Facilities Management b. Internally-driven trends within the profession.

These factors

affect how well can a company meets its objective, strengths

- A field devoted to the coordination of space, infrastructure,
and their weaknesses.
people, and organization.
c. Organizationally-driven trends derive from organizations.
- It is often associated with the administration of office blocks,

schools, hospitals etc. Externally-driven Trends

- FM facilitates on a wider range of activities than just business

i. Sustainability includes environmental responsibility, energy
services and these are referred to as non-core functions.
management, investing in high performance systems, indoor air

Facility managers today are expected to understand their companys quality issues.

core business and contribute to the bottom line beyond reducing cost.

Organizations nowadays have begun to incorporate

Facility managers must improve the productivity, revenue generating
sustainability in their goals and culture, and within the
capacity and image of their organization.
profession, it continues to grow in importance and has moved
The International Facility Management Association identified, through
to become a fundamental requirement and expectation across
forecasting, the emerging trends and issues that will influence the
many industries.
facilities management in the succeeding years. This forecast can help

the facility managers in identifying the industry patterns to look for, the
Global warming is one of the main sustainability issues. The
skill sets to work on, and the places to allocate their resources.
rapid pace of development makes environmental reduction of

The trends identified fall into three categories: resources a growing concern. In this case, managers are tasked

a. Externally-driven trends dictated by the society, legislation, to find ways to conserve their natural resources, shrink their

carbon footprint and to work more with less energy.

economy, and environment.
ii. Emerging Technology Facility managers are persuading their superiors of the

Technological progress increases productivity, leads to the necessity of consistently funding facility maintenance
development of new industries, income growth, and reduced budgets.
poverty.

In the coming years, it is expected to see major progress in

intelligent technology, such as near field communication (NFC)

sensors, smart surveillance, security applications and smart

robots, which will enable automation of more activities.

Technology will take over more fields and functions as robot

technology improves in quality, prices for advanced

technologies decline and labor costs increase.

Technological development is squeezing low-quality labor out

of the market and creating new demands for skill sets. New

technologies require that people work in more intelligent ways.

iii. Aging Building

Facility management faces problems rooting from the

aging infrastructure. It has been the widespread delay of

needed repair, reuse or replace as the facilities and

infrastructure approach the end of their operating life.