Houston Happenings - September 2026 
Professional Development
| Keeping your best maintenance technicians
Retention starts with diagnosing what each technician actually needs. Protecting your best people's time matters more than another pay bump.
Facility Maintenance Decisions
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| Making the case for capital with a condition assessment
Nashville General uses facility condition assessments to drive capital planning on an aging campus. A useful model if your deferred maintenance list keeps growing.
Building Operating Management
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| Are your sprinkler systems ready when it counts?
A sprinkler system only performs if it has been maintained. Worth a read before your next inspection cycle comes due.
Facility Maintenance Decisions
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Houston Market Watch
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Higher education
Texas Southern starts a $1.7 billion campus rebuild
TSU broke ground this week on three buildings, the first phase of a ten-year master plan running through the university's centennial.
CW39 Houston
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Research and healthcare
UH adds a $77.5 million medical research building
A 55,000-square-foot research facility near the College of Medicine, targeted for 2028. UH posts its full board-approved project list publicly.
University of Houston Facilities Planning and Construction
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Commercial office
Buffalo Speedway office tower changes hands
A 390,919-square-foot building at 3737 Buffalo Speedway sold to a new venture. Ownership changes tend to reshuffle FM priorities and vendor rosters.
Commercial Real Estate Direct
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What's Happening in IFMA Houston
| Houston Happenings is back. Each month we'll put the chapter calendar, a member worth knowing, and a short stack of things worth reading in one place, so you don't have to go looking for them. If there's something you'd like to see covered — a project, a credential, a member doing good work — send it our way. This is your newsletter. |
| Shantel President, IFMA Houston Chapter |
