SOCIAL - BLOG
Lucy Jeynes @LarchLucy
People hanging on to their privilege is a great
barrier to widening participation and inclusion.
In FM and in life. We must challenge that.
Wisdom from @margmargot @IFMA_UK
@RICSnews #RICSFM
Steve Roots linkedin.com/in/steveroots
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Senior FM Professional; Past Chair IWFM
So today sees my time as Chair of the Institute
of Workplace and Facilities Management come
to an end after a challenging but rewarding
2.5yrs.
Mark Eltringham linkedin.com/in/markeltringham
18 JULY 2019
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Publisher, commentator, author, editor,
journalist, speaker. Workplace Insight.
Open-plan offices are not inherently bad
whatever you might have heard – they’re
probably just being used in the worst possible
ways
@LionHeartRICS
Some of our recent helpline callers are @
RICSnews professionals affected by uncertainty
at work, caused by current economic/ political
climate. A reminder that we can offer support
in these situations, including referral for legal
advice if necessary. It helps to talk!
Alexandra Hewitt, FM Recruitment Consultant
linkedin.com/in/alexfmrecruiter
Recruitment Consultant specialising in
workplace, facilities and estates management.
For all those hiring managers insisting
candidates need 5+ or 10+ years equivalent
level experience to be considered for a job
I present to you...Cori Gauff - showing what
talent, drive and hard work can achieve
#wimbledon2019
Mitie @mitie
@Mitie & @IWFM_UK hosted a #roundtable on
the ‘#DigitalTransformation of FM’ – industry
expert @AntonySlumbers led an insightful
discussion. We were joined by a diverse cross
section of industry thought leaders including
@RoyalMail, @LandsecGroup, @superdrug &
@GPE_plc
BLOG FROM RORY MURPHY, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, VINCI FACILITIES
INTEGRATE OR ISOLATE
This year’s RICS/IFMA flagship conference
for Facilities Management took the
brave step of changing its name from
the ‘Strategic FM’ conference to a more
inclusively titled ‘Integrated Property Services
conference’ undoubtedly raising a few
eyebrows amongst those conference season
commentators across the FM fraternity.
Whilst the name change caused some debate
in the first instance, from a personal perspective
it has made me consider how we position and
present our profession in the coming years. The
FM sector and the built environment in general
is changing rapidly in the face of increased
digitalisation and new more flexible ways of
working, so surely we will need to adapt how we
talk and represent our sector to reflect this.
As FM professionals we can choose to
integrate or isolate. We can collaborate and
share ideas with like minded professionals or
we can talk incessantly at conference venues to
ourselves, about ourselves, for ourselves.
As the world becomes more interconnected
and the complexity of the built environment
adapts and develops to support new ways of
working and new demands, our profession
should surely come to the fore. The principle of
having an integrated conference against
a backdrop of an integrated built
environment sounds like a step
forward.
The various professions
within the built
environment remain
incredibly traditional.
Despite the increasing
developments in
BIM, digital twinning,
significant advances in
asset management and a
developing understanding
of the human e ects of
building on people, we all still
like to work in our professional
silos. Collaboration in the first instance would
be a good step, genuinely thinking about the
buildings in use when we make initial design
decisions is surely a given.
Breaking down the barriers will not come
easily, the RICS itself has 20 professional
pathways and facilities management is just one
of them. Encouraging the quantity surveyors
or the building surveyors to collaborate and
integrate with the residential surveyors let
alone the facilities management surveyors
seems like a stretch.
Outside of our Surveying fraternity we
have the architects and engineers that design
and construct much of our buildings and
infrastructure, we have specialist trade groups
across a whole range of disciplines. At the
Rory Murphy, Commercial Director, VINCI Facilities
absolute beginning of any building process we
have the clients and customers who will need
to know the e iciency and costs in use of the
assets they are procuring. More importantly the
impact on wellbeing and productivity that the
newly designed built asset will drive should
also be on any clients wish list at
design stage.
The digital lifecycle of
the built environment
may well be a catalyst
for this integration
and collaboration
to accelerate. The
management information
and data that now drives
significant business
decisions does not
recognise these traditional
silo’s. As we procure, design,
Breaking down the
barriers will not come
easily, the RICS itself has
20 professional pathways
and FM is just one of
build and operate the assets of
the future then the digital heartbeat
them”
of those projects will be the golden thread that
runs throughout the whole lifecycle. Clients will
demand information about their property that
will require specific intervention and action at
design stage so those operating the asset will
need to integrate closely with those designing
and building the asset to secure the right
outcomes.
Integration and greater collaboration
amongst professionals within the built
environment has long been championed, the
sentiment and will has never seemingly been
strong enough to make these relationships truly
e ective. Ultimately it may well be technology
and necessity that forces this integration so the
RICS/IFMA conference may have come just at the
right time.
ADVICE & OPINION