WHAT’S NEW?
new waste segregation recycling bins throughout the sites.
The Vertas ‘One Best Way’ cleaning regime uses lean engineering principles that reduce cleaning times and provide a safer, healthier working environment for cleaning staff.
The cleaning process is also gentler on the environmental with fewer chemicals and less water used in the cleaning process. The contract will also provide benefits to cleaning staff working in the schools. Specialist equipment, such as trollies and mopping systems, has been selected to reduce staff fatigue, lower the risk of repetition strain injury and potential hazards.
Vertas cleans up with £2.9m
Skanska contract Vertas Group Limited has agreed a contract to deliver an integrated soft facilities management services solution to five Essex schools built and operated by Skanska, until 31st December 2021.
The contract starts on 1st April 2018 and will see Vertas providing Woodlands School, Castle View School, Cornelius Vermuyden School, Columbus School and
BIFM Announces Full
ThinkFM Programme The full programme for BIFM’s ThinkFM 2018, which takes place on the 1st May, has been announced by the British Institute for Facilities Management (BIFM).
It will be packed with alerts, insights and suggestions to help FMs prepare themselves and their organisations for the next two years. Topics to be covered include Brexit, debates on how to escape the lowest cost tendering spiral, big data and the rise of the robots, workplace trends and international opportunities for FM’s.
The full programme for the event is
College with cleaning, grounds maintenance, recycling and waste management, pest prevention, specialist kitchen cleaning and window cleaning services.
The five schools provide education for a total of 2,240 students. As part of the new service Vertas will run waste management, segregation and recycling sessions for staff and students to help them reduce their environmental impact. This will be supported with the installation of
now live on the BIFM website and this year contains so much essential information that it has been necessary to provide two streams running concurrently. Delegates will be able to choose which papers are of most interest to them, and so be sure that every minute of the day will be of value.
The morning’s keynote speaker will be Vicky Pryce who will not only forecast the impact of Brexit and look at how we can solve the productivity conundrum, but will frame the need for a new model for public sector procurement and ask how companies can really respond to the social responsibility expectations of the new CCS framework.
www.tomorrowsfm.com
Vertas has made a significant investment in the i-mop technology which uses less water, a battery rather than trailing wires and offers less risk of back strain. The latest generation microfibre cloths remove greasy finger marks and stubborn dirt without the use of chemicals – they are used with water alone and trap 99.9% of bacteria.
Smart devices located in washrooms means that the team is alerted when soap in dispensers run low, meaning hygiene can be maintained without the need for wasted trips to check stock levels.
www.vertas.co.uk
Vicky will be followed by Ed Hudson, Head of corporate services at UBS who will look at the impact of Carillion on clients and whether we can expect a major push for in-sourcing now, Jeremy Waud – Chairman at Incentive FM Group who thinks we need to grow up and stop this race to the bottom on price and George McFarlane of CBI who will explore what will follow PFI. They will set the scene for leading industry thinkers who will join them to debate the issues and suggest their solutions. At the end of this session, delegates will have heard a range of options from which to formulate their plans to deal with all the disruptors currently shaking the industry.
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