Today’s Facility Manager continues their 20th anniversary celebration today with a backward glance from Tom Condon. With the changes of the last 20 years, the question in the heading may not be that far off.
“It’s TFM’s 20th anniversary, and a lot has changed since that first issue. The facility management (FM) world of 1988 was very different from that of today. Back then, the vast majority of people had never heard the term ‘facility manager’ (fm), and there were very few institutions offering FM degrees (the only one I am aware of is the Facility Planning and Management option launched in 1980 at Cornell University). The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) was formed in 1980 and had only 47 attendees at its first annual conference.”
Continue Reading at TFM: We’ve Come a Long Way…
Focusing mainly on technology, Condon’s points of comparison from 1988 to 2008 include:
- Computers
- The Internet
- Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Environmentalism
- CMMS and CAFM
- Video Recording
- Access Control
- Personal Communications
