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Readers’ Choice Awards

TFM Readers cast their votes for the product and service providers they preferred most in 2007.

AEDs/Defibrillators
Philips Medical Systems

For more than a century, Philips has pioneered technology that makes life better. We’re taking this commitment one step further by creating products, such as automated external defibrillators (AED), to not only enhance life but also help preserve it.

» Write 389 on Reader Service Card.

Building Automation Systems
Siemens Building Technologies

As a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, fire safety products, and security systems, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. makes buildings comfortable, safe, secure, and less costly to operate. The company employs 7,200 people and provides a full range of services from more than 100 locations nationwide.

» Write 390 on Reader Service Card.

Building Materials
Owens Corning

Every day, Owens Corning redefines what is possible when it comes to delivering quality products and services to customers.

» Write 391 on Reader Service Card.

Cabling & Cable Management
Cisco

Cisco provides a rich portfolio of wireless networking solutions designed to increase productivity, enhance collaboration, and improve responsiveness.

» Write 392 on Reader Service Card.

CAFM
Microsoft

Companies worldwide are leveraging the end to end collaborative project and portfolio management capabilities of 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution to prepare themselves for the next wave of innovation and business productivity.

» Write 393 on Reader Service Card.

Carpet: Broadloom
The Mohawk Group

The Mohawk Group produces award winning broadloom and flooring solutions for every type of installation. A pioneer in the design of sustainable carpeting, The Mohawk Group continues to drive environmentally sound practices inside and outside of its facilities.

» Write 394 on Reader Service Card.

Carpet: Fibers/Treatments
Shaw Contract Group

Shaw Contract Group defines design not only by great appearance, but also by performance and environmental sustainability. The result is long lasting carpet with vibrant colors and distinctive patterns that are completely recyclable.

» Write 395 on Reader Service Card.

Carpet: Modular
The Mohawk Group

Steadfast in its commitment to ensuring a more sustainable future, The Mohawk Group uses state of the art technologies to create life enhancing, eco-friendly products and processes. The company is setting new standards in the design and manufacture of environmentally responsible contract carpeting, including its new thermoplastic, PVC free modular carpet backing.

» Write 396 on Reader Service Card.

Ceilings: Acoustic
Armstrong

Armstrong’s approach to developing new ceiling products begins with defining customer needs and determining how the company can provide on trend, innovative products and solutions that strike a balance between form and function.

» Write 397 on Reader Service Card.

Cleaning Products
Rubbermaid Commercial Products

At Rubbermaid Commercial Products, we listen to our customers. We look for opportunities to help building occupants succeed in their work environments. We provide products that enable people to work smarter. Our customers trust Rubbermaid to be a leader, and we keep that trust.

» Write 398 on Reader Service Card.

CMMS
ARCHIBUS

With over 4,000,000 users worldwide, ARCHIBUS is a global provider of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management solutions and services. With ARCHIBUS, organizations of all sizes and their outsourcing partners can use a single, comprehensive, and integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions.

» Write 399 on Reader Service Card.

Elevators
Thyssen Krupp

Thyssen Krupp Elevator develops and supplies elevators, escalators, and moving walks—solutions that represent the cutting edge. Our systems transport people in many of the world’s most modern and exciting buildings including major airports and large shopping malls, office buildings, and the most luxurious hotels.

» Write 400 on Reader Service Card.

Energy/Load Management
Johnson Controls

As a recognized world leader in energy management solutions and sustainability, Johnson Controls has been helping customers manage energy for decades, saving their clients over $16.7 billion in energy costs. Their team of experts can help facility managers plan energy procurement and consumption.

» Write 401 on Reader Service Card.

Fabric
Designtex

Inspiration and collaboration of imaginative minds is what allows Designtex to offer fresh and innovative solutions for commercial environments. As leaders in design, textile technology, environmental responsibility, and service, our offerings include not only textiles and wallcoverings, but also hand tufted rugs, architectural panels, shades and screens, and surface imaging. Designtex solutions create spaces with a convergence of form and function.

» Write 402 on Reader Service Card.

Fire Alarms/Smoke Detectors
SimplexGrinnell

SimplexGrinnell is committed to delivering reliable fire and life safety systems that keep people and property out of harm’s way and provide ongoing value to customers.

» Write 403 on Reader Service Card.

Flooring: Access Floors
Tate Access Floors

Tate is the largest manufacturer of access flooring in North America. The company’s Building Technology Platform® provides a flexible, efficient, and sustainable solution for distributing services in commercial buildings.

» Write 404 on Reader Service Card.

Flooring: Hard Surface
Armstrong

Armstrong’s commercial portfolio helps create the right space for retail, healthcare, education, hospitality, institutional, and governmental spaces, even when design goals must be balanced against budget constraints. For example, if a customer wants to qualify for LEED® credits, Armstrong has 640 products from which to choose. In fact, all Armstrong™ Commercial Resilient Floors are compliant with LEED and certified by the FloorScore™ program for low emitting building materials.

» Write 405 on Reader Service Card.

Furniture: Conference Rooms
Steelcase

Steelcase provides complete conferencing solutions for executive boardrooms, conference rooms, and informal meeting areas to create total environments that are both handsome and high performance.

» Write 406 on Reader Service Card.

Furniture: Refurbished
National Office

Refurbishing and remanufacturing starts by reusing select Steelcase workstations and enhancing baseline quality by blending used pieces with new gen2 parts and panel trim.

» Write 407 on Reader Service Card.

Furniture: Systems
Herman Miller

By addressing emerging and evolving needs continually, Herman Miller’s groundbreaking products have helped people work smarter in smart looking office environments. Each of the company’s systems has its own distinct character and attributes designed to meet specific requirements.

» Write 408 on Reader Service Card.

HVAC Equipment
Trane

Trane is a leading supplier of high performance, energy efficient building equipment, systems, controls, services, and solutions. Trane systems and air handling products are engineered for optimum IAQ performance.

» Write 409 on Reader Service Card.

Lamps & Bulbs
GE Lighting

GE Lighting follows the company’s ‘ecomagination’ initiative to design innovative, environmentally conscious products engineered specifically to improve operating and environmental performance. Keeping new technologies at the forefront, GE Lighting products deliver comfort, convenience, and electrical protection and control.

» Write 410 on Reader Service Card.

Lighting Controls
GE Lighting

GE Total Lighting Control is committed to providing customers with a complete lighting control solution. Products are research driven and designed for a wide range of job demands, offering various capabilities to meet the extensive needs of facility managers.

» Write 411 on Reader Service Card.

Paint/Wallpaper
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Sherwin-Williams provides fast and flexible local service and expert advice. Our network of more than 3,000 stores and 1,800 sales representatives makes it North America’s largest single source supplier of high quality coatings and supplies.

» Write 412 on Reader Service Card.

Plumbing & Restrooms: Dispensers
Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.

Bobrick is the manufacturer of a broad line of restroom accessories and toilet partitions designed to meet durability and pricing requirements. The company’s products can be used in standard and heavy traffic office, commercial, institutional, and industrial properties.

» Write 413 on Reader Service Card.

Plumbing & Restrooms: Paper Products
Kimberly-Clark Professional

Kimberly-Clark Professional helps properties make the best impression on tenants by offering high quality, branded systems that can maximize tenant satisfaction and minimize complaints and cost in the restroom.

» Write 414 on Reader Service Card.

Plumbing & Restrooms: Plumbing/Faucets/Fixtures
American Standard
Functional style is the guiding design philosophy for American Standard. Our toilets flush without clogging. They conserve utility costs and stay cleaner longer with a permanent EverClean surface.

» Write 415 on Reader Service Card.

Plumbing & Restrooms: Toilets/Urinals
Sloan Valve Company

For over 100 years, Sloan Valve Company has been an innovator of water efficient plumbing for commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities worldwide. Sloan helps facilities reduce water use.

» Write 416 on Reader Service Card.

Power Supply/UPS/Generators
Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power is a trusted source for solutions that enable and protect business critical technology infrastructures. Liebert Adaptive Architecture creates power, cooling, and monitoring platforms for information technology systems that combine high reliability and flexibility while delivering the lowest total cost of ownership.

» Write 417 on Reader Service Card.

Roofing Materials
Georgia-Pacific

DensDeck® roof boards address the challenges of commercial roofing assemblies. These include water resistance, fire resistance, and durability. The boards are mold proof roof panels, consisting of a moisture repellent, non-combustible core of specially treated gypsum with glass-mat facings to help avoid this type of growth.

» Write 418 on Reader Service Card.

Seating: Adjustable
Herman Miller

Herman Miller’s problem solving approach has led to significant breakthroughs in comfort, support, fit, and aesthetics in work chairs. Although its chairs are distinctively different, each one is a statement of the company’s commitment to creating great places to work—and sit.

» Write 419 on Reader Service Card.

Seating: Guest Chairs/Sofas
Steelcase

With Move, Steelcase aims to create comfortable multipurpose seating for a variety of essential functions, challenging the notion that multipurpose chairs are not comfortable or ergonomic.

» Write 420 on Reader Service Card.

Security: Access Control
Schlage®

For more than 85 years, Schlage has designed innovative access control security solutions that meet the most demanding facility specifications. Today, Schlage is helping facility managers keep their facilities safe, secure, and productive.

» Write 421 on Reader Service Card.

Security: Badging
Fargo Electronics, Inc.
Fargo’s new product development is an organization-wide responsibility. The core of its product development focuses on user needs and responding to the voice of the customer. Fargo strives to build products that bring exceptional quality and value to facilities.

» Write 422 on Reader Service Card.

Security: CCTV
Panasonic Security Systems

Panasonic’s product design philosophy for its video surveillance cameras is based on principles of asset protection and environmental harmony. The physical design serves as an aesthetic yet unobtrusive element of any facility’s security system.

» Write 423 on Reader Service Card.

Security: Integrated Security Systems
Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls integrates technologies, products, and services to create smart environments that protect people and secure assets.

» Write 424 on Reader Service Card.

Security: Locks
Schlage®

Schlage locks are designed with industry proven commercial technology to deliver durability and dependability.

» Write 425 on Reader Service Card.

Security: Shredders
Shred-it

Shred-it, a division of Securit®, is a world leading document destruction company serving 150,000 customers worldwide. Shred-it trucks are equipped with custom built shredders that can efficiently destroy a variety of materials.

» Write 426 on Reader Service Card.

Services: Disaster Recovery
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company

Fireman’s Fund’s solutions for crisis management and disaster/crisis recovery were developed with a keen insight of what our clients truly need. We have extensive knowledge of the businesses we insure.

» Write 427 on Reader Service Card.

Services: Energy
Alliant Energy Corporation

Alliant Energy Corporation is a regulated, investor owned public utility holding company providing electric and natural gas service to approximately one million electric and 420,000 natural gas customers in the states of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

» Write 428 on Reader Service Card.

Services: Outsourcing
Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls creates customized solutions that help facility managers make the most of their budgets and increased efficiencies through outsourcing, strategic sourcing, and technology solutions.

» Write 429 on Reader Service Card.

Services: Pest Management
Terminix

Terminix goes to great lengths to provide our customers with exceptional service and unparalleled results. This approach is why so many businesses choose Terminix.

» Write 430 on Reader Service Card.

Signage
FASTSIGNS®

FASTSIGNS® sign and graphics centers use innovation and technology to make the sign buying process simple. We offer consulting, design, production, file transfer, delivery, and installation for a full range of sign and graphic products.

» Write 431 on Reader Service Card.

Sound Masking
Dynasound

Dynasound manufactures a complete line of professional sound masking equipment, including systems for installing above traditional suspended ceilings and below raised access floors.

» Write 432 on Reader Service Card.

Storage
Steelcase

Steelcase helps people work the way they want to by providing easy access to anticipated or archived files for individuals and groups.

» Write 433 on Reader Service Card.

Window Film
CPFilms Inc.

CPFilms Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of window film, with a commitment to research, manufacturing excellence, and superior customer service.

» Write 434 on Reader Service Card.

Wireless Devices
Motorola

Motorola is a global communications leader revolutionizing broadband, embedded systems, and wireless networks.

» Write 435 on Reader Service Card.

 

 

 

 

 

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