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

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

As your property prepares for reopening, one thing that will steer the functioning of businesses is – reshaped compliance. A plethora of SOPs is finding its way into building operations. Commercial tenants are naturally anxious about how safe their post-pandemic workspaces will be. To navigate unfamiliar situations with continuous assurance, how

As businesses prepare to return to work, CREs are staring at an operational revamp of varying scales to quickly adapt their building systems for occupant safety and building efficiency. But given the role of HVAC in impacting C-19 spread, emphasizing HVAC health is at the heart of evolving strategies. If

Today, as pressurized Facilities Managers rummage through software tools to predict building performance and plan operations better, they harbor mixed thoughts. It’s a constant conflict between “Can I?” and “I’ll seek the vendor’s help”. A classic example – FDD. Predominantly a cumbersome package that’s quintessential FM software,

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

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

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

We live in the digital age, an era where everything is only getting smarter, be it the indispensable mobile phone or the age-old television network. Buildings are no exception either. Long gone are the days where the only automated mechanism in a built structure was the elevator. Buildings are now