Given the widescale adoption of hybrid working, how FMs manage wellbeing at work can no longer be focused solely on the physical office environment. Given this change in workplace work patterns, how can FMs adapt their approach to safeguard employee ...
Read More »Reinventing efficiency and sustainability with digital retrofitting
By Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO & Co-founder at Facilio Inc In a world that is barreling towards dwindling resources, higher energy costs, unprecedented carbon emissions and global warming, buildings are set to become the largest consumers of power by 2030. Sustainability ...
Read More »The management of smoke vents or AOVs
Conor Logan, Colt’s Technical Director, with a guide to maintaining aov (automatic opening vent) maintenance An ‘AOV’ or ‘Automatic Opening Vent’ is a smoke or fire vent that will open and close automatically when triggered by a control system to ...
Read More »Focussing on design for recycling and repurposing textile flooring waste
Carpet Recycling UK is an independent not for profit membership association working with the supply chain for textile flooring. We help foster strategic collaborations and networking to develop viable solutions for carpet and other textile flooring waste such as carpet ...
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With rising energy prices, investing in energy efficiency can provide real savings, ensure superior process performance and real financial outcomes particularly in industrial sites, says Dave Palmer, General Manager for the UK and Ireland at ICS Cool Energy Heating and ...
Read More »Patol protection for major online retail investment
One of the UK’s best known supermarket chains has chosen Patol Ltd and Securiton Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD) to protect a significant investment in expanding the retailer’s online offering. Fulfilment Centres are the latest development designed to help revolutionise online ...
Read More »2N achieves Secured by Design accreditation for its IP intercoms and Access Unit readers
Secured by Design (SBD) is the flagship UK police initiative to help ‘design out’ crime through high-quality, innovative products and processes 2N devices came through rigorous tests to assess their resistance to forced entry The announcement follows the Office for ...
Read More »Singular by Ideal Standard and Armitage Shanks: taking the headache out of commercial specification
Washrooms play a crucial role in defining the impression people form of a commercial space. However, a positive experience relies on facilities managers to work with specification, installation and maintenance teams to create washrooms that deliver on a wide variety ...
Read More »Meridian bagless recycling bin
Leafield Environmental, a leading UK manufacturer and designer of recycling and litter bins are proud to have designed the Meridian ‘bagless’ recycling bin, saving thousands of bin bags being used each year reducing carbon emissions. The unique benefit of Leafield’s ...
Read More »Vacant possessions
Arthur Duke, Managing Director, Live-in Guardians offers a practical solution to the challenge of protecting a vacant property In the UK, 750,000 vacant non-residential properties are vandalised annually and a further 9,000 are seriously damaged by fires. With an increasing ...
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