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title: Why Building Lifecycle Management Matters for Facility Managers
description: Discover how Building Lifecycle Management helps facility managers connect data, systems and stakeholders across design, construction and operations. Learn how to overcome smart building silos and lead with lifecycle thinking.
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# [Why Building Lifecycle Management Matters for Facility Managers](https://blog.ifma.org/why-building-lifecycle-management-matters-for-facility-managers)

 Written by [Elizabeth Shelton](https://blog.ifma.org/author/elizabeth-shelton) | 12 August 2025

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](https://podcast.ifma.org?hsLang=en), 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.

## Listen Now

 

## 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](https://blmi.org/index.php)  
   
- [Download the slides from this episode](https://blog.ifma.org/hubfs/BLMI%20From%20Turnover%20to%20Intelligence%20Podcast%20Slides.pdf?hsLang=en) and turn on comments to see commentary from today's host!

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