Phillies open the plant room: turning stadium FM into a skilled-trades pipeline

Published: July 2, 2026

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The Philadelphia Phillies and IFM provider NEST are giving high-school students access to the ballpark's HVAC control room, mechanical spaces and grounds operations, framing facilities work as a credible career. The June 9 programme lands as JLL projects 2.1 million skilled-trades jobs going unfilled through 2030. For FM leaders, it is a template for building the maintenance talent pipeline they will soon depend on.

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