FI FACILITIES INSTITUTE

Promoting the interests of the facilities management industry by raising public awareness of available training, vocational resources, and best practices; Providing business information in the nature of best practices for the facilities management and maintenance industries via a website, and via printed material, video, and other media resources; Business consulting services, namely, benchmarking of performance of professionals and trade personnel with respect to commercial and industrial building construction, renovation and maintenance, construction design and engineering, and building construction, repair, and maintenance trades; Promoting the interests of the facilities management industry and maintenance-related tradesmen by developing and promoting best business practices and by promoting vocational training, all for use by such professionals and tradesmen; Organizing and conducting business networking events and trade exhibitions for professionals in the facilities management field and maintenance-related tradesmen to showcase, display, demonstrate and promote new and innovative ideas and services in facility management and construction; Providing a website that allows users to obtain business information regarding best business practices in facilities management, commercial and industrial building construction, renovation and maintenance, and building construction, repair and maintenance

Developing vocational training in the field of facilities management and maintenance, for use by professionals and tradesmen; Educational services, namely, organizing and conducting educational conferences, webinars, seminars, and forums in the field of facilities management, commercial and industrial building construction, renovation and maintenance, construction design and engineering, and building construction, repair, and maintenance; Educational services, namely, providing workshops, testing, online courses of instruction, and online learning portals in the field of facilities management, renovation, repair and maintenance trades; Electronic publishing services, namely, publication of text and graphic works of others online in the field of facilities management, renovation and maintenance, construction design and engineering, and building construction, repair, and maintenance trades; Providing training programs to facility management and maintenance professionals and maintenance-related tradesman to identify and educate them on best practices in renovation, retrofit, repair, maintenance, and operation of buildings

Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for online learning in the fields of facilities management, renovation, repair and maintenance; Computer services, namely, creating an on-line community for registered users in the facilities management and maintenance fields and in the building construction, repair, and maintenance trades, to participate in discussions, exchange ideas, and share best practices for various building construction, repair, maintenance, and renovation trades; Development of technical quality control standards with respect to facilities management, commercial and industrial building construction, renovation and maintenance, construction design and engineering, and building construction, repair, and maintenance; Consulting services in connection with the adoption and implementation of technical quality control standards in commercial and industrial facilities management, renovation and maintenance, construction design and engineering, and building construction, repair, and maintenance trades; Providing a website that allows users to obtain information regarding technical quality control standards in facilities management, commercial and industrial building construction, renovation and maintenance, and building construction, repair, and maintenance