IFMA Facility Fusion 2023: fusing leadership and facility management

Back in early April, our US West team attended IFMA Facility Fusion. The event, located this year in San Francisco, was attended by facility management professionals from 46 US states, 20 countries and represents approximately 800 companies. With huge changes in the workplace, those working in facility management are facing an ever greater responsibility to help lead employees to higher levels of performance. IFMA, which supports more than 20,000 members in 135 countries, hosts the annual event to help prepare facility managers with the right tools and networks to adapt to rapid change.

As sustainability practices become more of a priority than ever before, and with greater awareness and prominence of ESG and required initiatives by employees and customers alike, corporations can’t afford to overlook any opportunity to innovate their workplaces and support a more conscious approach to business.

Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts, is a 19-story building designed by KPMB Architects and is the most environmentally friendly building in the city.

In late 2020, we embarked on a very high-profile project with one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.

We spoke to Chris Colón, Workplace Project Director, to understand more about the project and what it was about MovePlan that set it apart from its competitors throughout the bidding process.

Moving a lab is no mean feat, just ask anyone who has ever been through a lab move. In fact, we did just that!

Sarah Speroff, Workplace Project Director, based in Seattle, and Molly Frazier, Senior Workplace Project Manager in San Francisco, share their insight into what it takes to successfully relocate a laboratory. From the months of planning, to building trust with lab users, and all the communication in between, Sarah and Molly provide the inside track – and with over 15 clients and 75+ individual laboratory moves between them, they are the right people to do so.