By Anne Vazquez, on October 31, 2006, at 7:05 am GE Consumer & Industrial has issued a call for entries for the 24th Annual GE Edison Award competition. Through the competition, GE recognizes excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ the significant use of GE lamps.
The GE Edison Award competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers, and consultants. Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state–of–the–art lighting products and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive Awards of Merit or Awards of
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By Anne Vazquez, on October 30, 2006, at 8:09 am Combining both the sophistication and hospitality of the South, contract furniture manufacturer Allsteel unveiled its latest Resource Center in Atlanta on October 25th. The new facility aims to bring both the experience and brand essence of Allsteel’s headquarters to a regional level.
Created by the Atlanta office of the award-winning international design firm HOK, the 15,000-plus square foot showroom, education, and resource center was christened as the company hosted the area’s architect, design, real estate, and business leaders at the grand opening event.
“Our challenge in designing this Resource Center for Allsteel was creating balance between the ‘small town’
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By Anne Vazquez, on October 30, 2006, at 7:47 am According to An Inside Look at FM Outsourcing, a new research report from the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), facility managers remain confident in the ability to save money and improve quality through the use of outsourcing.
Companies are outsourcing with greater frequency today, hiring full-service vendors to provide many functions, with 15% of the respondents’ companies now outsourcing, up from 3% in 1993. Two-in-five companies have brought services back in house after outsourcing the service. Typically the reasons are to regain control of the service, either in terms of cost, quality, or response time.
The use of out-tasking–hiring
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By Anne Vazquez, on October 30, 2006, at 7:35 am
The company’s National Design Center in New York City recently received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in the Commercial Interiors (CI) category. The USGBC developed the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system to encourage the development of more sustainable buildings and interiors.
Overall, the 15,400-square-foot facility received 37 credit points from the USGBC, most notably for its water conservation, energy efficiency, and environmentally responsible materials. Herman Miller’s newly relocated National Design Center occupies the 17th floor of a midtown Manhattan tower at 1177 Avenue of the Americas.
“This
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By Heidi Schwartz, on October 27, 2006, at 6:41 am The following article from The Onion‘s archives demonstrates what can happen when facility managers neglect to order new supplies for workers:
“Hamilton’s Bar & Grill dishwasher and prep cook Cory Akers experienced a fleeting moment of joy, followed by a deep and abiding sense of shame, upon receiving a new mop head Monday.Akers, 25, whose duties at the popular midscale eatery include taking out the trash and mopping at the end of each shift, was initially overjoyed by the prospect of the new mop head before collapsing into despair upon realizing the heart-rending pathos of his situation.”
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