HOUSTON -- IFMA is joining members, partners, and collaborators from around the world in a week-long celebration of facility management and World FM Day, Wednesday, May 16, in recognition of the professionals who work to ensure the global built environment is effective, productive, sustainable, safe and healthy.

FM is a global industry worth US$1.1 trillion annually, employing more than 25 million people. It defines FM as a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.

More information about FM, including key educational and professional development tools, is available online at www.whatisfm.com and www.fm.training.

IFMA, working in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), is recognizing the critical contributions of FM through a valuable collection of content, educational resources and giveaways happening throughout the week.

This includes support for World FM Day events around the globe — such as World Workplace in Barcelona, Spain — as well as a series of educational webinars and access to the top FM industry resources from IFMA’s Knowledge Library.

Find details, including a full list of opportunities, online at www.ifma.org/events/wfmd18.