Founder and Managing Director of Okappy, Richard Harris reviews the most significant technological changes that took place in 2022 and what FMs should look out for this year Technology is constantly evolving, with every new invention comes a new possibility ...
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David Rowan, Sales Director at Chubb explores the growth in lone working and introduces how a new app can assist employers in keeping lone workers safe Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employers have a responsibility to ...
Read More »Safeguarding systems
Matthew Holliday, Director of Approval Schemes at the National Security Inspectorate explains how access control systems have evolved to meet today’s demands, with a revised code of practice that provides valuable reassurance In recent years, technologically driven solutions have been ...
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Mitakshi Sirsi, Director of Sustainability, Broadway Malyan (pictured left) and William Poole-Wilson, Founder and Managing Director, WILL+Partners (pictured right) discuss how the construction industry and architecture & design firms can help improve sustainable outcomes in the built environment This article ...
Read More »Just the job
Digitising your job management processes can bring benefits you weren’t expecting. Richard Warley, CEO of BigChange explains how digitisation is about more than just efficiency Anyone working in facilities management knows that getting your internal processes right results in better ...
Read More »Fluorescent banned
A new wave of regulations, including the rewriting of the EcoDesign lighting regulations and the removal of the mercury exemptions for lighting means fluorescent lamps will be banned in the UK from September 2023 says Kevan Shaw, Design Director at ...
Read More »Visual advantage
The use of drones and AI can help transform building fabric maintenance says Stefano Bensi, General Manager, SoftBank Robotics EMEA The fabric of a building serves a crucial purpose for its occupants, in both a practical and a symbolic sense. ...
Read More »Energy futures
Technologies which enable business-generated power can reduce costs, lower emissions and increase energy security, says Anthony Ainsworth, Chief Operating Officer at npower Business Solutions For more than a year, the UK energy market has experienced a period of unprecedented volatility, ...
Read More »Digital journey
Paul McCarthy, CTO at Service Works Global explores the benefits of digitalisation in the built environment and advises how FMs can start the digital journey as illustrated by two case studies Ask a range of professionals in the construction, design ...
Read More »Hidden figures
Sara Bean talks to Mark Tyson, Head of Property Operations at LGIM Real Assets on how the real estate industry can address a health and wellbeing gap amongst the UK’s hidden workers Facilities management and corporate real estate could be ...
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