The accomplishments of facility managers can be as much out of sight as chilled water running through a pipe, as much out of mind as the structural steel behind the walls of a building. But the actions of facility departments add significant value to many organizations. Building Operating Management created FMXcellence to recognize the important contributions that facility management can make to an organization. In this, the first year of the program, FMXcellence honors are being presented to 10 facility departments. The brief notes that follow merely highlight the actions these departments took and the results they achieved.
The 2010 FMXcellence Honorees are:
• Bayer Corporation - Pittsburgh Site, Bayer Technology Services - Site Management
• Bibb County School District, Capital Programs Department
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Planning and Project Management
• Gilbert Public Schools, Operations Department
• Nike, Retail Facilities
• Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Management and Reliability
• Texas Children's Hospital, Facilities Operations
• University of Arizona, Facilities Management
• University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Retrocommissioning
• University of West Georgia, Campus Planning and Facilities