i-FM: The online resource for facilities professionals

Welcome to the i-FM Briefing pages.

This area of the site is designed to act as an agent of change for the FM industry, helping practising FMs to identify best-of-breed product and service providers, understand their offers and their commitment to performance and innovation, and obtain the information and knowledge they need to create facilities that contribute to greater efficiency and improved workplace well-being.

That's a big task, and that's why each Briefing brings together information from major suppliers under an unbiased introduction from a leading industry expert. Use the links on the right to read past Briefings, as well as our latest on: Sustainability.

For a round-up of news, market trends and other recent highlights from across FM, have a look at the latest edition of i-FM in Brief.

Also in this section you will find a wide-ranging collection of information, explanation, advice and reference material covering other key FM topics – from the basic, through the general, to the specialised.

For tips, guides, checklists and reference documents, Essential Knowledge brings you a growing collection of useful material tailored to the needs of FMs.

If you are confused about where to start looking for an answer, try our Jargon Buster. It's been designed to offer quick and clear help with FM language.

Have an idea for a document we should include or a topic to be covered? Let us know.

The FM Briefings publication schedule for 2012 is:

March - lighting systems & products
May - pest control services
July - lifts: products & services
September - interiors & fitting out
November - fire safety services