
• Dealing with changing Regulatory and Compliance standards
• Maintaining aging assets and infrastructure while controlling costs
• Data to make data driven decisions

Challenges such as those listed above present an opportunity to find a solution, and that’s where our strength lies: finding and building solutions!