The Spark :: External Resources
National Organizations
- IFMA (International Facility Management Association)
- APPA (Assoc. of Physical Plant Administrators)
- BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association)
- ASHRAE (HVAC/Refrigeration Engineers)
- ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE)
- Building Owners and Management Institute (BOMI)
- Intl. Assoc. of Museum Facility Administrators
- AUGI (Autodesk User Group International)
Leading Industry Publications & Thought Leadership
- Built Worlds
- Facility Executive
- Buildings Magazine
- Facilitiesnet
- Maintenance World
- Facilities Management Journal (FMJ)
- Facility Leadership Blog
- Facilities Manager Magazine
Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Region Trade & Community
Trade Schools and Technical Colleges in the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Region
- SWIC Technical Education Programs
- Midwest Institute Official Website
- American Trade School Official Website
- IEC Greater St. Louis Apprenticeship Information
- Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Training
- Laborers' & Contractors' Training Center (Local 660)
- STLCC CDL Training Program
Trade School Learning and Opportunities in the Greater East St. Louis Region
- Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) Career and Technical Education (CTE)
- Ranken Technical College Programs
- East St. Louis Sr. High School CTE (Partnered with SWIC)
- Southern Illinois Laborers' Training & Apprenticeship Program (East St. Louis)
- SWIC Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP)
- Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Training
Leaders in Ai Facilities & Smart Building Management
- IBM Watson
- Johnson Controls
- Honeywell
- Schneider Electric
- Facilio: Property Operations Done Right
- BrainBox AI
- AppFolio
- Cisco
Popular Real Estate and Asset Management Software
- Yardi: This is a comprehensive, integrated software platform for larger real estate operators.
- MRI Software: MRI provides a flexible, open, and connected software platform for various real estate needs, including commercial and residential properties.
- Buildium: This company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based property management software solution for businesses of all sizes.
- AppFolio Property Manager: AppFolio provides an AI-powered, unified platform for property management tasks across different property types.
- RealPage: RealPage is a leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms for the real estate industry.
- ResMan: ResMan offers a modern, comprehensive property management platform for multifamily and affordable housing management companies.
- Entrata: This company provides a unified operating system for property management, with Solutions, for various property types.
- TenantCloud: TenantCloud is a dynamic platform for landlords and property managers to manage properties, market vacancies, collect rent, and more.
- Rent Manager: A product of London Computer Systems (LCS), Rent Manager is a proven property management software for portfolios of every type and size.
- Propertyware: Tailored for single-family property managers, Propertyware offers a highly customizable, all-in-one platform.
- SimplifyEm: This software is designed to be a simple, easy-to-use solution for landlords and property managers to track expenses, collect rent, and manage leases.
- DoorLoop: Provides an all-in-one software solution that simplifies property management tasks, from tenant screening to accounting.
- Hemlane: Hemlane offers property management software and services, allowing owners to self-manage remotely with options for local support when needed.
St. Clair County Commercial Real Estate Firms
- CBRE: The largest commercial real estate firm in the St. Louis metropolitan area, offering a full platform of services including brokerage, asset management, project management, valuation, and research for office, industrial, retail, and investment properties.
- NAI DESCO: St. Louis' exclusive NAI Global affiliate, providing local expertise and a worldwide network for brokerage and consulting of industrial, office, retail, and investment properties throughout the St. Louis region.
- Schaefer: This entity appears to be associated with Pat Schaeffer, a real estate professional at Nester Realty in O'Fallon, IL. Pat specializes in the sale and leasing of commercial, industrial, and residential properties in the Belleville/O'Fallon region.
St. Clair County Property Management Companies
- Joseph E. Meyer & Associates (JEM): Provides Commercial and Residential Property Management with services including leasing, 24/7 maintenance support, and financial reporting, primarily operating in the Edwardsville & Alton areas.
Asset Management Software Solutions
- IBM Maximo: A leading cloud-based Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform that uses AI and IoT to optimize asset performance, extend lifecycles, and minimize operational costs and downtime for asset-intensive organizations.
- SAP EAM: SAP EAM is a comprehensive software solution that enables organizations to manage their physical assets throughout their entire lifecycle, offering tools for planning, scheduling, executing, and tracking maintenance activities to enhance performance and productivity.
- Infor EAM: A strategic asset management solution that provides tools for asset structure, work orders, mobile capabilities, and GIS integration to help organizations make strategic decisions that extend asset life and improve profitability.
- AssetWorks: AssetWorks provides integrated EAM software Solutions, for asset- and infrastructure-intensive organizations, specializing in managing and maintaining fleets, facilities, and infrastructure efficiently and cost-effectively in one scalable, web-based system.
- Ultimo: Angoss, now part of Altair, provides predictive analytics software, such as KnowledgeSTUDIO and KnowledgeSEEKER, to help businesses discover valuable insights and intelligence in their data through text mining and predictive modeling to improve performance in areas like risk and sales.
- Asset Panda: Asset Panda is a highly flexible, customizable, cloud-based asset tracking and management platform that allows unlimited users to track assets (physical and digital) from anywhere via web and a mobile app with built-in barcode scanning.
- UpKeep Maintenance Management: UpKeep is a mobile-first CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) designed for Asset Operations Management, helping maintenance teams streamline work orders, manage assets, and track inventory to improve efficiency and communication.
- Fiix CMMS: Fiix is an integrated CMMS maintenance software that helps manufacturing teams digitize and optimize maintenance operations by managing asset histories, scheduling work orders, purchasing parts, and tracking compliance tasks from any location.
- Dude Solutions,: Dude Solutions,, now Brightly Software's Asset Essentials, is a cloud-based maintenance solution designed to streamline maintenance operations, extend asset lifespans, and maximize productivity through automated work orders and preventive maintenance scheduling.
- IBM TRIRIGA: IBM TRIRIGA is an Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) that provides a single technology platform to integrate functional models across real estate, capital projects, facilities, and environmental and energy management.
- ABB Ability Asset SuiteABB Ability Asset Suite is a comprehensive EAM solution specifically designed for the power generation industry that integrates asset management, equipment reliability, and shift operations to boost asset reliability and operational efficiency.
- Planon: Planon delivers an Integrated Workplace Management Solution (IWMS) with Asset Management modules to align real estate and facilities management with core business needs through tools for portfolio management, maintenance, and sustainable operations.
- MainsaverMainsaver is a long-standing EAM/CMMS software solution that helps organizations manage their maintenance operations, track assets, schedule tasks, and control inventory to improve overall equipment reliability.
- eMaint CMMS: eMaint is a CMMS from Fluke Reliability that centralizes maintenance data, helping reliability professionals track work orders, parts usage, and asset health across a mobile-accessible platform to simplify audits and maximize resource utilization.
Popular Real Estate and Asset Management Software
- Yardi: This is a comprehensive, integrated software platform for larger real estate operators.
- MRI Software: MRI provides a flexible, open, and connected software platform for various real estate needs, including commercial and residential properties.
- Buildium: This company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based property management software solution for businesses of all sizes.
- AppFolio Property Manager: AppFolio provides an AI-powered, unified platform for property management tasks across different property types.
- RealPage: RealPage is a leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms for the real estate industry.
- ResMan: ResMan offers a modern, comprehensive property management platform for multifamily and affordable housing management companies.
- Entrata: This company provides a unified operating system for property management, with Solutions, for various property types.
Specialized & Niche Software
- Yardi: This is a comprehensive, integrated software platform for larger real estate operators.
- MRI Software: MRI provides a flexible, open, and connected software platform for various real estate needs, including commercial and residential properties.
- Buildium: This company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based property management software solution for businesses of all sizes.
- AppFolio Property Manager: AppFolio provides an AI-powered, unified platform for property management tasks across different property types.
- RealPage: RealPage is a leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms for the real estate industry.
- ResMan: ResMan offers a modern, comprehensive property management platform for multifamily and affordable housing management companies.
- Entrata: This company provides a unified operating system for property management, with Solutions, for various property types.
Facilities and Real Estate Management Software
- FM:Systems: This platform offers an integrated workplace management system (IWMS) focused on space planning, facility maintenance, and hybrid workplace Solutions,.
- Eagle Eye Networks: Primarily a cloud video management system (VMS), this solution offers cloud-based security and video analytics that can be integrated into facilities management for smarter operations.
- UpKeep: UpKeep is an Asset Operations Management solution that provides a mobile-first, user-friendly CMMS for streamlining work orders, asset, and inventory management.
- RealPage: RealPage is a leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms for the real estate industry.
- ResMan: ResMan offers a modern, comprehensive property management platform for multifamily and affordable housing management companies.
- Entrata: This company provides a unified operating system for property management, with Solutions, for various property types.
St. Clair County Commercial Real Estate Firms
- CBRE: The largest commercial real estate firm in the St. Louis metropolitan area, offering a full platform of services including brokerage, asset management, project management, valuation, and research for office, industrial, retail, and investment properties.
- NAI DESCO: St. Louis' exclusive NAI Global affiliate, providing local expertise and a worldwide network for brokerage and consulting of industrial, office, retail, and investment properties throughout the St. Louis region.
- Schaefer: This entity appears to be associated with Pat Schaeffer, a real estate professional at Nester Realty in O'Fallon, IL. Pat specializes in the sale and leasing of commercial, industrial, and residential properties in the Belleville/O'Fallon region.
St. Clair County Property Management Companies
- Joseph E. Meyer & Associates (JEM): Provides Commercial and Residential Property Management with services including leasing, 24/7 maintenance support, and financial reporting, primarily operating in the Edwardsville & Alton areas.