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Continuous service

Throughout the current crisis the maintenance of hard FM services has remained crucial. Tom Absalom, Managing Director at JCA describes how maintenance and engineering services have continued in times of COVID-19 The pandemic caused by the global spread of the ...

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Residential care

Jill Wood, Managing Director of Signum Facilities Management, looks at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on gaining access to residential properties to complete statutory testing and maintenance When the world as we know it came to a grinding ...

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On your guard

Security teams are employed to protect people and property. With the COVID-19 pandemic, they are stepping up to help enforce social distancing and mask wearing. We’ve gathered a range of views from security specialists on what this means for security ...

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Post-pandemic office design: Focus on flooring

By Donna Hannaway, Marketing Manager for the Office sector at Forbo Flooring Systems The speed in which the world has changed over the course of this year has been staggering, and this of course has affected the office space and ...

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Safe travels

The pandemic has brought a range of challenges, one of this is just getting to work. How do you help workers stay safe, healthy and comply with social distancing measures while still meeting ambitious environmental targets? Andy Brown looks at ...

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Change for the better

The Workplace Trends annual conference included some innovative ideas for the long-term future of the workplace which facilities managers could be well advised to consider says Sara Bean Workplace Trend’s flagship October conference should have taken place at the National ...

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Home design

What began as a short-term response in March 2020 has morphed into a way of life for millions of office staff who continue to work from home. Sam Rylands, Marketing Manager for DURABLE warns that the quality of the ergonomics ...

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FM Clinic: Supporting worker’s mental health in the face of continued uncertainty

Recent research published by Warwick Business School suggests that companies that don’t do enough to support their workers’ mental health, risk seeing their overall productivity drop by a quarter. With employees facing continued disruption to their work and personal lives ...

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Career Ladder talks to Whitbread Plc’s head of repairs and maintenance

Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I started my career as an electrical apprentice at British Aerospace. I then moved to the England, Wales and Scottish railways, progressing through design engineer and building services ...

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Staying secure

When the security of an organisation is compromised, the outcome can be significant: loss of, and damage to, property, plant and equipment, business interruption, loss of data and harm to personnel or others. Having good security measures in place can ...

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