International Facility Management Association

found: Its Proceedings from facilities, 1987:t.p. (IFMA, International Facility Management Association)

found: IFMA website, viewed May 12, 2023:banner (IFMA, red uppercase-letters; logo of black and blue 'globe' with white meridian lines, inserted red rectangle with white outline resembling door) footer (IFMA, address, Houston, TX) About (founded in 1980; the world's largest and most widely recognized association for facility management professions, over 22,000 members in more than 100 countries) History (by the end of a meeting in Houston, Texas in May 1980, the National Facility Management Association (NFMA) [not found in OCLC] had a constitution, bylaws, temporary officers and plans to expand nationally; first NFMA meeting held in October 1980; with the charter of the Toronto Chapter in 1982, NFMA formally changed its name to the International Facility Management Associatioin (FMA) and incorporated as a non-profit (501 c6) association in Ann Arbor, Michigan; in 1984 IFMA relocated its office to Houston, Texas; in 1986, IFMA released its first official statement on facility management to help define the profession and clarify the association's position on FM)