The installation of technology which enables the live real-time monitoring of an historic building could revolutionise how we protect and preserve heritage sites finds Sara Bean During the pandemic one of the most longed for aspects of normal life has ...
Read More »The post-lockdown commute to work
When COVID restrictions lift we will see more people return to work, in the high street, the office and service sectors. But how will we get to work? What’s our route? Urban environments are likely to have more, not fewer ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to Director & Head of Design at HUMAN by Quadrant Design
Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? After working in the retail and hospitality sectors for the past 12 years, around 18-months ago we started to gain organic enquiries from ...
Read More »Clean standards
Joanne Gilliard, CEO of Jangro, discusses how training within the cleaning sector is more important than ever and the many benefits to be had by employers and employees alike According to recent research by the British Cleaning Council (BCC), there ...
Read More »Inclusive for all
FMJ spoke to committee members Sharon Slinger and Colin Kimber of the LGBT+ in FM network which brings together a group of individuals from organisations within the FM sector to foster inclusiveness and respect within FM It’s been estimated that ...
Read More »A time to come together
Blog from Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities If this pandemic has brought us anything to smile about it has to be the burgeoning use of new ‘pandemic’ only phrases that now seem to be common place in a business ...
Read More »Fire and light
Anthony Martindale, Field Product Manager, Lighting, Eaton asks, why are outdated and/or substandard emergency lighting systems so common in the UK? Despite previous studies highlighting the dangerous gaps in emergency lighting, it still remains an issue. According to a 2020 ...
Read More »The power of a simple energy management upgrade
Andrea Temporiti, Head of Digital ABB Electrification and Marco Dolce, Facility Manager ABB Smart Power Division More than ever before, data capture and analysis are affording facilities managers the insight required to understand and improve their buildings and processes in ...
Read More »Plans with a purpose
Ross Abbate, CEO for Mace Operate explains to Sara Bean why Mace’s facilities management business is putting purpose at the heart of everything they do While the FM sector has risen to the challenges of the past year, like the ...
Read More »Life safety fire risk assessments
Richard Jenkins, Chief Executive of the National Security Inspectorate, explains the implications of life safety fire risk assessments and how ‘Duty Holders’ can best discharge their legal responsibilities. No matter how extraordinary the now routine pandemic circumstances, it’s important to ...
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