Harvey Gretton, Managing Director at Blayze Group offers expert advice on meeting the challenges of recruiting within the built environment The UK construction industry is facing a serious skills shortage in both professional and practical roles, with young people, ethnic ...
Read More »Digital decarbonising
Sadaf Askari, ICL Partner Business Manager at IES explains the benefits to FMs in bringing digital innovation into ESG strategies Robust ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) strategies are important not just to curb global warming, but to reflect an increasing ...
Read More »Zero gains
Bryan McLaggan, MD, Combined Technical Solutions (CTS) provides FMs with a guide to the ways engineering services can help in their drive for net zero carbon As the UK economy ground to a halt in 2020 due to the COVID-19 ...
Read More »COP26: How can the FM sector help tackle global warming?
The COP26 summit, which takes place in Glasgow next month [November] hopes to secure agreements to meet 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the century. With 21-22 per cent of the UK’s ...
Read More »Grade II Devonshire Campus’ office space unveiled
Case Study – Lara Bean reports on the transformation of office space at the historic Devonshire Square campus. London’s historic Devonshire Square campus which was once part of a warehouse for the East India Trading Company has been refurbished. Asset ...
Read More »Smart Buildings Show is back for 2021
The UK’s cornerstone Smart Buildings Show returns for its largest event to-date, as the free-to-attend conference and exhibition takes place at ExCeL London on 6-7 October 2021. With more exhibitors and content than ever before. Smart Buildings Show, the UK’s ...
Read More »ROCKWOOL unveils Interactive City for easier specification and product visualisation
The virtual 3D cityscape aims to inspire design, save time and lead to faster decision making ROCKWOOL has further enhanced its range of resources for specifiers, contractors and building owners with the launch of the ROCKWOOL Interactive City, a 3D ...
Read More »Cori-Seal Systems highlights the hidden fire safety dangers within schools and commercial buildings
Cori-Seal® is an innovative new solution for missing smoke stoppers within existing schools and buildings that have trapezoidal perforated decks or beams within its structure. Due to recent growing concern regarding fire safety within the built environment, Cori-Seal® Systems Ltd ...
Read More »Marking ten years since the communications experts for the built environment was born
Blog from Cathy Hayward, Founder and Chairman of Magenta Associates In February 2011, I was seven years into my role heading up FM World, now Facilitate, the magazine which I had launched for the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management ...
Read More »FM Clinic: Sustainability in FM
Sustainability is a huge priority for the FM sector, whether developing energy management strategies, increasing recycling or investing in renewables. But there is a broader definition of sustainability where FMs have the opportunity to deliver social value in providing a ...
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