WHAT’S NEW?
CLOUDFM ACADEMY ACHIEVES CITY & GUILDS
APPROVED CENTRE STATUS Cloudfm, a specialist provider of facilities management services in the UK, has seen its approach to training reach the next level, with its Academy being awarded City & Guilds Approved Centre status.
Opened in October 2017, the Cloudfm Academy is a purpose-built facility designed to meet the specific needs of the FM industry, and includes a unique engineering suite, featuring the typical appliances and systems found across client estates – an industry first.
Located close to Cloudfm’s headquarters, the facility enables Cloudfm staff to pursue their career goals, building confidence, increasing knowledge, and nurturing the sort of innovative approach that such a forward-thinking organisation demands.
Alongside City & Guilds qualifications, the Academy offers industry-specific training opportunities across a range of technical, interpersonal and
leadership topics – with classroom- based courses developed in partnership with the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), and hands-on, practical training delivered in the custom-built engineering suite.
Jeff Dewing, CEO at Cloudfm Group, said: “We are changing the rules of FM, re-defining traditional industry processes, and harnessing the latest technology to offer a more effective and efficient service. To do this we need talented and driven individuals; the people behind the technology who provide expertise where the system requires it, the multi-skilled engineers delivering proactive maintenance, and the FM-specific core services underpinning the
organisation. Our training provision is central to our strategy for growth and excellence, and it’s therefore key that our programme is comprehensive, flexible, accessible, and beneficial to our people.”
David Davensac, Head of Training at Cloudfm added: “We’re delighted to be building on the breadth of our training offering with our new City & Guilds Approved Centre status. Training and development is not only key to attracting, retaining and supporting the best talent our industry has to offer, but the fact that we have the best-trained, most capable people also results in tangible, long-term benefits for our clients.”
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system provides 300% elongation, preventing the risk of tearing or puncturing during installation or following project completion.
FIRESTONE PROVIDES NEW
‘SEAL’ AT CHESTER ZOO Chester Zoo’s 1.9 million visitors might flock to the attraction to see the animals every year, but few leave without a visit to the shop. And now the Zoo’s management team can rest assured that its diverse range of wild-life themed merchandise is safe and dry following a refurbishment of the shop roof using Firestone’s RubberGard EPDM roofing membrane.
The Firestone system was specified for a partial refurbishment of the roof to replace an existing roof
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covering that had reached the end of its service life. The simplicity of the system enabled strip out of the problematic area to allow the RubberGard EPDM membrane, to be fully adhered to the newly installed plywood substrate creating a neat waterproofing solution.
Designed to provide a service life in excess of 50 years and offering rapid installation with no hot works and no nuisance odours, the Firestone system was ideal for installation at the Zoo, which is open every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Flexible and permanently elastic, the
The shop roof refurbishment project has now been completed and the Firestone RubberGard EPDM system has been specified on several other schemes at Chester Zoo as part of the visitor attraction’s continuous asset development and facilities management programme.
Carl Askew, Facilities Manager at Chester Zoo said: “We are constantly investing in new habitats for our animals and new facilities for our visitors to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of all. The shop is an important part of revenue generation at Chester Zoo. We’re delighted that the new RubberGard EPDM roof has been installed so quickly and will provide us with decades of service.”
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