Implementing and evaluating Building Information Modelling (BIM) requires a unified approach to determining organisational readiness as well as tools for BIM adoption, write the authors of a...
Despite the decades-old fashion for outsourcing manufacturing to low-cost overseas centres, a growing number of American corporations are now retaining—and even expanding, their existing domestic...
When the operators of a High Street storage and distribution hub needed to expand wastewater treatment capacity, contractor Clanville Draintech installed a supplementary, customised WPl High...
The mixed-use landmark Lilacs International Commercial Centre in Shanghai’s Pudong business district which was completed in January, is the first smart building complex in the City to install a...
A partnership between Citibank and customer contact management company Sykes underlines how FM models are evolving to meet changed customer demand.
GTM Research Senior Analyst Omar Saadeh argues ready access to third-party financing is influencing the adoption of solar energy sources by many of the largest corporates in an article that...
Florence Burnoud, Head of Global Service Assurance for Atos Managed Services and Philippe Heim, Siemens Global Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Portfolio Manager, jointly delivered a...
Cofely Services’ Agility data centre is located in the south of Belgium and serves both in-house GDF SUEZ Group clients and external customers with an independent ICT infrastructure. The centre is...
Chery Toole, product manager for BOC Healthcare's Lifeline Range, considers the risks of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), and solutions that are available for operators and managers of leisure centres...
Energy efficiency will become the key criteria for electric hand dryer selection over the next five years, as ‘jet’ style units replace ageing hot air dryers to become the 'norm', says Mitsubishi...
Case Study: when leading global IT services provider Atos needed a consolidated overview of data centre and facilities operations at its Livingston location, Siemens implemented a solution that...
David Cole, Water Pollution Manager at the Hydro Consultancy, considers the environmental obligations of facilities managers following changes to the UK's Control of Major Accidents and Hazards...
A case study by Siemens Building Technologies discussing integrated, multi-disciplinary service delivery in automated data centres.
In Macquarie University's Golden Jubilee year, FM Magazine discusses the refurbishment of its five hundred-seat 1970s lecture theatre to support collaborative learning with architects Annabel Lahz...
Michael Henze, General Secretary of the European Landscaping Contractors Association (ELCA), believes urban landscaping is essential for preserving a city’s heritage, ecosystem, and maintaining...
Michel Theriault argues benchmarking performs an essential function in continuous improvement programmes.
The "self-cleansing" mechanism of the Lotus plant leaf has inspired a new generation of Nano cleaning and maintenance coating which binds with substrates at the molecular level. In this sponsored...
For more than 20 years Aggreko has been a key partner in the impressive infrastructure development that has taken place across the Gulf region. Known primarily for its power rental business, the...
Jonathan Scott, Director of the Center for Industrial Productivity and Sustainability (CIPS) and author of The Sustainable Business , explains why reducing waste opens the door to sustainable...
Mies van der Rohe Chair in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and multi-award winning architect, Professor Werner Sobek, discusses the influence of sustainability on design.
CitySpace's Jon Steiner discusses flexible workspace planning.
Richard Neale from the United Kingdom-based Laundry Technology Centre discusses advances in textile washing for the hotel, catering and hospital sectors.
Keeping a 20-storey bank alive and well is no small feat. FM Magazine talks to BK Gulf’s Frank Webster, Facilities Manager for the headquarters of the National Bank of Dubai, about the task at hand.
Kelvin Bruce, managing director of EPSCO, highlights the vital link between cleanliness of air conditioning systems and indoor air quality.
The Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA) and Aconix discuss groundbreaking research into facility information management (FIM) practices.
Scott Wilson, managing director of Dubai-based Drake & Scull FM elaborates on the merits of bringing building operators and developers together at the design phase of a project.