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Facilities Management UK April 2024


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04 BCIS forecasts building costs to rise 15% in five years.


05 Mitie secures new contract with HMRC. 08 The RoHS Ban One Year On.


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16 Buildings house a large number of assets, from elevators to lighting systems and equipment that


uses diverse systems


and need to be adequately maintained and accounted for. However, the latest technologies have found the solution...


STRENGTHENING SECURITY IN MULTI-OCCUPANCY BUILDINGS


20 Matthew Holliday at the NSI describes how a forward-looking partnership scheme protecting multi-occupancy


buildings in the City of London can now provide similar benefits across the UK.


THE ILLUMINATION OF OUR SMART BUILDINGS IN THE UK


22 James Huntington, technology controls and


solutions manager at Tridonic, explains how lighting plays an integral part in smart buildings and how strides in


are making luminaires more intelligent than ever before. fmuk 03 commercial THE ROLE OF ACCESS PANELS


32 Paul Hewitt at Profab Access highlights the vital role which extensively fire tested access panels can play in fire safety, and how the accurate documentation of such testing for facilities managers can ensure the integrity of their building.


PAINTS CAN ASSIST ESG GOALS?


34 As businesses strive to meet ambitious ESG goals, coatings that can help sequester CO2 and help to purify the ambient air could be an easy ‘win’ when seeking to reduce the wider carbon (CO2(e) on projects.


BS 476 TO EN 1634-1: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DOOR HARDWARE?


36 Daniel May of Consort Architectural Hardware discusses the proposed standard change from BS 476 to EN 1634-1 and the impact it may have on door hardware and the built environment.


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