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Six tech levers to fix FM’s achilles heel

Six tech levers to fix FM’s achilles heel

At the very core of the FM practise lies its achilles heel - an outdated and inflexible CaFM / CMMS system hindering business growth. Let’s look at the several roadblocks that come in the way of the smooth expansion of FM operations, and explore effective technology-led strategies to navigate them.

Smart Building Operations for the New World

Connected Buildings

Smart Building Operations for the New World

Doug Ricardo is the CIO at Mark Street property Group in New York. Like many others, the pandemic has left him with a set of unique challenges at his workplace. His firm, a real estate group, manages a portfolio of buildings, mostly with retail operations. They are facing a slow

How facility managers can win in today’s reality (video inside)

Building Operations & Maintenance

How facility managers can win in today’s reality (video inside)

5 new-age FM and operations leaders share secrets on building operations, technology, and delivering experiences that occupants like. There’s a lot of modern technology out there for facilities managers. But who’s using it to its full potential to improve efficiency and create positive tenant experiences? We hosted a

Reimagining The Office: What Property Operators Need to Know Post-Pandemic?

Building Operations & Maintenance

Reimagining The Office: What Property Operators Need to Know Post-Pandemic?

While telecommuting has grown in popularity over the years, only about 3.6% of the US population worked remotely pre-pandemic. That number abruptly spiked earlier this year—over 30% of workers who were employed in early March had switched to working at home by the first week of April. And

Meet the Facilio Partners Powering the Data-driven Building Operations Revolution

Meet the Facilio Partners Powering the Data-driven Building Operations Revolution

Revolutions do not always happen overnight. In fact, it sometimes is not even obvious that they are happening at all. It often becomes clearer after the revolution just how profound the change has been. As various megatrends combine to dramatically change the landscape of both suppliers and buyers, the building

Women Leadership in Facility Operations during Turbulent Times: What Can We Learn?

Building Operations & Maintenance

Women Leadership in Facility Operations during Turbulent Times: What Can We Learn?

This is a guest post by Nihal Nasr, Director of Facilities Management at CIB Egypt. With nearly 27 years of professional experience in facilities management, supply chain, and fixed asset management, Nihal is an IFMA Certified FMP. She was earlier featured in Facilio’s 20 Inspiring Women Changing the Culture

How ESCOs are Harnessing Next-gen Technologies for Greater Energy Efficiency in 2020

Sustainability Management

How ESCOs are Harnessing Next-gen Technologies for Greater Energy Efficiency in 2020

As consumers, policymakers, businesses, or as a society in general, people are increasingly becoming concerned about our generation’s carbon footprint. The growing focus also means that our built environment, (ie. responsible for over 40% of the world’s energy consumption), has become a very important part of this debate

The key to enhancing Commercial Real Estate experience - Facilio

Building Operations & Maintenance

Connectivity – The Key To Enhancing Commercial Real Estate Experience

What would most people identify as the greatest single enabling capability that technology has unlocked in recent decades? Chances are that the vast majority of respondents to that question will single out connectivity as the answer. Even a casual look at the relationship of humans with technology reveals this influence

How Facilities Management Software Can Change your Business

Building Operations & Maintenance

How Facilities Management Software Can Change your Business

As the global real estate sector continues to expand and grow more competitive, companies are fast approaching various ways to maximize their resources, restructure their workspaces and improve customer engagement. In response to this, organizations are fast adopting tools that will advance their aspirations for growth. As a result, there

Urban sustainability in New York - Facilio

Energy Management

How New York is Pursuing Game-changing Urban Sustainability

Despite the emergence of Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Dubai and several other urban centers of repute, New York remains the single most iconic city on the planet. Having extended its reign in the public imagination for a century or more, the great metropolis is now seeking to become the first to

Top 3 Topics to Watch Out for at the Niagara Forum Dubai 2018

Building Operations & Maintenance

Top 3 Topics to Watch Out for at the Niagara Forum Dubai 2018

Do you believe this stat? Less than THREE percentage of CREs have access to real-time data capture from their building assets. We do – which is why we’ve partnered with Tridium Niagara to constantly work on helping property owners achieve operational efficiency and sustainability in real-time across their distributed portfolio

Real-time metering for building portfolios

Energy Management

The First Step Towards Everyday Sustainability in Buildings

Introducing real-time metering across portfolio. The final destination of any construction is its operational phase. CRE (commercial real estate) owners, today, have zero-to-limited control over utility bill shocks. In a vast majority of portfolios, a technician typically has to go around multiple buildings to manually write down the numbers displayed

facilities management in the age of IoT

Internet of Things

The Best Way to Manage Facilities in the Age of IoT

Continuous efficiency in building maintenance and sustainability across portfolio. An incredible amount of work goes into designing, installing, and maintaining the space that makes your business run smoothly every day. Buildings, more than anything, are really complex machines . The reality is, however, that most of our buildings — even the fanciest,