DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
19-21 MAY 2020
www.facilitiesshow.com
18-20 MARCH 2020
World Workplace Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands
www.worldworkplaceeurope.ifma.org
24 MARCH 2020
IWFM Conference 2020
etc. venues St Paul’s, London
www.iwfmconference.org
25-26 MARCH 2020
The Manchester Cleaning Show 2020
Event City, Manchester
www.cleaningshow.co.uk/manchester
06 MAY 2020
The National Facility Management &
Maintenance Show
Arena MK, Milton Keynes
www.facilityandmaintenanceexpo.co.uk
06-07 MAY 2020
Health Estates & Facilities Management
Association Leadership Forum
Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
www.hefma.co.uk/conference
06-07 JULY 2020
Facilities Management Forum
Hilton Deansgate, Manchester
www.facilitiesmanagementforum.co.uk
08-09 SEPTEMBER 2020
Hotel Facilities Management Expo
ExCeL, London
www.hfmexpo.co.uk
16-17 SEPTEMBER 2020
RWM Exhibition
NEC Birmingham
www.rwmexhibition.com
06-08 OCTOBER 2020
UK Construction Week
NEC Birmingham
www.ukconstructionweek.com
MARCH 2020 7
WINNING WAYS WITH WASTE
DISCUSSED AT FMJ EVENT
Delegates to the recent FMJ event on waste
management; held at the organisers of the Facilities
Show, Informa’s London Blackfriars o ices were treated to
essential advice on engaging sta and other stakeholders
to help create a more sustainable workplace.
Phil Steer, Commercial Manager, Grundon presented some
of the exclusive findings from this year’s third annual survey
FMJ has run in partnership with waste management experts
Grundon. This has revealed that for the third year running,
waste management is the number one priority for facilities
managers. Following on from a slide which showed that the
biggest barrier to improving waste recycling was an inability to
engage sta ; Steer presented some expert advice on tackling
this challenge.
His presentation contained a range of useful tips, including
incentivising and rewarding green behaviours, the psychology
of the placement of recycling bins, the use of pictorial symbols
to instruct everyone (including non-English speakers) clearly
on where waste should go and the value of organising waste
awareness days.
He finished his talk with a case study on Royal Berkshire
hospital where sta volunteers have undertaken a Waste
Watchers KISS It Better (Keep It Simple, Segregate) campaign
to spread the word about recycling in their respective
workplace areas and encourage their colleagues to embrace
new waste streams. As a result, the NHS Trust has saved
around £5,300 a month on its waste management costs.
The second expert speaker of the evening, Sunil Shah
Managing Director of sustainability consultancy, Acclaro
Advisory and Chair, RICS Global Responsible Business Forum,
remarked that the FM sector is still behind the curve when it
comes to promoting sustainability; and advised that a positive
way of engaging senior management is to remind them that a
huge amount of revenue can be generated from waste.
In one interesting observation, he noted that one of the
unintended consequences of the replacement of single
use plastic with compostable cups was that people were
putting them in the recycling bin. This he warned just goes to
contaminate the batch, as they actually belong with compost.
Delegates were also reminded that a truly e ective waste
management strategy requires an integrated approach and
should begin with the procurement stage.
Rounding up the evening presentations he reminded people
of the power of data as a way to measure and if needed, tweak
your waste management strategy.
A full report and e-book based on the results of the 2020 FMJ/
Grundon Waste Management survey will be published at the
Facilities Show. FMJ will produce a full report on the findings to
include an analysis of the research by a discussion group made
up of senior FMs later in the year.
HMPPS fails to
deliver savings by
outsourcing FM
services
The government is failing to
provide and maintain safe, secure
and decent prisons and its fl agship
initiatives to address this have
not delivered, according to a new
National Audit Offi ce (NAO) report.
More than 40 per cent of
inspected prisons were rated as
‘poor’ or ‘not suffi ciently good’ for
safety in the last fi ve years.
Poor safety in prisons has reached
all-time highs, over the last decade,
HMPPS (Her Majesty’s Prison and
Probation Service) has taken 1,730
cells permanently out of use and
it expects to lose 500 places a year
because of the poor conditions of
the remaining estate. Over 40 per
cent of prisons need major repair
or replacement in the next three
years. There is currently a backlog
of major repairs that will cost £916
million to fi x.
HMPPS has had to spend £143
million more than expected over
the last four years. HMPPS expected
to pay its facilities management
providers £17.7 million for variable
costs at business case stage, but by
2018-19 it had paid £160.4 million.
It had an inaccurate and incomplete
understanding of prison conditions
and the services needed. It also
severely underestimated the need
for reactive maintenance work due
to vandalism and breakdown.
HMPPS has struggled to create
new prison places. In 2016, it
committed to create 10,000 new for
old prison places. So far, only 206
have been built with 3,360 under
construction.
HMPPS has been focussed on
sorting out the immediate needs
of the prison estate, investing
its resources to address prison
population pressures and
deteriorating prison conditions.
The report recommends that
HMPPS develop a long-term
strategy which sets out exactly
what conditions prisoners should
be held in and minimum levels of
investment needed to ensure a safe,
decent environment.
To read the full report ‘Improving
the Prison Estate’ visit:
http://bit.ly/3cf2Mvy
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