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History

Development of JBMA and the Industry

1966 Jan Foundation of JBMA
1970 Mar mplementation of maintenance for facilities at the venue of the Japan World Exposition '70
　 Apr Enactment of the Building Sanitation Law
1972 July Promulgation of the Security Service Law (notification system)
1973 Dec Foundation of Building Maintenance Training Center
1975 July Amendment of the enforcement order of the Building Sanitation Law (extended to buildings with a floor area of over 3,000 sq.m.)
1979 June 1st World Congress (Bern, Switzerland)
Launch of the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC)
1980 May Major revision of the Building Sanitation Law: introduction of registration system
　 　
1982 May 3rd World Congress (Tokyo & Kyoto)
Skill tests for building cleaning become a national exam
JBMA entrusted with administrative work for tests by MHLW
1985 May 1st National Meeting (Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture)
1988 July Foundation of the Research Institute of Environmental Management, Administration and Maintenance of Japan
1991 Nov Building Maintenance Human Fair '91: 2nd building cleaning skills competition; uniform competition; exhibition of equipment and materials, etc.
1992 Sept 9th World Congress (Yokohama)
1994 Apr Building maintenance business classified independently in Japan Standards Industry Classification
Service mark certification system launched for hospital cleaning business
1996 Jan Building facilities administration stipulated as occupation for technical skill tests JBMA entrusted with administering tests by MHLW from 2003
　 July Management School for Building Maintenance opened
1997 Oct JBMA website launched
　 　
2001 Aug "Building cleaning management inspector, 2nd class" system introduced
　 Dec Enactment of amendment of the Building Sanitation Law
2006 Oct Foundation of Asian Federation of Building Maintenance
　 Nov "Building cleaning management inspector, 1st class" system introduced
2007 Nov Building Maintenance Human Fair '07: 10th building cleaning competition; exhibition of equipment and materials; 1st Best Inspector Award; book market; subcommittee meetings & symposiums; demonstrations of building maintenance products; cleaning expert competition, etc.
1st Congress of Asian Federation of Building Maintenance
2009 Oct Building Maintenance Human Fair '09(Kyoto)