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editor’s letter Looking At The Bigger Picture By Heidi Schwartz 44 Apple Street, Suite 3, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 Subscriptions: (732) 559-1256 General: (732) 842-7433 / (800) 524-0337 Volume 23 Number 6 www.TodaysFacilityManager.com • tfm@groupc.com Executive Publisher Susan L. Coene (732) 559-1276 / scoene@groupc.com Editor / Co-Publisher Heidi Schwartz (732) 559-1262 / schwartz@groupc.com Managing Editor Anne Vazquez S ometimes it takes a drastic measure for people to change the way they do things—particularly if they have been doing things the same way for a very long time. The inspiration behind a fresh approach may come from something positive, like a glance into the operations of a particu-larly impressive building (such as the new Campbell Soup project featured on page 38). It could also be spurred on by something not so positive, like the series of weather related natural disas-ters that has plagued facilities over the past few months. Whatever the case may be, facility professionals can almost always benefit from working in a way that looks beyond their traditional scope of influence. In the article on page 20 entitled “Enhancing Value,” Michael Coleman shows how a limited perspective can be especially frus-trating. He writes, “Some organizations tend to divide facility information into separate, incompatible systems...[but] arranging information in such a stovepipe design degrades its value....Such action also encourages senior management to ask questions that address only part of any issue.” There are so many resources available to facility managers (fms) that can help them broaden their perspective, but are they willing to change the way they do things? Or are they doomed to perpet-uate the same senior management myths of responsibility silos? The technology is there—Michael Ruiz’s story about BIM O&M portals makes the case for strategies that “enable a holistic approach to capital asset management....By integrating these sepa-rate data sets, the O&M portal allows fms to analyze operational data more easily and accurately.” See page 28 for more on this story, and check out the rest of the issue for more on integration. (732) 559-1250 / avazquez@groupc.com Charles Carpenter chascarpenter@gmail.com Columnists Tom Condon James Elledge james_elledge@hotmail.com tcondon@sdienterprises.com Contributors Michael Coleman, Matthew Freije, Jana Gerber, Keith O’Leary, Michael Ruiz, Jane W. Sullivan, Mike Taylor Production Manager LuAnn Rathemacher (732) 559-1270 / luann@groupc.com Art Director Megan Knight (732) 559-1268 / mknight@groupc.com Senior Account Executive Betty Anne O’Malley (732) 559-1253 / baomalley@groupc.com Media/Advertising Consultants Dan Burke (732) 229-2771 / burkemediagroup@msn.com Bob Doran (770) 587-9421 / bdoran2000@comcast.net / bdoran@groupc.com Inside Sales Todd Conine (732) 559-1263 / tconine@groupc.com Ad Trafficking Manager Judy Nowell (732) 559-1266 / jnowell@groupc.com TFM Editorial Advisory Board Pepe Alicea, Corporate Facilities Director, Compassion International Neal Angrisano, AIA, Associate, Aviation & Facilities, Global Practice, Burns & McDonnell Kevin J. Borg, Director Of Facilities And Project Management, UCLA Athletics Department Stu Carron, Global Director Of Corporate Facilities & Real Estate, JohnsonDiversey William Coleman, Associate VP For Facilities, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (retired) Tom Condon, RPA, FMA, Facility Technologist, System Development Integration Jeff Crane, P.E., LEED ® AP, Regional Property Manager, Childress Klein Properties Jim Driessen, Director Of Construction And Engineering Services, Medtronic Operations James Elledge, CFM, FMA, RPA, Facility/Office Services Manager, Summit Alliance Companies Todd Finders, Director, Global Data Center Services, Emerson Victoria Hardy, CFM, CFMJ, Chief Executive Officer, Star Island Corporation Richard Hogrogian, VP Of Development, JP Morgan Chase Ward Komorowski, Director Of Facilities & Building Services, Johnson Controls, Inc. David Lenart, Director Of Facilities & Materials Management, Columbus Regional Hospital Dr. Tim Springer, Founder & President, HERO Inc. Maria Vickers, Operations Manager, Workscape TFM Green Building Advisory Board Michael Arny, LEED ® AP, President, Leonardo Academy Inc. Drew Ballensky, General Manager, Duro-Last Roofing Diann Barbacci, LEED ® AP, Sustainability Director, Lees Carpets Henning M. Bloech, LEED ® AP, Executive Director, GREENGUARD Environmental Institute Jennifer R. Dolin, LEED ® AP, Mgr. of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, OSRAM SYLVANIA Doug Gatlin, LEED ® AP, Vice President, Market Development, USGBC Chris Hsieh, LEED ® AP, Principal Systems Engineer, Trane Peter M. Leahy, Customer Marketing Manager, Kimberly-Clark Professional Keri Luly, LEED ® AP, Manager of Sustainability Programs, Allsteel, Inc. Angela R. M. Nahikian, LEED ® AP, Director, Global Environmental Sustainability, Steelcase Inc. Anita Snader, LEED ® AP, Environmental Sustainability Mgr., Armstrong Commercial Ceiling Systems Group C Media, Inc. Chairman Ed Coene edc@groupc.com schwartz@groupc.com Blogging at todaysfacilitymanager.com/facilityblog Twitter: TFMTweets Co-President Susan Coene scoene@groupc.com Co-President Ted Coene tcoene@groupc.com Vice President Marketing & Online Publisher Bill MacRae (732) 559-1254 / bmacrae@groupc.com ON THE COVER The new building is part of a broader plan by Campbell Soup and state and local agencies that includes efforts to develop a 100-acre office park in Camden’s Gateway District. (Photo courtesy of Campbell Soup Company.) COVER: MEGAN KNIGHT, GROUP C ART DIRECTOR Marketing Director Mary Ellen McCandless (732) 559-1272 / maryellen@groupc.com Comptroller Lyle Connor (732) 559-1271 / lconnor@groupc.com Administrative Assistant Cathy Aste (732) 559-1256 / caste@groupc.com Web Producer Robert Ivan (732) 559-1264 / rivan@groupc.com Today’s Facility Manager cannot be held responsible for any unsolicited editorial material, manuscripts, photographs, and artwork. Any material sent to the magazine is done so at the owner’s risk and will be returned only when accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. In accordance with the magazine’s copyright policy, all material printed in the magazine becomes sole property of TFM . Any reproduction or republication of material printed in the magazine is forbidden unless permission is granted by the publisher or editor.©Copyright 2011 by Group C Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 JUNE 2011

Editor’s Letter

Heidi Schwartz

Looking At The Bigger Picture Sometimes it takes a drastic measure for people to change the way they do things—particularly if they have been doing things the same way for a very long time. The inspiration behind a fresh approach may come from something positive, like a glance into the operations of a particularly impressive building (such as the new Campbell Soup project featured on page 38). It could also be spurred on by something not so positive, like the series of weather related natural disasters that has plagued facilities over the past few months.Whatever the case may be, facility professionals can almost always benefit from working in a way that looks beyond their traditional scope of influence. In the article on page 20 entitled “Enhancing Value,” Michael Coleman shows how a limited perspective can be especially frustrating. He writes, “Some organizations tend to divide facility information into separate, incompatible systems...[but] arranging information in such a stovepipe design degrades its value....Such action also encourages senior management to ask questions that address only part of any issue.” There are so many resources available to facility managers (fms) that can help them broaden their perspective, but are they willing to change the way they do things? Or are they doomed to perpetuate the same senior management myths of responsibility silos? The technology is there—Michael Ruiz’s story about BIM O&M portals makes the case for strategies that “enable a holistic approach to capital asset management....By integrating these separate data sets, the O&M portal allows fms to analyze operational data more easily and accurately.” See page 28 for more on this story, and check out the rest of the issue for more on integration. schwartz@groupc.com Blogging at todaysfacilitymanager.com/facilityblog Twitter: TFMTweets

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