By Ben Yexley, Head of Business Development at askporter, shares his reflections on facilities management in 2023, and looks at some predictions for 2024. Innovative technology has become a main conversation point across the facilities management sector in 2023. With ...
Read More »ISS publishes White Paper on AI and its impact on the future of facilities services
Authored by AI thought leader Inma Martinez (a participant at the UK’s recent AI Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park), the new white paper from ISS examines how AI can elevate human potential and reshape future of workspaces. AI thought ...
Read More »AI will have the ‘biggest impact’ on physical security operations over the next five years
Nine in 10 Chief Security Officers at large, global businesses operating in the UK agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have the biggest impact on physical security operations over the next five years. The finding comes from G4S’s first ever ...
Read More »Commercial real estate occupiers are willing to put their money where the tech is
New research data from JLL’s 2023 Global Real Estate Technology Survey reveals over 80 per cent of companies are increasing technology budgets despite a challenging operating environment. Ninety-one per cent of occupier respondents said they are willing to pay a ...
Read More »Largest Q2 on record for data centre demand in Europe
The period from April to June 2023 saw record demand for data centres with 114 MW of take-up across Europe’s leading markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin (FLAP-D), according to JLL’s EMEA Data Centres Q2 2023 report. This ...
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 »Smart engineering
The proliferation of new technologies has led to an explosion of data in recent years. Here, Shane Betts, Head of Corporate, Integral UK looks at maintenance for the digital age Sixteen years since the British mathematician and Tesco marketing guru ...
Read More »Aerial advantage
Dave Peacock, Technical Director of TÜV SÜD Building Advisory Service on modernising building façade inspection with the use of drones and artificial intelligence (AI) Following key proposals made by Dame Judith Hackitt after the Grenfell Tower disaster, the UK’s Building ...
Read More »Building intelligence
Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help us return safely to the office? Phil Ratcliffe, Managing Director, Drees & Sommer UK thinks that it can, while also enhancing our workplace experience As cities come out from lockdown and restrictions are eased, more ...
Read More »Is the future bright?
William Betts, Senior Associate at recruitment consultancy Macdonald & Company, shares his predictions for the FM sector in 2018 FM continues to be an evolving industry that is at the forefront of business transformation. The 2017 RICS & IFMA Raising ...
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