Audience
Facility Maintenance Decisions circulates to a 100% qualified list of 32,500 maintenance and engineering managers responsible for the operations of institutional and commercial buildings in the United States. When you advertise with Facility Maintenance Decisions, you reach and influence these types of high-ranking, influential readers.
- Manage 1.01 million of the largest buildings in the country
- Responsible for 43.6 billion square feet of floor space
- Spend $130.1 billion on capital equipment/renovation/new construction
- Maintain 4 million landscaped acres
- Maintain 13.3 million hardscaped acres
- Supervise 939,000 personnel
With Facility Maintenance Decisions your marketing will reach and influence more than 32,000 buyers including:
- Facility Maintenance Manager, FedEx Corporation
- Manager Maintenance Operator, United States Postal Service
- Mechanical Engineer, US Air Force
- Facility Maintenance Manager, Office Depot Inc.
- Director of Engineering, Mercy Medical Center
- Dir Of Physical Plant, Arkansas State University
- Buildings & Grounds Dir, Dartmouth College
- Maintenance Director, University Of Michigan
- Operations Manager, Penn State University
- Corp Dir Of Engineering, Dillard Dept Stores Inc
- Facility Operations Mgr, Target Corporation
- Maint Manager, Ralph Lauren Corporation
- Facility Services Manager, CVS Caremark
- Corporate Energy Mgr, Bed Bath & Beyond
- Facilities Mgr, Mayo Clinic Health
- Dir Env Services, United Cerebral Palsy
- Chief Engineer, CBS
| Years of Experience in Facilities Management | |
|---|---|
| More than 30 years | 26% |
| 26 to 30 years | 12% |
| 21 to 25 years | 14% |
| 16 to 20 years | 10% |
| 11 to 15 years | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10% |
| 5 years or less | 14% |
| Age Group | |
|---|---|
| Under 35 years old | 2% |
| 35 to 44 years old | 15% |
| 45 to 54 years old | 29% |
| 55 to 64 years old | 46% |
| 65 years or older | 8% |
| Gender | |
|---|---|
| Male | 96% |
| Female | 4% |
| Product Seclection Involvement | |
|---|---|
| ADA Products | 70% |
| Air Conditioners | 87% |
| Arc Flash Safety Equipment | 49% |
| Boilers | 72% |
| Building Controls | 85% |
| Carpeting & Flooring | 79% |
| Cleaning Products | 72% |
| Ceilings | 81% |
| Coatings | 56% |
| Communication Equipment (including wireless) | 47% |
| Contract Services | 82% |
| Demand Response Programs | 51% |
| Door Hardware (including locks, hinges and closures) | 83% |
| Doors/Entrances | 82% |
| Drain Cleaning Equipment | 72% |
| Electrical Equipment/Systems | 75% |
| Electrical Testing Equipment | 71% |
| Elevators & Service | 62% |
| Emergency Service & Equipment | 74% |
| Energy Management Systems | 80% |
| Energy Performance Contracts | 52% |
| Energy rebates/incentives or efficiency-enhancing programs | 68% |
| Energy Services (Electricity, Gas, etc.) | 61% |
| Facility Management Software (i.e. CMMS, EAMS) | 58% |
| Fertilizer/Insecticides | 39% |
| Fire Safety & Prevention | 86% |
| Fleet Vehicles & Accessories | 44% |
| Floor Coatings | 83% |
| Grounds Care Contract & Services | 56% |
| Grounds Care Tools & Equipment | 69% |
| Hand Dryers | 68% |
| Hazmat Equipment & Supplies | 66% |
| HVAC Replacement Parts | 82% |
| HVAC Systems | 85% |
| IAQ Products | 55% |
| Infared Systems | 41% |
| Insulation | 76% |
| Interior Office Equipment | 54% |
| Inventory Management/Barcoding | 35% |
| Landscaping/Construction Equipment | 64% |
| LEDs | 80% |
| Life Safety Products | 79% |
| Lifts and Ladders | 82% |
| Lighting Controls/Sensors | 80% |
| Lighting Products | 86% |
| Lubricants/Adhesives | 73% |
| Maintenance & Cleaning Supplies | 69% |
| Metal Roofs/Wall Systems | 49% |
| Meters | 65% |
| Motors and Drives | 73% |
| Mowers/Tractors & Attachments | 55% |
| Paints & Coatings | 79% |
| Pest Controls | 68% |
| Piping & Valves | 75% |
| Plumbing Products & Systems | 77% |
| Portable and Emergency Cooling/Heating Equipment | 74% |
| Power & Hand Tools | 83% |
| Power Generating Systems | 61% |
| Protective Clothing/Work Boots | 61% |
| Rental Equipment | 67% |
| Resilient/Hard Surface Rubber Flooring | 44% |
| Restroom Fixtures, & Accessories (sinks) | 88% |
| Restroom Paper Products/Dispensers | 62% |
| Restroom Partitions | 78% |
| Roof Coatings | 58% |
| Roof Guards | 36% |
| Roofing Products & Systems | 75% |
| Safety Flooring | 70% |
| Safety Products | 80% |
| Sealants & Waterproofing Products | 76% |
| Security Systems & Access Control | 62% |
| Signage | 76% |
| Snow & Ice Removal Products | 72% |
| Storage Cabinets, Shelving, Lockers, & Mailroom Products | 72% |
| Submeters | 47% |
| Touchless Access Systems | 55% |
| Touchless Restroom Products | 73% |
| Training | 74% |
| Two-Way Radios | 62% |
| UPS | 61% |
| Utility Vehicles & Attachments | 60% |
| Wall Coverings | 64% |
| Wallboard Products | 71% |
| Waste Management & Recycling Products | 76% |
| Water Heaters | 72% |
| Water Treatment Products | 62% |
| Window Shading/Solar Control | 73% |
| Windows | 67% |
Power of Print
Print Creates Action.
- 95% of subscribers took action after seeing ads in Facility Maintenance Decisions
- 81% went to the manufacture's website after reading articles or ads
- 93% of subscribers say ads are an important source of information
* 2020 Facility Maintenance Decisions Media Usage Study
2022 Editorial Calendar
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Circulation/BPA
Due to the meticulous qualification process of Facility Maintenance Decisions readers, we can assure you that the magazine is in the hands of people that want to see your product. As a result, your ad has a significant impact on your bottom line.
To further support the notion that Facility Maintenance Decisions is the right place to invest your advertising dollars, a Baxter Research Center http://www.brc.com study found the following:
- 88% of our respondents read each issue more than once, increasing your exposure to facility executives.
- 72% of Facility Maintenance Decisions readers will act based on the ad they saw in the magazine.
Print Specs
Preferred File Types
- PDF/X-1a:2001 or TIFF (TIF) for: 4-color process (CMYK) ads.
- EPS or DCS2 (Photoshop eps) for: 2-color (3 process colors) ads.
- EPS or TIFF (TIF) for: Grayscale or B/W (Process Black) ads.
(Note: We are unable to process Microsoft Publisher files)
10 STEP GUIDE to obtaining a maximum quality print ad
- All fonts must be embedded, converted to outline or rasterized.
- Photos and artwork should be at least 300 dpi. Lineart (ie: logos) should be 1200 dpi bitmap or a Vector image. We cannot submit any photos or artwork, to the printer, with less than 266 dpi.
- All color must be set up in either spot color or CMYK (process color). All RGB colors will be converted and will not appear in print as it did on-screen.
- All black type must be black only, not Rich Black or Registration.
- All color photos must be converted to CMYK with a total ink limit of 300%. Click here to see how to insure proper ink density levels.
- All black and white photos must be converted to grayscale with a 20-25% dot gain.
- Documents should be set up to the correct final ad size.
- Any bleeds need to be set at 0.125" on all sides - no printer's marks or slugs.
- Transparencies must be flattened. Layer/effects, Flattener Presets must be set to "high resolution."
- It is recommended to use the Adobe PDF preset: PDF/X-1a:2001 when creating your PDF file. This setting is an industry standard for printing (please deselect all printer mark defaults and, if applicable, include the bleed here).
Color Typography
For optimum reproduction and clear and sharp copy, use sans serif fonts such as Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Myriad or similar for small type. Reverse type reproduces best with large bold sans serif fonts. The same is true for color type. Thin serif fonts are difficult to read in color or reverse type. It is recommended that four color type and/or small four color reverse knock-outs be avoided. Black type that uses four color blends should never be used (Registration not allowed).
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Mechanical Specs
- Publication Trim Size: 7.875 x 10.75
- Live Area: 7 x 10
2 Page Spread Bleed:
- Bleed 16 x 11 Trim 15.75 x 10.75
- Live matter must be kept 0.5 inch away from untrimmed edge and allow 0.25 inch clearance for gutter.
- Trim variance is 1/8 inch
| Ad Type | Width | Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Bleed Page | 8.125" | 11" |
| Page | 7" | 10" |
| 2/3 Page | 4.5" | 10" |
| 1/2 Island | 4.5" | 7.5" |
| 1/2 Vertical | 3.375" | 10" |
| 1/2 Horizontal | 7" | 4.875" |
| 1/3 Square | 4.5" | 4.875" |
| 1/3 Vertical | 2.125" | 10" |
| 1/3 Horizontal | 7" | 3.125" |
| 1/4 Vertical | 3.375" | 4.875" |
| 1/4 Horizontal | 7" | 2.375" |
| 1/6 Vertical | 2.125" | 4.875" |
| 1/6 Horizontal | 7" | 1.5" |
FM Custom Research
Building Operating Management can conduct custom research into the buying habits, brand awareness, product preferences and specification process of facility executives. Our research department conducts both quantitative and qualitative studies.
*Quantitative Research: Email invite/webbased surveys, telephone surveys, and postal (mail) surveys,
*Qualitative Research: Face-to-face research including in-depth interviews, focus group recruitment and moderation telephone surveys.
Quantitative data drawn from surveys of building owners and facility managers can add authority and credibility to your custom white paper or eBook. Our experienced editors and market researchers work with you develop survey questions. We program and host the survey, conduct the survey, tabulate the results, analyze the data and provide you with a comprehensive report which you can use for any marketing purpose.
Call or email us for a free quick consultation to discuss your research needs and how we can help you. Contact Tim Rowe at 414-368-6860 or email tim.rowe@tradepress.com.