Where workers are more vulnerable to accidents or work related ill health, employers have an enhanced level of responsibility to ensure their health and safety. The groups of workers who may be at increased risk include new and expectant mothers, ...
Read More »Bostik helps create warm atmosphere at Wixams Retirement Village
Application: Subfloor preparation and flooring adhesives Products: Screedmaster One Coat Membrane, Universal Primer, Screedmaster Ultimate, Laybond HT Location: Wixams Retirement Village, Bedfordshire Ben Hinchliffe, Operations Director at Unite Flooring: “Bostik are true professionals. They come at short notice whenever needed, ...
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Millie McDonagh of defibshop explains the importance of providing access to defibrillators as a mainstay of an FM’s health and safety provision Every year, around 60,000 individuals suffer a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) outside hospital in the UK. Medical emergencies ...
Read More »Spica to deliver Workplace App solution, optimising employee experience at new Zurich headquarters
Collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) demonstrates Spica Technologies’s leading capability to provide cutting-edge technology solutions to improve workplace experience Spica Technologies is developing a user-centric workplace experience solution for Zurich, which will initially be available to approximately 1,600 users ...
Read More »All Clean (Worcester) Ltd and FDT Services announce joint strategic partnership
All Clean (Worcester) Ltd and FDT Services are delighted to announce our new and exciting joint strategic partnership. This will enable us to offer over 25 years of experience in providing high quality services to the facilities management sector. Our ...
Read More »ASHRAE humidity guidelines for reopening schools and unis
The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has recently published guidance on the operation of HVAC systems in schools and universities, to mitigate the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. This is in preparation for the reopening of schools in the new academic year. ...
Read More »Building intelligence
Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help us return safely to the office? Phil Ratcliffe, Managing Director, Drees & Sommer UK thinks that it can, while also enhancing our workplace experience As cities come out from lockdown and restrictions are eased, more ...
Read More »Coronavirus is easy to kill… with common sense
Author: Adrian Gee-Turner When lockdown started, we all joked about how big the party was going to be when it ended, but of course that hasn’t happened; partly because lockdown is being only gradually eased, but also because of widespread ...
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Richard Jenkins, Chief Executive of the National Security Inspectorate, explains how FMs will benefit from a new Code of Practice covering labour provision of front-line guarding staff The enormity of the COVID-19 pandemic, its economic ramifications and the impact on ...
Read More »FTSE 250 tech-firm chooses Advanced Fire Protection for its UK headquarters
A network of fault-tolerant MxPro 5 fire panels from Advanced, have been installed at the UK headquarters of Computacenter. As a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, having robust fire protection measures in place at Computacenter’s UK logistics and ...
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