WHAT’S NEW? THE CHANGING
WORKPLACE TURNS 20 The Changing Workplace (CWP) is celebrating its 20th birthday. The company says it’s been an incredible journey seeing where it started, the impact it has had across the CRE industry and how much it’s grown because of the results it generates for clients.
CWP’s CEO Steve Thorley cut his teeth learning about the industry and practices at American Express. He said: “I’d been working as Head of Space Planning for American Express EMEA & JAPA and realised that large organisations struggle to internalise new technology solutions that will revolutionise their operating functions but are not necessarily relevant to their core business.
“My vision when I founded CWP was to take the burden away from clients. The industry is changing at a tremendous rate with best practice and new tools coming and going. I see it as CWP’s responsibility to assess the viability of these new entities and incorporate into WebCoRE what really drives value for clients enabling them to maximise their capabilities without
B38 EXTENDS STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
CONTRACT Wakefield-based B38 Group has seen its facilities management contract with Student Roost extended to a site in Aberdeen.
Student Roost appointed B38 Group last summer to provide a range of planned and reactive maintenance services covering mechanical and engineering, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, for a three-year period. Student Roost now offers student homes in 19 towns and cities with the latest phase of its Pittodrie Street property in Aberdeen mobilising in May 2019.
“Having started working with B38 Group almost a year ago, we have been very impressed with their approach – they consistently take ownership of issues and operational challenges and
18 | TOMORROW’S FM
the heavy-lifting of piloting every new idea that comes along.
“Client’s core business is not facilities. CWP’s core business is. Let’s meet in the middle and make operations easier for clients. I am proud to say that, through this approach, WebCoRE has supported clients to consolidate over £7.8bn of unused space across the last 20 years,” he continued.
The Changing Workplace’s platform, WebCoRE, now has users in over 140 countries, which clients use to manage a combined 200m sq ft.
The company emphasises that fundamentally, the industry hasn’t changed objectives - helping building users navigate property safely and reducing wastefulness. However, how teams reach those objectives has significantly evolved as the industry has matured and CWP has stayed at the fore. Building from a strong space management platform, it has focussed on expanding on strategic data inflow and planning capabilities driving effectiveness and accountability.
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ensure that they see them through to a satisfactory conclusion,” explained Colum Anglin, Head of Property Services of Student Roost.
“It is essential that our FM services provider is sympathetic to our residents, ensuring they experience as little disruption as possible, and
B38 Group has been able to do this. They have lived up to their promises and proved themselves to be a committed partner - we’re pleased to be extending our contract with them as we expand our portfolio and new properties go live.”
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