It is evident that regulations are a double-edged sword. In some instances, regulations promote inefficiencies, rent-seeking and wealth redistribution while in others, they stimulate competition, fair play and innovation.
Economic Development Zones were created to reduce unemployment in depressed areas of the country. Understanding why there is a disconnect between companies and the government might bring to light problems which would allow for improvement to the program.
Facilities management has suffered as a result of vicious cycles of growth followed by stretches of volatile funding. Technology offers a solution to the industry that reduces cost through increased meaningful communication based on data driven requests.
Facilities management has become increasingly challenging over the years. Given all that history has shown us regarding catastrophic failures due to a lack of maintenance, why do public facilities continue expanding at a rate that surpasses the ability and/or commitment to responsibly maintain them?
Facilities management has become increasingly challenging over the years as facilities expand and the cost of construction increases–all while available funds continue to remain volatile. Deferred maintenance is a mounting problem that is insurmountable in some cases. Why is this the case and how did we get here?