Preface
Introduction
This book was developed as an anthology to celebrate the past 40 years of international Facility Management (1982–2022) and beyond with a look to the future challenges for the FM profession.
The book was jointly initiated by Josef R. G. Mack (Germany), and Edmond P. Rondeau (USA) who have known each other for many years. They have collaborated on several projects together during the past 30+ years, including working on a book on Facility Management (FM) 20 years ago together with Walther J. F. Moslener that was published in Germany in 2001.
The co-editors of this book are Professor Dr. Michaela Hellerforth (Germany) and Edmond P. Rondeau, AIA Emeritus, RCFM, IFMA Fellow (USA). Detailed information on the co-editors can be found in Appendix C. Both have authored/co-authored numerous FM and real estate books, have spoken and taught at universities, and have been active in FM internationally for decades.
The concept for this book has a mixture of 50+ FM contributors from 16 countries around the world. These contributions have been provided from the contributors’ point of view, from their memory and from documents and other credited sources. Contributors have many different backgrounds and education including FM professionals, academics, vendors, architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, and business developers from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, ...