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Abbe Pickthall has been appointed as Managing Director of BAM’s Integrated Facilities Management business
Highly experienced in leading organisational transformation, including structural and cultural change, Pickthall has held senior roles in a number of global integrated services businesses, including CBRE, Mitie and ENGIE.
Speaking about her new role she said: “I’m delighted to be leading BAM’s Integrated Facilities Management business, this is a fantastic opportunity for us to refocus and transform our service offering, to establish what our customers expect and how, acting collaboratively, we can deliver those needs using sustainable and innovative technologies.
“Our industry is constantly evolving and expects decarbonisation commitments and energy efficient solutions whilst providing an unrivalled end-to-end service. The team and I look forward to growing the business across both public and private sectors.”
BAM’s integrated facilities management business is part of Royal BAM Group’s BAM UK and Ireland division, which also delivers construction, civil engineering, property development, design and other services.
According to Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, worldwide parcel volume is likely to double in the next five years, with the UK showing the highest increase in carrier revenue of all 13 countries in the Index.
Alongside a huge uptake in the volume of parcel volume and spend, post pandemic, the adoption of hybrid working patterns means that FMs need to find ways to enable staff to book / host collaborative meetings in available workspaces and to find desk, office and parking spaces by utilising automation and data capture to enable site governance.
Yet a recent survey by FMJ in partnership with Pitney Bowes found that 20 per cent of recipients are still using manual paper-based visitor systems, which doesn’t fit with their top priority – to maintain a safe and operational environment.
This overwhelming reliance on paper-based systems is causing many respondents bottlenecks, resulting in a lack of efficiently in logging and tracking packages and people coming into the organisation.
In this webinar, Gary Abbott Director of Business Development and Stuart Bushaway, Head of Dealers Operations and FM Relationships at Pitney Bowes will outline the main findings of the two surveys and what this could mean for FMs, followed by a discussion, chaired by FMJ Editor Sara Bean with a panel of thought leaders into the solutions available to meet these challenges.
Register for the webinar here.
