september 2010 contents


Page 8: Property management on a global scale.


Page 16: Moving? Plan ahead to avoid expensive surprises.


8 Property management on a global scale.


16 Moving? Plan ahead to avoid expensive surprises.


19 The use and abuse of office space: the key role of identity realisation.


23 Disentagling the green agenda. 27 Capitalising on information.


33 Property plotting.


37 IT: the new FM frontier? 41 The changing shape of the office. 43 Cheap as chips?


47 Power to the people.


50 The gold standard. 52 iPhone energy manager. 54 Largest private aquarium installed. 56 Clean ventilation. 58 Saving money isn’t rocket science. 60 Total Workplace Management. 64 British Cleaning Conference. 66 Risk intollerance.


Page 19: The use and abuse of office space: the key role of identity realisation.


PM Select’s Rodney Pitt speaks to three of Jones Lang LaSalle’s London-based directors: Tim Tourville, managing director Integrated Facilities Management EMEA Corporate Solutions; Justin Plumpton, director Corporate Property; and Bill Monk, head of Corporate Solutions, about the company’s role in today’s property markets.


For any company moving from their current premises, forgetting their obligations under their commercial lease could mean they’re in for an expensive surprise. Richard Scutt, building consultancy director at GL Hearn, reports.


It is easy and misleading to show savings and efficiencies by planning workers into tighter, leaner and cleaner spaces. What never seem to be calculated are the increased costs of absenteeism and staff turnover and how much profit will be lost. Craig Knight & S. Alexander Haslam report.


Glenn Corney, director, IPD Occupiers, is here to help you navigate the complex minefield of environmental performance.


When a building is handed-over, so too is information to support its safe and correct operation. Often, the adequacy of that information is called into question. Brian Atkin discusses an approach that sees handover of the physical asset accompanied by an information asset for managing the building in operation and use.


With an increasing number of businesses struggling with cash flow, establishing an appropriate real estate strategy is one of the most important considerations for companies during the downturn, says Jonathan Kearney.


We are at a crossroads with regard to the FM and IT functions in organisations. Bernard Crouch says the time may be right for the two to merge.


The shape of the office as we know it may continue to change, but that doesn’t mean its vital role at the heart of the organisation will diminish, argues Ann Clarke.


When considering biomass heating as part of a carbon-cutting strategy it’s important to understand the implications relating to fuel supply, storage and delivery, as well as the potential issue of particulate emissions. Paul Haddlesey reports.


As the business world climbs slowly from recession, the stresses placed on your most important asset – your people – begin to show. With staff retention as important at this stage of the recovery as it has ever been, Nikki Dallas and Gary Binder of Talent FM ask: How robust is your talent asset management strategy?


After fifteen years in business Cresswell Office Services is still going places. GSH launches an iPhone app that allows users to remotely monitor the performance of their buildings in real time. Heron Tower installs Europe’s largest privately-owned aquarium in its lobby. Richard Norman talks about the importance of clean ventilation systems. Saving serious money with simple operational engineering. Jacquelin Balian of CIBSE shows you how. A preview of the leading FM and estates event at Olympia from October 6 - 7. The full line up of speakers and events at the BCC annual conference October 5 in the CBI Centre London.


Recent events in the Gulf of Mexico and at Buncefield have illustrated that there are important lessons to be learned for businesses. Sara Bean looks at the importance of reducing the odds of an incident through effective risk assessment.


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