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Meeting need for in-building mobile coverage in 2020

By Gearoid Collins, Sales Director, Vilicom Facility managers are increasingly having to cope with shifting workspaces demand – in particular mobile phone technology. Workplaces must deliver more services and amenities than ever before – shared workspaces, co-working at organisations such ...

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The business of protection

Rob Whiffing, Security Excellence and Projects Director at Sentinel Group Security (SGS), draws on his experience in the industry to answer key questions surrounding site and building protection WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS THAT DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF A SECURITY ...

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To infinity and beyond – Zumtobel’s SLOTLIGHT INFINITY lights the Blue Fin Building

The prestigious Blue Fin Building, has been illuminated with SLOTLIGHT INFINITY and PANOS EVOLUTION luminaires from Zumtobel to ensure a high quality lighting solution with low total cost of ownership for the Cat A office refurbishment. The luminaires were chosen ...

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Condair Configure – New humidifier selection tool

Condair is launching a web-based humidifier selection tool, which enables AHU customers to design a humidification system from within the AHU company’s own in-house AHU design software. The software module, called Condair Configure, allows manufacturers to design and quote AHUs ...

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Wireless technology

Miguel Aguado, Marketing and Technology Manager at Lutron Electronics, makes the case for wireless lighting systems When installing a lighting control system in a building, facility managers have many goals, including energy savings, optimising building operations and access to data. ...

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Konecranes Demag signs the Armed Forces Covenant

Lifting equipment manufacturer and service provider, Konecranes Demag UK Ltd, has signed the Armed Forces Covenant. The company has made a commitment to support the Armed Forces community and recognise the contribution to society and business made by serving, reservist ...

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FM trends: A wrap up of 2019 and a peak into 2020

Just some of the predicted trends in FM for 2019 were; evolution in the way contracts were outsourced and managed, a greater emphasis on health and wellbeing, the impact of the coworking revolution, coping with the challenges caused by Brexit ...

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Hold fire

Richard Jenkins, Chief Executive of the National Security Inspectorate (NSI) with news of the new ‘MOT’ approval scheme for commercial kitchen fire protection systems As a facilities manager, you may be responsible for food preparation and a commercial kitchen within ...

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Positive thinking

Matt Chapman of Atalian Servest tells Sara Bean why attitudes and priorities in FM need to change to avoid a race to the bottom Conversations around the future of facilities management often focus on how the sector needs to build ...

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The future of data in water management

Kevin Belben, Technical Applications Manager at water management specialists Cistermiser and Keraflo, discusses the potential for data management in the latest water temperature monitoring systems and how harnessing The Internet of Things is helping improve end user safety and estate ...

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