ARCHIBUS V.18.2 is one of the most significant releases ever issued, one that evolves ARCHIBUS from a collection of self-service capabilities to a true enterprise collaboration platform. V.18.2 completes the ARCHIBUS suite by finally taking everything in it to the Web, including new applications and features.

Among V.18.2’s most important new features is an enhanced Data Transfer utility for Web Central. This Data Transfer action lets you move data into and out of Web Central using Excel spreadsheets and csv files so you can perform transfers, backups, offline data development by administrators or services providers, and countless other uses.

 The Data Transfer feature has:

• Command options to compare new, updated, and removed items between data sets, both before and after you invoke the command
• An error log to flag any records that could not be imported because they violated business rules
• An optional Transfer Status field that lets you use the Web Central Smart Search console to filter on the inserted, updated, deleted, no change, or missing (that is, not in the imported set) data

Talk to your Business Partner about upgrading your capabilities with  V.18.2.

Learn more about ARCHIBUS Version 18 here.

Just a reminder that ARCHIBUS V.18.2 also provides access to many other new Web-based applications including Space Inventory & Performance, Space Chargeback, Personnel & Occupancy, Cost Administration, Cost Chargeback & Invoicing, Portfolio Forecasting, and Condition Assessment.

Management Sessions That Empower

From May 2-5, the International ARCHIBUS Users’ Conference will showcase the winning strategies and creative implementations that are reducing organizations’ Total Cost of Occupancyand dramatically transforming their operations.

Join us and hear how:

• Japan’s #1 pharmaceutical company, Takeda, is upgrading their IWMS system and taking it to the Web to fine-tune processes and decrease costs
• The European Patent Office reinvents itself with ARCHIBUS applications and dashboards
• Kimberly-Clark centralizes global real estate management for worldwide savings
• The Federal Aviation Administration streamlines project management to boost operational efficiency and capacity
• A major catalog retailer controls its energy and other utility costs with ARCHIBUS to improve sustainability and profitability
• China’s Capital Steel integrates ARCHIBUS Preventive Maintenance with SAP and PDAs to raise efficiency and lower costs
• First Horizon leverages the Web to accelerate capital project approval and reduce costs on over 600 owned and leased properties comprising 4 million square feet of space
• And many more...

Plus, don’t forget the many Technical Training courses, Thought Leadership, and Best Practices sessionsnot to mention the Conference’s numerous networking events that include our opening reception at The House of Blues Chicago and the gala reception and dinner at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Click here to view the complete program and to register.

Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) and Building Automation Systems (BAS) too-often occupy parallel worlds in organizations. But their integration is becoming both more frequent and desirable from a synergy and savings point of view.

The January edition of online news site AutomatedBuildings.com includes an interview with ARCHIBUS CEO Bruce Forbes on the benefits he sees in IWMS and BAS integration. And what the future may hold for professionals in the field. Read that interview here.

Higher Reimbursements for Higher Education

Institutions of higher education are losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money every year from unrecovered research cost reimbursements. Due to a lack of coordination among departments—and especially because of poor accounting practices and documentation of facilities space inventory and uses—maximizing cost recovery has been a challenge.

Attend a new Webinar on April 7 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) and gain practical advice, from university and consulting experts, on increasing your reimbursement for research costs .  

Higher Reimbursements for Higher Education: Maximizing Indirect Cost Recovery from Federal Sponsored Research [OMB Circular A-21] will be presented by:

• Deborah Lott, Associate Director for Space Planning, City University of New York (CUNY), the largest U.S. educational consortium of its kind
• Andrew Porter, Director of Space Management , University of Cincinnati, a Tier 1 research institution
• Reeves Davis, Director, Idisis,  a prominent consulting firm with a specialty in higher education cost recovery

Learn about the pitfalls to avoid, the best practices to follow, and how colleges and universities like yours are capturing more federal reimbursement money that helps further their mission. Register today.

If you missed our recent live Webinar series on emerging IWMS industry standards, best practices and more, now you can catch-up online by viewing recordings of those presentations.

Choose from a dozen compelling Webinars focusing on evolving OSCRE and COBIE standards and what they mean for cost-effective management; the benefits of the Building Information Model (BIM) concept; leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to improve competitiveness and compliance; the right way to implement Enterprise IWMS and much more.

Just visit the ARCHIBUS webinars page and enhance your industry expertise.

Whether you’re interested in learning ARCHIBUS Fundamentals or in more advanced training for ARCHIBUS Systems Administration, or Systems Integration with Web Central, or other topics, there’s no better way to start than by signing up for ARCHIBUS training. All classes are held in Boston, MA, at ARCHIBUS Inc.'s corporate offices, unless otherwise noted in the schedule. See our list of upcoming sessions here.

Courses can also be arranged and customized for an organization's special requirements and delivered on-site. If you are interested in on-site training, please fill out our Course Request Form or contact the Training Coordinator at training@archibus.com or call 617-227-2508.

To comply with federal mandates more efficiently, the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Asbestos Abatement Department realized it had to abandon its decentralized, paper-based system of compiling asbestos information. With the assistance of OSU’s Office of Facilities Information, the school deployed Web-based ARCHIBUS TEAMS Clean Building to support asbestos management reporting and regulatory compliance at the university’s 5-campuses and 11.5 million square feet of space, occupying 780 buildings in four cities.

That move has cut costly re-inspections at the University’s sprawling campuses. It has also reinforced the University’s appreciation of the range of applications and flexibility of ARCHIBUS for environmental and other facilities and infrastructure needs. Read the full story here.