12.10.2020, 12:47 A New Strategy for a New Reality Steve Purvis, operations director at Bis Henderson Space, presents the arguments for intelligent inventories in post-Covid-19 supply chain logistics. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, logistics professionals will be seeking to create supply chains that are far more flexible and resilient. Inevitably, a re-think on…
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06.10.2020, 14:52 Removing Knotweed Safely Keith Gallacher, director of Complete Weed Control Scotland, reviews the strategies and legislation used to control Japanese Knotweed infestations on construction sites. Construction sites throughout the UK are blighted regularly by invasive non-native weeds and other plants which, by law, must be controlled correctly, and legally, before building work…
24.09.2020, 11:38 400kV Al Hamudhia Substation Contract The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and Siemens Energy have signed a contract for the design and construction of a new 400-kV substation which is being funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Hamudhia substation will provide reliable and efficient power supply to the cities of Ramadi, Fallujah,…
12.08.2020, 11:37 A Unique Opportunity for Student Nurses In partnership with the University of Southern Queensland, Serco Australia is offering professional placements for nursing students at Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC). The initiative pairs students with experienced mental health nurses and involve a variety of workplace experiences that typically include assisting with medical and mental…
05.08.2020, 22:53 Establish a Facilities Management Company in China As facilities management differentiates itself from property management in China, new openings are becoming available to established European and U.S. service providers. Establishing in an overseas market invariably involves multiple practicalities – in addition to a recognition that the terminology, ‘Facilities Management’, still remains unknown to…
15.07.2020, 09:29 Serco Invites Nominations for Healthy Communities Grants Serco Australia is accepting nominations for its Healthy Communities grants program for not-for-profit organisations engaged in health and wellbeing activities Perth’s South Metropolitan region. The programme which provides grants of up to AUD 1,500 is managed by the Serco team at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH). Serco FSH Contract…
07.07.2020, 11:09 CIFF Guangzhou to Open on 27 July Asia’s first major design event since the Covid-19 pandemic and FM Industry partner exhibition, The China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), will take place from 27th to 30th July in Guangzhou. Showcase a full range of home furniture, décor, textiles, outdoor furniture, office furniture, hotel furniture and specialist furniture for…
25.05.2020, 19:08 Asia Pacific Water Heater Market Graphical Research has published growth forecasts to 2026 for the commercial and residential electric water heater markets in Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific Electric Water Heater Market report predicts an upwards trend in demand in response to on-going “mega grid” expansion projects and the rapid economization of the…
05.05.2020, 23:59 Helping Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 The Dussmann Group has reported record revenue growth of 6.3 per cent to €2.13 billion in 2019, as it continues to support critical workers in Germany and at its care home operations in Italy. In 2018 the group announced major new strategic vision, “Dussman Next Level”, and…
23.04.2020, 20:33 MRI Announces Senior Appointments MRI Software has promoted Roman Telerman to Chief Financial Officer and appointed software executive, David Bowie, as SVP and Managing Director for Asia Pacific. Telerman, who replaces outgoing CFO, Bruce Duner, joined MRI in 2010. He has seen the company expand its global presence from 35 countries to over 170. Responsible for…
22.04.2020, 08:55 EGR Switches Manufacturing to PPE Global supplier of engineered solutions for the automotive and building markets EGR Group is manufacturing personal protective equipment for essential security and FM workers. Security officers, receptionists and other customer-facing facilities management staff will soon benefit from the decision by EGR to convert its manufacturing capacity to…
15.04.2020, 15:06 MRI Extends Acquisitions Spree MRI Software has announced the acquisition of Castleton Technology PLC for £82.2 million, its second acquisition of a UK-based social housing software provider since March. The acquisition, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, is pending shareholder approval and follows MRI’s acquisition of privately held Orchard Information Systems which…
07.04.2020, 14:57 On the Front Line with Healthcare Professionals Sodexo is supporting healthcare professionals and patients in their battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. 95,000 Sodexo employees are currently working in hospitals, residential care homes, or with public administrators in regions that are experiencing strain as a result of COVID-19 related staff shortages and restrictions on…
27.03.2020, 15:45 Delaware North Places Staff on Temporary Leave Delaware North has placed a majority of its full-time employees on temporary leave following the closure of many of its 200 operating locations in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in response to COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic, Delaware North took immediate…
25.03.2020, 21:25 The Impact of Coronavirus on the Workplace Silicon Valley-based visitor management solutions provider Envoy has published global data on the impact of COVID-19 on employees travelling to other workplaces for meetings in February and March 2020. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the world, dramatically impacting our lives at home and at…
05.03.2020, 16:11 Sodexo Boosts Data Capabilities Sodexo’s strategic venture capital vehicle has invested in machine learning and AI startup isahit which connects companies with performers of Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs) in developing countries. Isahit, which specialises in annotating images, sound, video and text used for constructing databases, has worked with the French multinational’s Data Lab to enhance…
17.02.2020, 11:11 SCOTY Awards 2020 Atalian Servest’s education and healthcare catering brand Academy has won School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) awards in the West Midlands and South West England. Jennifer Brown, School Chef for Sarum Academy in Salisbury, Wiltshire, won the South West region SCOTY with a main dish of chicken and tarragon ravioli with…
06.01.2020, 16:51 Creating a Safer Future Louise Hosking, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) vice-president and founder of Hosking Associates, says the past holds many lessons for today’s OSH professionals. As OSH professionals it’s important to reflect on our vision, mission and values to consider what defines us, the work we undertake and the…
18.12.2019, 15:55 Circor to Open New Facility in China Control valves specialist CIRCOR International, Inc., has announced the opening of a new centrifugal and displacement pump manufacturing facility in Weihai, Shandong Province, China in 2020. CIRCOR Weihai currently manufactures centrifugal and three-screw positive displacement pumps for the industrial and commercial marine markets. The…
22.11.2019, 12:49 Disrupting Building Operations and Maintenance New York-based facilities operations and maintenance data-based platform, Facilio Inc., has been named as an emerging challenger in separate IoT for Smart Buildings and IWMS analyses. The ‘Verdantix Green Quadrant IoT Platforms For Smart Buildings 2019’ and ‘Integrated Workplace Management System Market – Global Forecast To 2024’…
15.11.2019, 13:54 Sodexo Rolls Out Wx Workplace Consultancy Sodexo has announced it will be offering its Wx data-driven workplace analytics and optimisation at its locations in Paris, London, Singapore and Montreal. The concept, which was originally announced in 2012, utilises data collated from infrared and thermal sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) applications and accelerometers to reduce an organisation’s…
16.10.2019, 12:00 Reverse Engineering Delivers Critical Compressor Sulzer has achieved cost savings of 40 per cent for an industrial company in the Philippines by reverse-engineered a compressor essential to its operations. Modern centrifugal compressors are high-performance machines used in demanding industrial applications, ranging from powering machinery to squeezing industrial gases for storage and transportation. They deliver…
16.10.2019, 11:27 Celebrating the Contribution of Cleaning Operatives OCS Group UK staff have joined colleagues in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the outstanding contribution of cleaning operatives on Thank Your Cleaner Day™ for a second successive year. Originating in New Zealand in 2015 and now in its fifth year, Thank Your Cleaner…
15.10.2019, 15:52 More Choice than Ever MRI Software has unveiled new solutions for the real estate and facilities management industries at MRI Ascend, its North American users conference in Anaheim, California. The event at the Anaheim Convention Centre which ends tomorrow (16th October) involves 1,300 attendees, including representatives of more than 60 of the…
10.10.2019, 12:54 Record Numbers Attend CIFF Shanghai Hongqiao The 44th edition of FM Industry partner event, the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), has closed at the NECC in Shanghai Hongqiao after attracting 150,766 visitors and 1,500 plus furniture, soft furnishings and workplace solutions exhibitors. The event hosted more than 40 conferences, forums and themed events…
03.10.2019, 21:10 New Manila International Airport Contract Jacobs has been selected as program management consultant for the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) project in Bulacan, the Philippines by San Miguel Corporation (SMC). One of the largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects in the country, the development includes construction of a new terminal, four runways and…
03.10.2019, 11:00 Enhancing JW Marriott Singapore’s Food and Beverage Operations A collaboration between JW Marriott Singapore South Beach and Ecolab has helped the hotel, already a recipient of two Green Mark Platinum Awards for its environmetally conscious design and green technologies, achieve new levels of food safety, simplicity, and sustainability. JW Marriott Singapore South Beach…
02.10.2019, 15:10 OCS UK Young Sports Person of the Year 2019 OCS UK has marked its mentoring and bursary programme by naming disability athlete, India Oates from County Durham, as its Young Sportsperson of the Year. Competing against seven other athletes for the title which is now in its twenty-second year, India was announced as…
30.09.2019, 11:53 From China to Yorkshire A power storage station built in Hefei, China for delivery to Yorkshire in Northern England, is being protected by a fire extinguishing panel from Kentec. Guangzhou Wanzhen Information Technology Co. Ltd completed the installation and commissioning of the project for Sungrow Power in Hefei earlier this year,…
09.09.2019, 17:49 Kramer to Host Seminars at InfoComm India Kramer Electronics will hold a series of seminars and talk sessions at the InfoComm India Summit from September 18th to 20th at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. InfoComm India has grown steadily encouraged by national initiatives including Make In India, Smart City and Digital…
09.09.2019, 15:29 Protecting the World’s Longest Sea-crossing Kentec Sigma A-XT gas extinguishing panels are at the heart of a new fire safety solution protecting users of the magnificent Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB). The HZMB’s 55 Kilometre bridge-tunnel route includes three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It spans the Lingding and…
30.08.2019, 11:42 Going “Glocal” Dari Shechter, vice-president for art and design at Mindspace and Lily Stanger, the global coworking space provider’s design lead, consider the impact of local influences on global office design. Ever order a McAloo Tikki Burger? Or a Stroopwafel McFlurry? Maybe you’ve never heard of the vegetarian burger on the menu…
13.08.2019, 12:17 Shell Malaysia Safety Award A commitment to employee safety and worker welfare have won Safeguards G4S a Silver Award at the prestigious Shell Malaysia Safety Awards. During the last three years, Safeguards G4S has implemented a range of health and safety initiatives as part of G4S’ wider We Care programme which provides for first aid…
07.08.2019, 17:10 Supporting Food Innovation Ecolab and Cargill are accelerating innovation within the food industry by supporting a second class of startups through the Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator for a second year. The accelerator, which is located in Ecolab’s global headquarters building at St. Paul, Minnesota, engages early stage entrepreneurs as well as late stage startups…
07.08.2019, 14:02 Datapath Adds KVM Support to WallControl 10 Datapath has enhanced its popular WallControl 10 video management software by incorporating KVM control functionality for connected PCs. Version 1.9 of the software allows for browser-based control of the video wall for the first time. Automatically scaling to any PC, tablet or smartphone types this brings…
01.07.2019, 20:24 Equinix and Singapore in European Data Centre JV A US $1 billion joint-venture between U.S. data centre operator Equinix and GIC, the government of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will meet the requirements of hyperscale data centre operators in Europe by developing new data centres utilising the xScale platform. The initial facilities in the…
29.05.2019, 19:33 A Paradigm for Global Living The 44th edition of FM Industry partner event, the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), will take place in Shanghai Hongqiao from 8-11th September. More than 297,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors participated in the 2018 event. Focusing on the entire furniture supply chain, the event is established as the…
29.05.2019, 19:33 A Paradigm for Global Living The 44th edition of FM Industry partner event, the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), will take place in Shanghai Hongqiao from 8-11th September. More than 297,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors participated in the 2018 event. Focusing on the entire furniture supply chain, the event is established as the…
03.05.2019, 14:42 Acquisition of BDR Boya Kimya San Electronics For Imaging today today announced the acquisition of BDR Boya Kimya San. Tic. A.S., a leading manufacturer of reactive inkjet inks for industrial digital textile printing which is based in Turkey. BDR is being integrated into EFI™ Reggiani, a global leader in textile printer technology, and it…
02.05.2019, 14:33 Crown Workspace Announces Key Appointment Crown Workspace, the office design, interior fit-out, and relocation division of the Crown Worldwide Group, has appointed Darren Nice as Head of New Business UK & Ireland. Nice, who was formerly Head of New Business at Premier Workplace Services, assumes responsibility for new and existing client accounts,…
17.04.2019, 15:29 Sulzer Becomes Kato Maintenance Partner Sulzer has signed a partnership deal with Kato Engineering to provide repair and maintenance services for generators in North America and Australia. The new agreement brings local maintenance and repair services support for Kato generators in the United States and Australia through Sulzer’s extensive network of service centers,…
08.04.2019, 14:02 Partners in Crime? Adam Branson asks whether the UK government’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime for property transactions measures up against provisions that are in place in other leading international jurisdictions. In July 2015, the UK government set out its stance on foreign criminals using the country’s property as a way to launder their…
29.03.2019, 13:36 The Factory of the Future Renishaw will be demonstrating the integration of Industry 4.0 and 3D printing technologies with manufacturing workflows at the China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT) from 15th to 20th April in Beijing. Exhibiting as part of the United Kingdom pavilion at the event, the global industrial process automation and…
20.03.2019, 12:46 Dubai Property Festival 2019 (26-28 March) Preparations are being finalised for this year’s Dubai Property Festival which is organised by Dubai Land Department’s Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Center. The three-day event is a marketplace for local and foreign investors in the Emirate’s property market, and showcases developments from many of its…
18.03.2019, 09:11 Serco Awarded Adelaide Remand Centre Contract Serco has signed a AU$115 million contract with the South Australian Government to operate and upgrade Adelaide Remand Centre (ARC) which currently accommodates up to 274 prisoners. Under the contract, Serco will also develop and implement a tailor-made remand strategy focused on safety and security, and prepare…
15.03.2019, 16:24 Thwarting Electronic Bike Theft A track and trace security solution developed by G4S and AXA is making life difficult for thieves of electronic bicycles in the Netherlands. The popularity of electronic bicycles (e-bikes) has seen a remarkable rise in recent years, with around 34 million e-bikes sold worldwide in 2017. China…
15.03.2019, 08:10 International Property Award for APAC House Sodexo’s APAC House regional headquarters building in Singapore has won an award in the Office Category of the 2019 International Property Awards. The awards which are split into regions covering Africa, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Canada, the Caribbean, Central & South America, Europe, the United Kingdom…
07.03.2019, 11:16 Catherine Li to Lead Atkins Asia SNC-Lavalin has appointed Catherine Li as managing director of Atkins’ business in Asia which includes Hong Kong, mainland China, and other countries in South East Asia. An alumna of Harvard Business School, Li has led key account management in the Asia-Pacific region at the global engineering and…
05.03.2019, 06:03 CIFF Guangzhou (18 to 21 March) The Home Décor & Home Textile Zone at the 43rd edition of CIFF Guangzhou, the world’s largest furniture exhibition and FM Industry event partner, will focus on transforming interior living spaces. Occupying 11 pavilions in Area C of the China Import & Export Fair Complex in Pazhou,…
14.02.2019, 12:27 Inspired by the World The latest additions to 3form’s Full Circle collection feature ideas from artisans in countries where the sustainable building materials supplier supports social, environmental and economic initiatives. 3form’s Full Circle Program has cultivated long standing relations with local craftspeople in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Nepal and Mali as part…