Facility Management

** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 23rd August 17:00 CEST for our 8th FREE Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Project Haystack. What Do Buyers of Smart Building Technology Really Think? A Q&A Webinar with Brian Shepherdson, Property and Facilities Management at […]

There has been significant praise heaped upon the UK government for its building information modelling (BIM) adoption strategy. “The UK’s approach to BIM is seen as the model by the rest of the world,” said Gavin Bonner, Global BIM Manager at Cundall. Its mandate on BIM use in all public sector projects has driven the […]

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Facilities management service (FMS) firms are increasingly focused on digital transformation through the development of smart buildings and workspace optimization. Technology is the driving force behind growth opportunities for service providers and the major European firms have been gearing up for this opportunity in […]

Once upon a time, a building was just a building, providing shelter from the elements and a space to meet its specific objectives. Most buildings needed light and ventilation, heating or cooling, and often some form of access control. These needs created opportunities for service providers to offer better and more efficient systems to suit […]

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research We are seeing the convergence of Building Energy Management with Facilities Management and Asset Management, as software and services addressing building performance optimization take centre stage in the commercial and industrial buildings market. The boundaries between technology offerings are blurring as IoT and digital […]

“Some building systems are born smart, some achieve smartness and some have smartness thrust upon them,” Shakespeare might have said if he were a 21st century mechanical engineer or facility manager working in Chicago. Taking center-stage in the ambitious Midwest city is a smart building retrofit worthy of applause. Completed in 1990, 311 South Wacker […]

The two leading service providers in the global Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market have been augmenting their capabilities in smart building technologies, facility management software and services. Major real estate clients are demanding a “one-stop shop” with more integrated services and global multi-site capability. Strategic acquisitions have been the main route to acquire this capability. […]