Brent asked this claim to stay prominent in the first scan.
Start with your question
A clearer front door for three different visitors.
The redesigned homepage routes explorers, decision makers, and future hires without making them wade through generic brochure language first.
For explorers
Learn what the field covers in plain language.
Start with a definition of the work, the kinds of systems students touch, and the settings where graduates can lead.
- Facility, property, and asset context
- Leadership plus technical fluency
- Real places where the degree applies
For decision makers
See the lifecycle and stewardship case.
This path makes the business argument for why buildings deserve skilled leaders after construction turnover.
- 73% lifecycle-cost framing
- 20% to 40% asset exposure
- Technology, resilience, and mission continuity
For future hires
Jump straight to outcomes and the student-to-job ladder.
Students and parents usually want the same first proof: placement, salary range, internships, and the path to credible experience.
- 100% placement claim
- $70k-$85k+ starting range
- Handshake, FPMSA, alumni, and internships
Lifecycle diagram
A cleaner visual story for where FPM creates value.
This diagram replaces the earlier brochure feel with a more editorial, decision-oriented view of cost, risk, and operational leadership.
The lifecycle mandate
Construction opens the asset. FPM protects everything that follows.
Asset base
20% to 40%
Facilities and real estate can represent a major share of total assets.
First cost
27%
Construction is the visible opening spend.
Operating life
73%
Most cost, coordination, energy pressure, and performance risk arrive after turnover.
Buildings now depend on controls, energy data, security, and resilience.
Leaders coordinate technicians, occupants, vendors, and stakeholders.
Budgets, contracts, and capital decisions shape long-term asset performance.
Reliable spaces help teaching, healthcare, worship, and business keep moving.
Student hub
A more intentional path from interest to credibility in 2025-2026.
The content stays grounded in BYU’s public sources, but the layout now reads like a modern student launch plan instead of a stack of unrelated cards.
Roadmap
Build visible proof every semester.
Join the room
Enter FPMSA, map the 300 approved work hours, and choose an ExL or competition track.
Show your work
Use competitions, research, UREC, or SIOY to turn classroom learning into public proof.
Convert experience
Stack internship hours, refine your story, and line up the next role through Handshake and alumni.
Experience engine
Use internships and ExL together, not separately.
- CFM 199R points students toward a 120-hour internship experience.
- The catalog calls for 300 hours of approved work before graduation.
- Experiential Learning adds competitions, research, service, and study abroad.
- Students can propose projects when they spot a worthwhile operational problem.
FPMSA
Network before graduation.
FPMSA gives students weekly industry access, social momentum, and easier entry into conversations with employers, mentors, and alumni.
Job flow
Handshake and the Partnering Hub should feel central.
BYU points students to Handshake for undergraduate roles, while the Partnering Hub helps faculty-led student teams connect to sponsored projects.
Alumni and giving
Keep the ladder visible for the next cohort.
Alumni can mentor, share openings, sponsor projects, and help students understand what professional credibility looks like before graduation.
Program snapshots
Instagram works best as a culture signal, not as a fragile embed.
These links keep the site fast and reliable while still showing public signs of activity, student recognition, and campus operations.
BYU source set
Official program pages still anchor the claims, pathways, and definitions.
The redesign changes the presentation, not the source trail behind the field overview, student pathway, and public job signals.