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Facility Management4 мин. чтенияSelf-Improvement
Combating Loneliness In A Modern Workforce
Recent studies show that a growing number of Australian employees are feeling lonely and isolated by the work they do. In some ways, this seems strange. We’re in the midst of a ‘gig economy’ that’s geared to promote the latest connected technologies
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Facility Management
Associate publisher Lachlan Oakley lachlan.oakley@niche.com.au (03) 9948 4952 Editorial Mitch Ziems mitch.ziems@niche.com.au Production Editorial design Keely Goodall Production coordinator Stephanie Yang stephanie.yang@niche.com.au Design and digita
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Understanding Sector Coupling
The American businessman and prolific inventor Thomas Edison encouraged innovation through his quote, “There’s a better way to do it – find it!”. The quote became particularly relevant to 196 countries at the end of 2015. The United Nations Climate C
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News Roundup
Video game arcades may mostly be a remnant of a bygone era, but that doesn’t mean there’s no longer potential for facilities to cater for the gaming audience. In early September, property management group Vicinity Centres and Fortress Esports reveale
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Using Technology To Combat Waste Across Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific has a waste problem. A 2017 study by Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Centre for Business and Environment found that eight million tonnes of plastic waste is discarded into the world’s oceans every day, with more than half believed to
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New Fm Products
Avery Products has introduced a range of heavy duty sign and label products so businesses can provide safety messages in warehouses, laboratories, offices and other facilities where human safety can be jeopardised. Businesses can design and print saf
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Why It’s Time To Upgrade Your Bathrooms
A discussion about what constitutes the perfect commercial bathroom is one just about anyone is happy to avoid. Nobody needs to be reminded about the benefits of a clean bathroom when it comes to maintaining hygiene in a facility, but for most of us
Facility Management2 мин. чтенияIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Floor Cleaning Tech A Preview For Near-future Automation
In the first quarter of 2020, Tennant will release the T7AMR autonomous floor scrubber in Australia. While the machine certainly appears to look like those already in use in facilities across the nation, it’s what can be found inside that counts. Pow
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Creating A Sustainable Commute
Climate change is a significant issue in Australia; an issue receiving significant attention as governments, businesses and consumers look to reduce their impact on the planet. This has led to a focus on developing sustainable buildings, which are de
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How Fms Can Help Clean Up The Recycling Mess
For decades, getting rid of Australia’s unwanted waste was a matter of ‘out of sight, out of mind’. In 2018, Australia exported close to 4.5 million tonnes of garbage overseas, much of it to China. And it wasn’t only Australia. The rest of the develo
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The Benefits Of Greenwalls
Greenwalls are at the heart of new age aesthetic stimulation and hold opportunity to breathe a new and fresh life into any building. With integration into outdoor, urbanised areas, greenwalls have the capacity to bring a new level of sustainability t
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How Vicinity Centres Achieved A 4 Star Green Star Rating
Sustainable practice has become an increasingly hot topic across all aspects of Australian life. Where once we turned off the light when leaving a room for the sake of our electricity bill, now our responsibility can be measured on a global scale. Fo
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Chris Rogers Palais Theatre
FM: Let’s start with your background. How did you end up in facility management? Chris Rogers: My first foray into FM came about more by accident than design. I actually started in FM when working at Crown Casino as technical manager in the Crown sho
Facility Management4 мин. чтенияIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Workforce Mobilisation Isn’t Just A Trend – It’s The Future
Technology is constantly redefining the way we both live and work. In many ways it has brought the two closer together. We use messaging apps to remain connected with friends and colleagues alike at all hours of the day. We can travel to all corners
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Requesting Approval For Sustainable Initiatives
Want to share your insights in the next edition of Ask the Expert? Register your interest by contacting us at asktheexpert@fmmedia.com.au, providing your name, phone number, email address and a 100-word bio. We look forward to hearing from you. Outba
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Facilitating The Future
FM: Let’s start with a brief overview of your background. Sam Wishart: I lead the fantastic facilities, assets and services team within the infrastructure and operations division at La Trobe University and have for about seven and a half years. Prior
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The 400 Year History Of The Fire Sprinkler System
Some of the most critical systems in any facility are systems we hope never have to be put to use. There are few better examples of this than the automated sprinkler system. Around the world, approximately 70 million sprinkler heads are installed in
Facility Management3 мин. чтенияSecurity
Building Trends, Building Momentum
A statistic that will surprise some while being painfully obvious for others is that the average person spends 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime. For many people that means tens of thousands of hours sitting at a desk or performing some sort o
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Events
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Regis Declares War On Waste
Sustainability issues are becoming increasingly material and significant to companies’ long-term business strategies, as well as both their internal and external stakeholders. From increasing demand for resources to social inequalities and climate ri
Facility Management5 мин. чтенияPsychology
Four Trends Every Leader Needs To Know About The Future Of Work
The world of work is undergoing profound change. Trends like automation, artificial intelligence and political upheaval are impacting jobs and careers. Large companies around the world are already exploring what the workplace will look like in 2030 a
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Bringing A Sustainable Mindset To The Office
In the same way that households are installing mini power stations on their roofs to reduce strain on the electric grid, many organisations today are looking to lead on the sustainability fundamentals in the workplace by introducing responsible sourc
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How Facility Managers Can Lead Sustainability Efforts
Australia’s 160,000 commercial buildings are predicted to contribute over 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during 2019.1 In Sydney, commercial and industrial buildings consume 24 percent of the municipal w
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Product Stewardship In A Circular Economy
Product stewardship and waste reduction have reached a new level in Australia. Recent announcements by the Federal Government place these issues firmly on the national agenda. Prime Minister Morrison has not only appointed an Assistant Minister for W
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Collaborating For The Future
Data has never been as readily available as it is today. However, while it provides tremendous opportunities, most people struggle to transform data into useful information and retain any of this information as knowledge. That’s why I understand that
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Editor’s Letter
Sustainability is a nebulous and often misunderstood topic. Closely associated with waste management, its scope is actually far broader, covering everything from supply chain selection to predictive maintenance. In a sustainable environment, waste ma
Facility Management4 мин. чтенияIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Blue IoT Helps Greater Dandenong Council Go Green
The offices of the City of Greater Dandenong council were facing a chilling problem. In 2018, after twenty years in operation, its Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system was starting to malfunction. Temperatures were fluctuating by up to
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Managing Stadiums In An Age Of Heightened Threat
Ariana Grande’s sugary pop songs provided a jarring juxtaposition to the brutality of the events that unfolded at Manchester Arena on the night of 22 May 2017. Of the 22 innocent people murdered that night by a suicide bomber in the 21,000-capacity v
Facility Management4 мин. чтенияTechnology & Engineering
Technology Should Never Come At The Cost Of Staff
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the increasing amount of technology being incorporated into workplace projects, and how this technology will be the critical enabler of agile and other synthesised environments. This is all very nice, but oft
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What Parking Can Learn From Hot-desking
Hot-desking is a trend that has impacted many workplaces throughout Australia, as businesses look to adopt agile ways of working. It does away with the traditional concept of a fixed desk per employee and instead offers a pool of desks available on a

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