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As part of its strategy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has opened a series of regional drive-through sites across the UK providing coronavirus testing facilities for essential workers. Two of these testing stations are located at Cardiff City ...

For this month’s regular column on individual FM careers, we talked to one of the many front-line FM people working for our NHS.  Interserve Domestic Manager Vanessa Morrison runs a team of 219 people delivering catering and domestic services to ...

Emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown, businesses across the UK welcome the government’s phased return to normality, starting with those who cannot work remotely. Employers now need to think carefully about their workplace strategy. Facilities & HR managers face a particular ...

Capacity to produce 100,000 protective face shields every day Security officers, receptionists and other customer-facing facilities management staff could soon benefit from the decision by EGR, a world-class manufacturer of precision-engineered solutions for the automotive industry, to convert its manufacturing ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a range of challenges for businesses with many restrictions on normal operations. This includes difficulty of getting support from contractors in carrying out statutory inspections, examinations and tests of plant and equipment or the need ...

Chemical-free floor cleaning has been introduced to the Innovations portfolio of facilities services provider, Samsic UK. The first national contractor to adopt the Toucan solution-disinfectant agent for hard surface cleaning within its client portfolio, Samsic has now introduced technology to ...

How do you manage unoccupied buildings during a lockdown? We talk to three FM specialists about the issues involved, including the role of technology, shutdown procedures and the impact on maintenance programmes For the majority, the world has gone into ...

Transparent face visors // users facial expressions are clearly visible // barrier function that minimises the exchange of droplets // available now Modern work expert DURABLE has transformed its production in Gotha, Germany, to focus on the production of PPE. ...

THE SITUATION As hardware stores were featured on the government list of retail outlets essential to stay open and social distancing quickly becoming top of everyone’s mind. Trotters wanted to make sure they were protecting their customers and staff as ...

Winners of this year’s CIBSE Building Performance Awards demonstrate how innovative engineering and focused post-occupancy involvement can deliver outstanding projects, says Sara Kassam, Head of Sustainability Development at CIBSE Renovation and renewal emerged as a key theme in this year’s ...