Facility Management

Facility Management is Australasia's premier independent magazine addressing the needs of professional building and property managers and their suppliers. Readers are interested in the latest information regarding the operation, efficiency and design of commercial buildings.

Futureproofing today’s buildings for tomorrow: the solution is simple • FUTURE TECH, next generation BIoT and AI, emerging digital trends, automated efficiencies, the latest energy saving initiatives in the built environment and state of the art ergonomics will be on show at Total Facilities 2018.

EDITOR'S LETTER

CONTENT PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS

Driverless vehicles to get better ‘vision’

ACA ANNOUNCES CORROSION MITIGATION TRAINING

NEW FM PRODUCTS

BETTER BY DESIGN • When it comes to problem-solving, is design thinking the answer for facility managers? MICHELLE DUNNER reports.

Getting to the root of the problem: using the five whys method

AT YOUR SERVICE • With the importance of human experience on the rise in facility management, MATT WALL says the concierge has become a vital member of the team.

PETROL HEAD

Are your facilities safe from the elements? • In a world that feels increasingly less safe, conscientious facilities managers need to ensure that any possible threat to security is addressed. But it isn’t always about keeping people in or out of buildings that you need to consider. Utilising reliable products that are impervious to the elements is also of increasing importance. DAVID WARD reports.

Bright copper kettles to chrome goosenecks • You may have needed serious muscles to access drinking water in days of yore, but today’s appliances are marvels of good design and you can access filtered boiling, sparkling or chilled water with no more than a feather light touch. ADRIAN CUGNETTO delves into history.

Catch up! • There are significant differences between Australia and other developed countries when it comes to the way the field of ergonomics is approached and utilised. We have some catching up to do, reports KIRSTY ANGERER.

FIRE RISK – HOW NOT TO GET BURNT • Facility managers need to be well-informed about the risks of combustible sandwich panels and the impact of recent disasters on the insurance market, as RUSSELL TOLL and CLIVE DAWES report.

Brave new working • What would a typical workday look like in 2040? TICA HESSING gazes into the not-too-distant future.

Fun facts and figures

PUTTING THE TEAM FIRST • Companies are increasingly developing workplaces that offer agility. GRAHAM KIRKWOOD looks at how the physical environment can keep pace.

FIVE WAYS TO REDUCE WORKPLACE NOISE • Struggling with ambient noise? You may need to re-evaluate your acoustics, writes DOMINIQUE LYONE.

Hearing augmentation solutions

2018 ANNUAL SOFTWARE GUIDE • Facility Management is proud to present its Annual Software Guide for 2018, offering readers the most comprehensive overview of software products and suppliers in Australasia’s facilities management sector.

Underneath the radar • A power analysis expert to advise on often forgotten energy saving hardware can cost less than taxation advice and save you the same order of money, writes DAVID CARDOZO.

The road best travelled • Change management specialist KAREN SKILLINGS kicks off a new series on the lease strategy roadmap.

MAKING A CORROSION STRATEGY • Australian Corrosion Association chairman DEAN WALL says facility managers need practical management of corroded assets to prolong their service life.

Lease: time to cut costs? • Need to make occupancy cost savings? RODNEY TIMM writes that you need an appetite to make some hard decisions.

Kicking up a stink • The nose always knows, but finding the cause of an...