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For Immediate Release
Andrea Sanchez
IFMA
1-713-623-4362
Date Posted: June 2, 2008
FMA AUSTRALIA HONORS IFMA FOUNDATION WITH INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The IFMA Foundation has received the 2008 Facility Management Association of Australia and Rider Levett Bucknall FM Industry Achievement Award in recognition of FMpedia, the free online facility management glossary launched by the foundation last year.
As Australia’s premier award for facility management innovation, strategy and practice, the annual FM Industry Achievement Award recognizes programs or ideas that positively contribute to organizational success. The award was presented to IFMA President and CEO David J. Brady, who serves on the IFMA Foundation board of trustees, at the FMA Australia Ideaction ’08 conference held last month in Queensland, Australia.
“In only eight short months, the IFMA Foundation’s FMpedia application has helped to establish a dialogue between facility management practitioners separated by entire oceans and continents, making it an ideal choice for this award,” said FMA Australia CEO David Duncan. “As this online resource grows in size and scope, I believe it will continue to make a positive, measurable impact on our profession.”
Developed by Eric Teicholz, IFMA Fellow and IFMA Foundation trustee, FMpedia has been an online resource of the international FM community since its debut in October 2007. Now with almost 1,000 defined terms and contributors in nearly 25 countries, FMpedia unites facility professionals around the world and empowers them to define and discuss the terminology of their industry.
To learn more, visit the FMpedia home page at http://gsishare.com/ifma/FMpedia/index.html.
Established in 1990 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation and separate entity from the International Facility Management Association, the IFMA Foundation works for the public good to promote priority research and educational opportunities for the advancement of facility management. The IFMA Foundation is supported by the generosity of the facility management community, including IFMA members, chapters, councils, corporate sponsors and private contributors who are united by the belief that education and research improve the facility management profession. To learn more about the good works of the IFMA Foundation, visit www.ifmafoundation.org. For more information about IFMA, visit www.ifma.org. |
