RFID technology changes FM services deliveries

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a common technology and widely used in logistic applications, and a large amount of envisaged applications in consumer, welfare and industrial sectors. In the construction and Facility Management (FM) sectors there are several identified potential application areas including component tracking, inventory management and equipment monitoring. Despite of anticipated potentials the usage is still slight. In this paper, we shortly review the RFID technology including near field communication (NFC) evolved from a combination of earlier RFID contact-free identification. This very short-range wireless point-to-point interconnection technology is expected to become a common technology in mobile phones, and in fact these kinds of phones already exist offering intuitive, easy-to-use touch-based communication and interaction between two devices with reasonable price and low immunity to eavesdropping. Based on existing mobile phones we give examples and hands-on exploitation experiences in janitorial and real estate management services, access rights controls and mobile access managements. In addition we give general overview on RFID utilization, its obstacles and diffusion in construction and FM applications. Finally the paper suggests the FM owners and service providers to increase communication and sharing of real time information with customers due to its importance in looking for opportunities in enlarging offerings not yet comprehended by owners and providers.