World FM Day 2026: Spanish FM media reframes the discipline as the "silent motor of megacities" — hospitals, offices, universities, retail all depend on it
Published: May 30, 2026
FM & Services
FM & Services
Spanish trade outlet Facility Management Services marks World FM Day 2026 with a reframe: facility management is the "silent motor" of any functional building — hospitals, offices, universities, shopping centres — without which technified urban spaces stop. The piece pushes FM out of the back-office cost-centre narrative and into the strategic-infrastructure conversation, particularly relevant as digital twins, IoT sensors and predictive maintenance make the discipline visible at board level. For Spanish FM professionals, World FM Day is the annual moment to push that narrative externally.
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