Milwaukee, Aug. 4, 2015 — Facility Maintenance Decisions magazine has selected the eight recipients of the 2015 Facility Maintenance Decisions Achievement Awards.

The award program recognizes the role maintenance and engineering departments play in the successful and efficient operation of the nation's institutional and commercial facilities as determined by online voting, a panel of judges and the magazine's editors. The following maintenance and engineering departments will receive this year's awards:

Retrofits and Renovations
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla.

Personnel Management
Broward College, Davie, Fla.
Frederick County (Md.) Public Schools

Financial Management
Frito-Lay Facilities, Plano, Texas
Winston-Salem/Forsyth (N.C.) County Schools

Sustainability
Arlington (Texas) Independent School District
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

For the third time in the program's six-year history, Texas Children's Hospital has been recognized. The hospital also won awards in 2010 and 2011. Broward College received its second award, with its first recognition coming in 2011.

“The overall quality of the entries in this year's awards program was outstanding, and this year's recipients truly demonstrated the value of their departments to their organizations,” says Dave Lubach, the magazine's associate editor. “Each of the award recipients demonstrated all of the qualities that make up successful maintenance and engineering departments, presenting innovative ideas that produced energy and financial savings.”

Recipients will receive their awards at the NFMT Orlando Conference at the Orange County Convention Center on Oct. 27-28. To view all of the 2015 entries and past award recipients, visit www.FacilitiesNet.com/FMD/FMDAA.

About Facility Maintenance Decisions
Facility Maintenance Decisions is the only magazine written exclusively to meet the information needs of engineering and maintenance managers with institutional and commercial facilities. Each issue delivers essential information on technology applications, management strategies, and professional development readers in school districts, colleges, universities, hospitals, medical centers, government buildings, commercial office buildings, and retail and hospitality facilities. Visit www.FacilitiesNet.com to view current and past issues.

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