BIM, AI, VR, drones, IoT, Li-Fi, predictive analytics, computerised management systems, etc., seem to cause facilities practitioners to be excited for these advanced technologies for facilities management and many are struggling to understand and pressured to implement them. Due to change in technologies, FM tends to focus on activities rather than its key mission’s results.…
Value-Based Facilities Management (VBFM) is a practice that focuses on delivering facilities management (FM) services, that matters to an organisation business success. It is developed with the intention to move the practice of FM forward, keeping in pace with the organisational change, in a dynamic and competitive business environment, to serve as a strategic relevance…
In today’s constant change and development in the practice of facilities management affect the widening and variety of scope that the facilities management practitioners need to take on. To take on these dynamic challenges and achieving the goals requires leadership. There are as many ideas about leadership as there are writers, such as the Situational…
This month, we are going to look at how may facilities management services keep pace with the ever increasing and change in its customers’ needs and expectation, in delivering what matters them. One of the effective tools to adopt is the use of a Service Level Agreement (SLA). The purpose for establishing a SLA is…
In the January’s FM Pointers, you were asked, “What are your goals for your FM career for 2016”. If you have written your goals in a Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-specific (S.M.A.R.T) manner, congratulations to you! I hope that will bring you purpose, focus, fresh perspective and passion towards your career in facilities management.…
