Having attended numerous conferences this Fall I have been struck by one key change in...

State-Level  Last week I shared some of the Higher Education and K-12 industry  facility-related associations...

Last week I wrote about the benefits of joining an industry association. I thought I...

As I write this I am in the middle of Fall conference season.  I am...

As I have talked about many times, one of the biggest challenges for institutions when...

Last week I told Part 1 of USask's facility and infrastructure Asset Management story.  This week we...

Last week I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Jennifer Meneses of the University of...

I am not sure how it got to be mid-September already. Living in Florida my...

The topic of habits has been very lucrative in the personal and professional development space.  The...

Depending on where you live, you are either nearing the end of summer and getting...

Well here we are a month into our series on maximizing the value of your...

Today I am going to continue my blog series on getting the most out of...

This multipart post is focused on helping people navigate what can be a very stressful...

As hard as it is to believe summer of 2024 is here already.  We are...

If you have ever spent any time with me you have probably heard my story...

Last week, I talked about why we want you to support our campaign to ditch...

In recent weeks we have launched our Don't Say DM (Deferred Maintenance) campaign.  This was...

Coming out of discussions and presentations from the APPA National Conference in Nashville that I...

Here we are, our 100th blog post!  For those of you that have been on...

This week I continue my series where I share ideas and thoughts based on my...

This week I continue sharing ideas based on conversations I had at the recent APPA...

I recently attended an APPA conference in Nashville and sat in on a presentation by...

While I was at the gym today I was listening to a podcast interview with...

Here we are, the final post recapping our Ask Bill Anything webinar.  Thanks for taking...

In the realm of asset management, one question always looms large as was the case...

How often should you reassess your buildings? This is an interesting question we encounter frequently...

Continuing with our blog series highlighting the questions and answers from the Ask Bill Anything...

We are going to continue our session where we expand on the questions and answers...

This week we will be answering the third question we received in our Ask Bill...

[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://rothiams.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Roth-IAMS-Uncle-Sam-RC1.mp4" loop="true" autoplay="true"][/video]   In a recent webinar I did called “Ask...

Last week we began by making the case that you must understand the nature and...

One of the most critical elements of any asset management program is a high level...

This blog is going to be posted while I am on vacation with my family. ...

Winter conference season is upon us folks.  I just wrapped up two weeks of conferences...

Although I (hope) possess more than four pieces of wisdom worth sharing, we have come...

As we continue through our first blog series of 2024, I hope that some of...

Welcome to my second post of the most influential wisdom that I have gained (so...

I was having a conversation recently with a friend about the best pieces of wisdom...

It's hard to believe that we are into the first week of 2024!  I for...

First off, let me start by saying I am not a heavy consumer of social...

With the launch of our Preventative Maintenance (PM) program at the end of Part 3...

Here we are with our third post on the two biggest hurdles to getting started...

After last week's short interlude which allowed me to climb up on my soapbox and...

Last week, I started a post on Equipment Inventory and Preventative Maintenance Planning, which I...

Last week was the first of our new category of blogs, Operational Excellence, the second...

After wrapping up another two-month blog series, I am excited to add a new category...

We have arrived at the tenth and final post of this series. When I start...

Now that we have introduced and dove into the details of each of the different...

Last week I introduced the Element-Level Inventory (ELI) scope of work for facility condition data,...

We have finally come to the most detailed and resource intensive methodology for collecting facility...

Well, it only took me six posts to finally get to a point where you...

In our last two posts, we explored the two most common types of building models...

As part of our on-going series on the different types of facility condition datasets, this...

Now that we have gone over how building modeling works, I wanted to provide a...

This series of posts is going to explore the different types of Facility Condition datasets,...

I have been working with a State-Level University system over the last couple of months...

Last week I talked about the importance of finding and scheduling time to produce work,...

As I write this, I am sitting in the Knoxville airport.  It's a nice regional...

On the wall of my home office, you will find a Serigraph Cel (a form...

Last week's blog focused on how organizations can find themselves in a situation where they...

A great many of the people I talk to complain about their CMMS (Work Order)...

I hear a lot of people say that the world is getting more and more...

I am always very pleased when a client is successful in securing additional funding to...

This one is going to be a short post, but I felt that it was...

When I set out to write this series, I knew it was going to be...

"Patience My Young Padawan," the wise and famous Obi Wan Kenobi said to his apprentice,...

We made it!!! 15 Posts, nearly 4 months and we are at the final "Peeling...

Here we are, the outer layer of the "Onion". All of the work that we...

Going from a "list of needs" provided in an engineering report (i.e., a condition assessment,...

Nearly every public sector institution across North America (and around the world I presume) has...

I am probably going to get a lot of heat for this post, but I...

A nearly universal challenge that organizations face is a lack of sufficient funding to address...

In the last post, I provided support for the idea of using multiple different tools...

In the last post, I talked about the first temptation of filling your tool best,...

After six previous posts, we are now three layers into the Integrated Asset Management "Onion"....

Our journey to the top of the Pyramid is almost complete. This post will explore...

We are going to take a break from our regularly scheduled trip through the layers...

Today we are going to move beyond the core of the onion to the second...

In the last post, I focused on the importance of aligning your Asset Management (AM)...

Getting started can sometimes be the hardest part. The whole world is a blank sheet...

What is in a name? It is an age-old question. I thought I would explore...

I was recently asked, what is the best advice that you would give a professional...

In my last two post, I reviewed the different considerations that one needs to factor...

In Part 1 of this post, I introduced the idea of an evaluation period for...

As on organization begins their asset management journey, one of the first questions that their...

For over a decade, until around 2010, the FCA industry continued to be focused on...

It always amazes me that some organizations that have millions (or billions) of dollars of...

Building prioritized, multiyear capital plans is an exercise in juggling all the priorities that are...

When we are collaborating with clients to support the development of prioritized, multiyear capital plans,...

I have focused all my recent posts on technical topics related to facility and infrastructure...

I just wrapped up a two-month series of posts on the evolution of the Facility...

Last week I wrote about the influence that software has had on the evolution of...

Over the past 6 posts, I have focused on the evolution and potential future for...

As am I typing these words I am listening to the Hamilton soundtrack and this...

No matter what type of organization you are a part of, you are going to...

As we get into the mid-to-late 2010s, many clients were making informed decisions based on...

Over the years, most FCAs were completed by design, project management and/or construction professionals "on...

As we are in the middle of Fall conference season, I have been having many...

I am by no means an exercise junkie. After struggling during the first few months...

In my opinion, one of the greatest presidential speeches (and motivational speeches as well) in...