The days of traditional building management system (BMS) infrastructure are behind us. Heating, lighting, air conditioning and other building functions now increasingly require information and telecommunication (ICT) networks in order to function in the modern world. This is not only demands a outright technical upgrade but also requires an entirely new way of thinking throughout the network infrastructure design and implementation life-cycles. Driven by a new generation of workers, technological evolution, and a growing demand to lower operating costs, today’s workspaces and business facilities are undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Each individual change creates new challenges but the wave of change as a whole is creating a sea of new opportunities to create greater efficiency, reduce costs and enhance a building’s environment. This all-encompassing ICT based evolution blurs the distinction between facility management systems and the IT systems upon which organizations depend. Consider the emergence of the Internet of Things, remote working and hot-desking alongside occupancy […]