Sarwat Tasneem, who combines an architectural background with expertise in behavioural change, explores the growing role FMs must play in safeguarding employee wellbeing By mid-October 2020, I had facilitated my 8th mental wellbeing coaching session online with a new client ...

Ibrahim Iman the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of PlanRadar, describes how BIM for facilities management is not only an essential tool for the development of smart buildings, but is particularly valuable in the operational stage Since the UK Government mandated the ...

Paul Lucas, MD at Artic Building Services discusses how HVAC systems can promote infection control within a healthcare environment With airborne transmission accounting for over a third of all hospital-acquired infections, it is important to explore methods of limiting the ...

Jamie Griffiths, Business Development Manager at Vitix, on the importance of ensuring lone worker protection in the FM sector Facilities management remains one of the sectors most likely to include lone workers, whether that’s for all or just part of ...

Want strong contract deals and supplier relationships? Here’s why collaboration is key. By Julian Fris, Director of FM consultancy Neller Davies, and Kate Vitasek, an American author, educator and lead researcher at the University of Tennessee Once upon a time, ...

Research across FM, healthcare, education, manufacturing and food service sectors into attitudes on going back to the workplace by Kimberly-Clark reveals that when it comes to wellbeing, infection control remains the number one priority The Coronavirus pandemic has moved wellbeing, ...

Building connectivity needs to be an essential part of workplace planning in 2021, says John Archer, Solutions Director at Backbone Connect Conversations about the digital workplace tend to focus on the smart building management systems and intelligent sensors that help ...

Iain Shorthose, Director of Customer & Workplace Experience at Mitie explains why the results of a customer survey into client’s workplace requirements and strategies during 2020 will help FM providers and their clients meet their goals in 2021 Prior to ...

Many workplaces have laid dormant for weeks as the Coronavirus has taken hold of the country. This has introduced new challenges, such as the management of legionella Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia, which can cause serious respiratory illness ...

Until the majority of the population has been vaccinated it is critical that workplaces maintain good levels of ventilation to help reduce the risk of airborne transmission says Hywel Davies, Technical Director of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers ...