Why Building Lifecycle Management Matters for Facility Managers

Are you navigating the challenges of integrating technology into facility operations — only to find your tools don’t talk to each other?

In this episode of the Connected FM podcast, Dean Stanberry, a past chair of IFMA’s Global Board of Directors, outlines a clear path forward: Building Lifecycle Management (BLM). He explores how our buildings became "technically smart, but operationally disconnected," and how FMs can shift from reactive maintenance to strategic, data-driven leadership.

Dean doesn’t just point out what’s broken, he offers a vision of what’s next.

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What to Expect Inside the Episode: 

1. How Smart Buildings Fell Short

Discover why layers of technology alone can’t deliver performance, and how the lack of shared data structures and lifecycle thinking turned promising tools into isolated silos.

2. Why Data Is the New Foundation

Dean explains why facility management has evolved from bricks and mortar to data and systems. You'll learn why data quality, tech proficiency and data literacy are now essential skills for FM teams.

3. Where the Gaps Are, and How to Close Them

Hear how disconnected phases in design, construction, and operations are costing organizations time, money, and insight. Dean introduces frameworks like ISO 19650 and OSCRE as bridges — not just standards.

4. What Building Lifecycle Management Really Means

BLM isn’t a platform or product. It’s a method and mindset. You’ll hear how lifecycle thinking connects stakeholders across the building’s full life, from concept to deconstruction, with data continuity at its core.

5. What You Can Do Today

Dean shares practical first steps: Identify your lifecycle gaps, champion data standards, start connecting operations earlier in the design phase and step up and lead the shift.

Links From the Episode 

• Building Lifecycle Management resources
   
• Download the slides from this episode and turn on comments to see commentary from today's host!

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