The Cleaning Gazette

ManageMen, FEA to form Strategic Alliance

Industry leading facility engineering and management consulting firm Facility Engineering Associates (FEA) and ManageMen have agreed to form a strategic alliance. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Facility Engineering Associates specializes in facility asset management involving the organizational structure and the physical assets of the organization. ManageMen has developed the world's first engineered cleaning process (OS1), that has been scientifically validated in a number of university studies.

Over the past few months, ManageMen and FEA have had several meetings regarding the strategic alliance. During the March session of Janitor University, Jim Whittaker, president of FEA was able to tour the class and review the curriculum.

"Ben and John Walker gave me a tour of one of their Janitor University workshops, and I was extremely impressed," Whittaker said. "The course materials and program appear to be the best I have ever seen."

FEA performs facility management organizational assessments, labor needs assessments and forecasts, service level assessments, technology audits and implementation, process improvements through the development of key drivers and metrics and continuous monitoring and improvement of the facility management function. They service clients worldwide in several major markets including institutions, transportation, infrastructure, government and commercial facility management.

FEA recognizes (OS1) as an engineered approach that appeals to facility managers and engineers. It employs world-class, in depth training based on standardized tools and procedures.

"(OS1) is a results-based process, and in my eyes a best practice with few, if any, peers," Whittaker said.

Custodial services accounts for up to 30% of a facility manager's operations budget according to Dr. Jeff Campbell, Chair of the BYU Facility Management Program. (OS1) has been proven to address this portion of the budget and improve the overall cleanliness, health and safety of a facility.

"We're looking forward to working closely with FEA to further the practice of cleaning as a function of facility management," said Ben Walker, director at ManageMen, Inc. "This is new ground we're collectively breaking and it's very exciting."

For more information about FEA, visit www.feapc.com for more information about ManageMen's (OS1)® cleaning standard or Janitor University® go to www.managemen.com.