Plumbing: What lies around the bend
It’s time to take a closer look at the importance of water conservation, and an effective design strategy to prevent missteps in future upgrades to the plumbing system in your building. We’ve all been...
View ArticleElevator safety: Hollywood myths head for a fall
Schindler Lifts explains the inner workings and safety mechanisms that make taking the elevator the safest form of mass transport. The myth of free-falling elevators, doors closing on people and...
View ArticleData security: destroy documents, not your brand
Security policies are worthless without buy-in from employees or suppliers and legislation has many small businesses in the dark, a data security survey has found. Australian small to medium businesses...
View ArticleDrivers for BIM adoption: an architect’s perspective
Building Information Modelling isn’t a fad and is a process to be added to the skill set of asset and facilities management professionals. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a process. It is not a...
View ArticleAward-winning revamp puts Sydney TAFE on sustainability map
Northern Sydney Institute is a stellar example of recycling a building and retrofitting it with the latest in innovative and sustainable technologies. The Northern Sydney Institute has transformed an...
View ArticleResearch-led design a practical approach to aged care facilities
The word ‘institution’ conjures up many associations in aged care – most of them negative. However, institutions such as universities, student housing and science research organisations have many...
View ArticleFM market development: An ANZ perspective
Research in an ISS white paper titled ‘Perspectives on the FM market development’ found that the Worldwide FM outsourcing market is expected to grow from US$959 billion in 2012 to US$1.3 trillion by...
View ArticleSpeech intelligibility: sound systems for emergency purposes
Sound Systems for Emergency Purposes (SSEP) are an integral part of a building’s life safety system. They are an essential means of communicating directions to a building’s occupants during a fire...
View ArticleThree-pronged approach to data centre security
Facilities today face unique challenges to ensure the security of both physical and digital assets. Whether a data centre supports a single client or provides hosted services for thousands, managers...
View ArticleFuture trends for the facilities management industry
How is the industry changing? What are the biggest challenges are on the road ahead? Facilities management was not even recognised as an industry until the early 1980s when the IFMA (International...
View ArticleVenturing into a data-driven culture of asset management
Ageing assets and workforce, an influx of networked micro-grids, and the proliferation of intelligent devices that form the smart-grid on the traditional power grid are challenging utilities to...
View ArticleWorkforce diversity and globalisation – the impact on FM
Organisations will have to balance the needs of more diverse and individual-oriented workforces. Workers will demand increasingly mobile working environments, they will retire later, and the workforce...
View ArticleMind the (generation) gap
Managing across generations at work can be a daunting task, so how do you communicate and lead a team of Baby Boomers, Gen Xs and Millennials effectively? A multi-generational workplace is now the norm...
View ArticleTake action with passive fire protection
Passive fire protection strategy is an ongoing process. Here are the key areas to pay attention to in order to ensure fire-prevention measures meet industry standards. Passive fire protection (PFP)...
View ArticleFire safety system failure and the impact on your business
The dangers of failing to maintain a building’s fire protection system and associated equipment has been in the media spotlight of late. Paul Angus discusses the significance of fire and life safety...
View ArticleWhat is your next career move?
The start to a new year often heralds thoughts of a career change. Here’s five tips that will help hone your career management plan. 2016 is beginning to shape up as another year of employment...
View ArticleLet’s talk AFL: agreement for lease
The purpose and intent of agreement for lease is not widely understood, but issues can arise. Here, some practical and commercial issues are outlined. In committing for new business premises, tenants...
View ArticleFive emerging access control security trends for 2016
Maintaining secure access control systems continues to be increasingly important for FM providers as emerging technologies impact the marketplace. With 2016 now upon us, HID Global’s Director of Sales,...
View ArticleDesigning smarter security for airports with minimal passenger disruption
As travellers, we want to know that we are in safe hands, from the minute we step foot into an airline terminal to the minute we reach our destination – in this day and age, safety should be a given....
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