Solidor’s ‘Showroom of the Month’ for August has been awarded to Wakefield based B & P Windows for its upgrade on its consumer showsite that is said to have been part of the business from the outset of its 37-year history in West Yorkshire. After 37 years in business, we’ve
18 March 2016 | Jamie Harris The BIFM has announced two more speakers for this year’s ThinkFM conference in London. The ThinkFM: Think Productivity conference, held on 18 May at Milton Court, London and online, will focus on the role of facilities management in unlocking organisational productivity. The BIFM has
Organisers of Facilities Scotland, the only free-to-attend b2b exhibition dedicated to Scotland’s FM and workplace sector, have announced leading FM companies who will be exhibiting at the event which returns to the SEC, Glasgow on the 12 – 13 September 2018. Stannah Lifts, Viridor, Clockwork IT, Harrowgreen, Work Pal and
Automated transport and logistics technology could be adopted on a wide scale at UK airports in the future. A report commissioned by Aberdeen Standard Investment’s AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial and Property Unit Trust) produced jointly by specialist UK aviation real estate consultancy, ChappellKing and Dornier Consulting International GmbH, explores the potential
Facilities Scotland, the only b2b exhibition dedicated to Scotland’s FM and workplace industry, has announced leading FM voices who will speak as part of the 2018 conference programme, when the show returns to the SEC, Glasgow on the 12 and 13 September 2018. Mark Whittaker, business development manager at Integral
There was a time when commercial lighting meant constant maintenance, high costs and enormous inefficiency, and all that without any guarantee that the lights would be very bright. Industrial lighting was a necessity, but good options were thin on the ground. Luckily, those days are over. Today’s commercial LED flood
Colin Blair MBE, at the University of Huddersfield, was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dame Ingrid Roscoe. THE University of Huddersfield’s Director of Estates and Facilities, Colin Blair MBE, has become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. He was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant, Dame Ingrid Roscoe, who holds
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Continuing to raise the bar on building standards across the UK, Bureau Veritas building control services proved invaluable during the recent construction of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey. Due to open its doors on 11 June, the new £22.9m gallery and museum will display over 300 treasures
Solidor’s ‘Showroom of the Month’ for August has been awarded to Wakefield based B & P Windows for its upgrade on its consumer showsite that is said to have been part of the business from the outset of its 37-year history in West Yorkshire. After 37 years in business, we’ve been able to carefully build a highly regarded installation business in Wakefield with true family values. Solidor has been an exceptional business partner for us over the last seven years and with the new door designer proving hugely beneficial, we’re looking forward to continuing to work together well into the long-term,” said Justin Grafton-Holt, managing director of B & P Windows. Composite doors are a fundamental part of B & P Windows’ product range, which has around three to four installations per week. According to the company, it is seeing trends towards heritage styles and also contemporary doors in anthracite grey. “B&P Windows is the perfect example of a well-respected family business that relies on strong brands. With our marketing programme and online door designer we’re actively engaged with developing sales for our customers, whilst backing this up with world-class service and support for Solidor and also the sister brands of Nicedor and Residor,” said Gareth Busson, head of sales and marketing for Solidor Group. B & P is a family-run business that has been part of the Solidor network for over seven years and one that has also recently launched Solidor’s online door designer. The ‘Showroom of the Month’ initiative has been launched by Solidor as part of the New Development Programme, aiming to reward trading partners on their sales environments. Solidor has been designing, engineering and manufacturing composite doors in the UK since 2004. Each and every Solidor is manufactured by the company’s talented craftsmen in its multi-site production facility in Stoke on Trent, with its doors sold and installed through a nationwide network of experienced and proven installation companies.
18 March 2016 | Jamie Harris The BIFM has announced two more speakers for this year’s ThinkFM conference in London. The ThinkFM: Think Productivity conference, held on 18 May at Milton Court, London and online, will focus on the role of facilities management in unlocking organisational productivity. The BIFM has announced that Dr Jill Miller of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Eugenio Proto of the University of Warwick are to speak at the conference. Dr Miller is to address delegates about setting an aspirational agenda for wellbeing. Dr Miller said: “A healthy workplace is vital for a sustainable productive business. HR and facilities management have pivotal roles to play in making this a reality, along with leadership and management buy-in to the shared value that investing in wellbeing delivers.” Proto is to explore the effect of happiness on productivity, citing guidance for organisations striving to make their workplaces emotionally healthy for their workforce. For those wishing to attend this year’s conference, today is the final day to take advantage of early-bird savings. For more information and to book, go to www.thinkfm.com. Source link
Organisers of Facilities Scotland, the only free-to-attend b2b exhibition dedicated to Scotland’s FM and workplace sector, have announced leading FM companies who will be exhibiting at the event which returns to the SEC, Glasgow on the 12 – 13 September 2018. Stannah Lifts, Viridor, Clockwork IT, Harrowgreen, Work Pal and Nurture Landscapes are just a handful of the UK’s leading facilities manufacturers and suppliers that are attending this year’s event. They join safety and fire safety companies who will also be exhibiting at the co-located events Health & Safety Scotland and Facilities Scotland. All three events are part of the Scotland Works series, which provides a unique opportunity for professionals to access 150+ exhibiting companies and four streams of professional content dedicated to helping them maintain a safe, secure and cost-effective business – all with one free visitor badge. In addition to the plethora of exhibiting companies, visitors to Facilities Scotland will gain access to a free-to-attend CPD accredited professional seminar programme under the theme ‘Building the Scottish FM powerhouse’. The programme features a series of talks from prominent voices from Scotland’s facilities industry who will discuss and debate latest trends shaping the FM market in the region. Tim Else, Director from event organiser Western Business Exhibitions comments, “We are delighted at the quality of exhibiting companies that are taking part in this year’s event.” “Visitors will be able to meet these brands face-to-face and get bespoke advice for their business. It is the ideal platform for FM’s to combine a year’s worth of education and supplier sourcing into just two days.” Free visitor registration is now open at www.facilitiesevents.com
Automated transport and logistics technology could be adopted on a wide scale at UK airports in the future. A report commissioned by Aberdeen Standard Investment’s AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial and Property Unit Trust) produced jointly by specialist UK aviation real estate consultancy, ChappellKing and Dornier Consulting International GmbH, explores the potential efficiency gains from automation across airport-related functions such as cargo-handling and logistics operations, as well as passenger transportation both to and within airports. This includes London’s Heathrow, which recently received the formal support of Parliament for its third runway plans. Nick Smith, AIPUT fund manager, said: “Autonomous technology promises enormous benefits to airports and the service companies that support them, transforming the way airports work and improving efficiency and safety, both for passengers and other airport users. At Gatwick, for example, 90 per cent of the airport’s airside vehicles are stationary at any one time, which is both hugely inefficient and demands a vast amount of space. A much smaller pool of electric-powered autonomous vehicles would drastically cut costs, free up land, reduce emissions, and improve safety. In Düsseldorf, a newly developed robotic car parking system has demonstrated a 60 per cent reduction in required parking space compared with human drivers. He added: “Airports and airport real estate providers need to be ready for the introduction of automated technology as soon as operational and safety regulations permit. AIPUT intends to stay ahead of the curve by embracing automation, working with our tenants and partners to build autonomous technology into our site masterplans; which we believe will adapt and future-proof our UK estate assets, ensuring that our clients’ buildings and facilities will be able to accommodate and benefit fully from the rapid development of autonomous technology.” Trials of a variety of autonomous technological applications have already taken place at several UK airports, says the report. The first trials of automated airside vehicles have been completed at Heathrow in collaboration with IAG Cargo and Oxbotica. Gatwick, meanwhile, recently became the first airport in the world to trial the use of autonomous vehicles to shuttle staff across the airfield, demonstrating that autonomous vehicles can operate safely in highly complex airfield environments. This winter in Norway an autonomous snowplough was tested at Fagernes Airport – a single machine was able to clear an area of 68 acres in an hour. Autonomous technology increases the precision with which snowploughs operate, improving safety during the removal of snow and while driving in formation and low visibility, says the study. The UK Government has signalled its support for the industry, with the announcement of £22.4 million of funding under the Industrial Strategy for off-road self-driving vehicles, which it believes will revolutionise productivity in a range of sectors, including mining, ports and airports. As in many other fields of technological development, airports provide the test bed for a plethora of different autonomous applications, say the researchers. AIPUT, which currently holds two million square feet of buildings at Heathrow, dedicated to supporting the airport’s freight and logistics service providers states that it will ensure “it is at the forefront of planning for and providing the cutting-edge facilities that greater automation will require”.
Facilities Scotland, the only b2b exhibition dedicated to Scotland’s FM and workplace industry, has announced leading FM voices who will speak as part of the 2018 conference programme, when the show returns to the SEC, Glasgow on the 12 and 13 September 2018. Mark Whittaker, business development manager at Integral UK, and BIFM North Region chair joins Sandy McNaughton, BIFM Scotland chair and Lee James, business development director, Churchill Services in the opening keynote session titled Can Scottish FM plot a new value-driven path for the sector? In this session, the panel will draw on their extensive industry experience to discuss what lessons can be learnt from the recent failures in the FM sector, and the necessary steps the industry must take to reinvigorate FM. In his session Strategic FM and the importance of the informed client, Preston Gan, head of business services and strategy at NHS Grampian and winner of the 2017 BIFM Scotland FM Professional of the Year Award, considers how FM can support corporate strategy with the importance of the informed client function to help ‘fuel’ the FM strategy in optimising and adding value to the benefit the overall organisation. Under the theme, ‘Building the Scottish FM powerhouse’, the Facilities Scotland 2018 seminar programme promises to showcase the very best of Scottish FM, panel debates on the latest trends shaping the FM market in the region and beyond and a series of talks that will help facilities managers enhance their CPD. Tim Else, director of Facilities Scotland said: “There is a plethora of fantastic work in the FM sector which is over overshadowed by the extensive negative coverage in the national press.” “The Facilities Scotland 2018 free seminar programme, aims to provide Scottish facilities professionals with access to an extensive two-day programme of sessions featuring a wealth of both technical presentations to help FM’s in their personal development, and industry discussions to help the advancement of the sector in Scotland.” Free registration for the event is now open. Visit www.facilitiesevents.com/scotland for more information.
There was a time when commercial lighting meant constant maintenance, high costs and enormous inefficiency, and all that without any guarantee that the lights would be very bright. Industrial lighting was a necessity, but good options were thin on the ground. Luckily, those days are over. Today’s commercial LED flood lights are cutting edge, offering features previously thought impossible and revolutionising their surroundings. Let’s look at one sports village in Sutton, where tennis and badminton courts were transformed by the adoption of high-quality LED lighting. Better quality light Like most sports, both tennis and badminton need high levels of light in order for players to perform well. There should be minimal glare and shadow, and the court should be as evenly lit as possible. Yet the courts at Sutton Sports Village were dim and in desperate need of an upgrade. Fitted with fluorescent tubes, light level readings were only averaging around 300 lux. The presence of darkness made it hard to spot balls or shuttlecocks until it was too late. The UniBay lighting fixture was designed by UK lighting manufacturers Pulsar in collaboration with England sports bodies and players, and so was a perfect choice for Sutton’s revamp. Whilst most LED lights run using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), the UniBay130 instead uses continuous, flicker-free light. PWM has a strobing effect on fast-moving objects such as a tennis ball, causing a major distraction for players and coaches, whereas the Unibay solution ensures that Sutton’s players can keep their eyes on the ball at all times. As an additional benefit this lighting emits less heat, ideal for somewhere where people are already working up a sweat. The UniBay is recommended and used by professional tennis players because of the superior quality of light that it produces. Significantly cheaper Sutton was paying a premium for its low-quality, high-heat lights. Running costs for the entire club were £31,449 per year, meaning lighting was eating up valuable resources which could be better spent elsewhere. Replacing the commercial lighting produced mammoth savings. The installation of the UniBay130W fittings cut total costs to £7,727 – a £23,721 annual reduction in expenditure – so the centre was left the ample budget to invest in more exciting areas of the sports centre. More environmentally friendly Before making the switch, the carbon footprint of the Sutton Sports Village was at a high level. Per four courts, the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of daily running was 141,523 kg a year. A vast emission of greenhouse gas is common in this sector – the UK’s sports sector buildings emit of a total of 10 million tonnes of CO2 every year – and often a major contributor is commercial lighting. By swapping out fluorescent tube lighting for 16 UniBay130W fittings per court, Sutton Sports Village’s emissions and energy use were cut by 75%. The centre has lowered its environmental impact drastically, whilst improving its light quality and thus its appeal to members. A win all round. Worth the switch So often upgrading lighting is put to the bottom of the pile, but as Sutton has shown, it makes a real and instantly-noticeable difference to quality, cost and carbon footprint. For an easy way to transform your workspace, switching to high-quality LED lighting is absolutely worth it.
Colin Blair MBE, at the University of Huddersfield, was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dame Ingrid Roscoe. THE University of Huddersfield’s Director of Estates and Facilities, Colin Blair MBE, has become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. He was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant, Dame Ingrid Roscoe, who holds the historic role of Queen’s representative in the county. The Deputies selected and appointed by Lords-Lieutenant are individuals who have made valuable contributions to the nation or the local community. Their role is to promote and support the Lieutenancy and to represent the Lord-Lieutenant in performing a range of public duties The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Bob Cryan CBE, has served as a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire since 2012 and he was one of the first to congratulate Mr Blair, who receives his commission alongside dignitaries who include Yorkshire tourism chief Sir Gary Verity. Mr Blair said that he was honoured to become a Deputy Lieutenant. “Working on Royal visits to the University of Huddersfield has given me a valuable insight into just how hard members of our Royal Family work in order to support the community, and into the importance of the Lord-Lieutenant’s office in making their visits a success. It will now be my privilege to give something back and play a wider role,” said Mr Blair. He was awarded his MBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours List. It recognised his key role in ensuring that the University has one of the UK’s highest-quality campuses, with a continual programme of development. Mr Blair was a project engineer in the private sector before joining Kirklees Council in 1983 as head of property maintenance. He was then appointed Senior Building Services Engineer at the University and in 1998 Mr Blair became Director of Estates and Facilities. There has been a steady sequence of architecturally and technologically innovative new structures, one of the most recent being the £27 million Oastler Building, opened by the University’s Chancellor, HRH The Duke of York. On a recent visit to the University, The Duke unveiled the foundation stone of the £30 million Barbara Hepworth Building, due for completion in 2019. The University has been widely praised for its adaptation of historic properties that include canalside Victorian mills. The campus has one of the largest percentages of listed buildings of any Higher Education institution, presenting Mr Blair and his team with a wide variety of maintenance challenges and responsibilities. Colin Blair is a Chartered Engineer and has an MSc (Distinction) in Facilities Management. He served for eight years on the National Executive Committee of the Association of University Directors of Estates and served as the organisation’s treasurer and chaired its North East Region. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers. Earlier this year, he achieved Chartered Managers status from the Chartered Management Institute, of which he became Companion in 2017.
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Continuing to raise the bar on building standards across the UK, Bureau Veritas building control services proved invaluable during the recent construction of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey. Due to open its doors on 11 June, the new £22.9m gallery and museum will display over 300 treasures charting the Abbey’s thousand-year history. It has been built in the medieval triforium – a 50ft stretch of gallery previously hidden from the public – which offers spectacular views of the Palace of Westminster and across Parliament Square. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries will be accessed via the newly-built Weston Tower – the first major addition to the Abbey Church since 1745 – which includes an intricately designed staircase and lift. During the construction, a key challenge for Abbey staff, heritage architects, the fire service and the main contractor was to preserve the historic building’s Grade I-listed features while maintaining the highest fire safety standards for the public gallery’s vast collection of artefacts and exhibits. As such Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), was called upon to provide Approved Inspector Building Control Services to the project. Using its extensive experience in fire safety, the firm’s dedicated team was able to provide sound regulatory and legislative advice, which proved instrumental in developing a robust fire safety solution essential to meeting the Abbey’s complex design needs. Core to this was taking a holistic approach to fire safety, where Bureau Veritas assessed travel distance aspects, reviewed complex evacuation modelling, as well as reviewing lighting, exit signage and fire alarms so that they met safety regulations while being in keeping with the surroundings. For instance, during the construction of Weston Tower, the team work tirelessly to confirm that the tower’s lift was well equipped with firefighting measures such as a dry riser, without compromising the building’s historic façade. Throughout the project, Bureau Veritas also held numerous workshops for the client, designers, architects and other contractors in order to help manage risk throughout the building lifecycle and subsequently reduce costs. From early involvement during the design stages through to site inspections and final certification, the company was able to give designers confidence that the project will comply with Building Regulations and all relevant legislation. As a result, the team succeeded in making sure The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries met its building control obligations in time for opening. Andy Lowe, director of building control at Bureau Veritas, comments: “We are absolutely delighted to have delivered a solution that not only ensures Westminster Abbey maintains the highest standards in accordance with building regulations for the two million people who visit the iconic church each year, but one that is also in keeping with the building’s magnificent historic features.” Ptolemy Dean, Surveyor of the Fabric at Westminster Abbey, said: “We were incredibly impressed by Bureau Veritas’ building control services during this project. The firm worked meticulously with the Abbey team, contractors and the fire service to certify the striking new tower and museum achieved building compliance. We’d like to pass on our thanks to Bureau Veritas for the invaluable part they played in helping to achieve our vision for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.” For further information, call 0345 600 1828 or visit www.bureauveritas.co.uk
