Richard P. Payant

Dr. Richard P. Payant spent more than 22 years as director of facilities management at Georgetown University, and 23 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He teaches facility management courses at George Mason University, and is the principal of Facility Partners International. He is a certified facility manager (CFM) and plant engineer (CPE). Richard is also certified in Homeland Security (CHS) and is a LEED Green Associate.

Articles by Richard P. Payant

• Emergencies can paralyze an organization: Are you prepared?

  Wednesday, November 09, 2016

  At 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, the building receptionist for a large organization comprised of several adjoining buildings receives a bomb threat. The receptionist immediately notifies her supervisor, the director of security. He informs the organization's leadership, the director of facilities management, the public relations officer and local authorities.

• Don’t let facility maintenance spiral out of control

  Wednesday, October 21, 2015

  ​Spiral dynamics is a framework developed to understand the dynamic forces that influence people, businesses, education and organizations. The focus of spiral dynamics is to synthesize and attempt to understand human, organizational and societal problems through strong leadership and management systems, processes and procedures.