july/august 2010
DIGITAL EXTRA Pages highlighted in red are exclusive to the digital edition of Property Management Select, and contain a mix of features and product information.
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Editor’s comment Editorial Advisory Board Face to face
The real cost of real estate Space odyssey What price beauty?
E-permits - saving money and lives Face to face
Who’s looking after your risk management?
Energy specifics Sustaining the data flow Green grocer The hidden world of CSR To meter or not to meter? Green be damned One version of the truth
Much ado about something
A credible approach to green products
Commitment to apprentices welcomed Popular Alliance
by Peter MacLeod An introduction to our team of recognised industry experts.
The BBC’s new home at MediaCityUK is a technology-led suite of purpose-built commercial and domestic premises. PM Select’s Rodney Pitt talks exclusively to Bryan Gray, chairman of developers Peel Media.
The age of austerity will drive corporate real estate managers and facility managers towards renewed innovation and efficiency, says Glenn Corney.
Dr Brian Atkin looks beyond immediate concerns about space utilisation and efficiencies in the workplace to provision of space based on what is affordable and available in the future.
A deep understanding of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ethos is behind the construction of its new headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, says Marc Bird.
Industry expert Bernard Crouch looks at e-permits and how they can help manage and control the movement of Accredited Professionals and Sub-Contractors.
Dan Epstein, head of sustainability and regeneration at the Olympic Delivery Authority speaks with PM Select’s Rodney Pitt about whether the 2012 Olympic site will win a gold medal for sustainability.
In these times of need to develop effective plans for future building portfolios, Geoff Prudence gives his personal views on how building services need to be factored into that thinking.
As energy use comes increasingly under the spotlight, low carbon consultant Steve Allen looks at how property professionalschave been – and are likely to continue to be – affected.
Effective Sustainability Management is dependent on working with meaningful, accurate data. Getting to grips with those data can be more complex than most people realise, as Paul Haddlesey explains.
Using Tesco’s Ramsey store as an example, Chris Phillips explains how service providers have helped the high street retail giant maximise its investment in constructing energy efficient stores.
Stuart Lowden, MD of Wilson James, a leading UK provider of managed security and related services, looks at how the working practices of your contractors can damage your reputation as a caring company.
Simon Bowe, MD of Elite Controls Solutions, believes that some companies that install sub meters to measure energy consumption may not benefit from the expected functionality or return on investment.
Tony McDermott of Norman Disney & Young says that innovation the key to sustainability and future business success.
Asset management: Despite the recent economic conditions, the asset management function at Atkins has won new business, is cash positive and well positioned as recovery starts.
Health & Safety: A new Government setting its stall out on our future and the ongoing efforts of an oil company to remediate a major disaster each have health and safety as a core thread.
Environmental certification: With so many products entering the market place and companies claiming to be ‘green’, consumers now believe these claims should be backed up with independent certification.
Apprenticeships: The sector skills council for facilities management says it hopes apprenticeships will help boost new training pilots for FM.
Sara Bean of Workplace Law looks how the LibDem-Conservative alliance is getting to grips with reducing business regulation.
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