Some employees are taking the concept of dressing up to the extreme, sporting top hats and their “Sunday best” on Fridays. For them, the idea is to break the monotony of flip flops and flannel; some West Coast companies also like to do it in order to surprise East Coast guests who may be visiting for a meeting.
With this event, professionals aim at raising the FM profession profile around the globe, promoting facilities management’s ideals worldwide, not only within the profession and industry, but also among the governments and the general public.
As of March 1, 2011, the familiar logo (pictured) will be gone. But that is about the only thing being removed from the new site, which will now offer its visitors much better navigation with the help of an improved site wide search feature and drop down category menus based on the most popular subject areas for facility management professionals.
The work is part of the Obama Administration’s continued commitment to improved accountability, transparency, and service to the American public.