Tag Archives: FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Over 250 delegates flew in from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Indonesia and Vietnam, apart from across the Indian sub-continent, to be part of the 4th International Housekeepers Summit 2019 at the Jaypee Hotel & Convention ... Read More »

In a country where indigenous manufacturers of cleaning products are numbered, the consumer graphs have remained more inclined towards international brands. Making inroads into this market are international companies with distributor networks; companies that have joint ventures; companies that have ... Read More »

The UK-based Institute of Workplace & Facilities Management and the Facility Management Association of Australia will join forces in the pursuit of workplace and facilities management excellence. This transcontinental alliance will connect FMA’s 2,000 strong membership to IWFM’s community of ... Read More »

Whenever the need to repaint buildings arises, house owners or housing society committee members worry about getting the right service provider on board besides the final cost, the day to day supervision, the impact on the daily routine and the ... Read More »

From yesterday’s paper checklist outside public washrooms in an airport or an office complex that gave the cleaning schedule, the FM services have moved on to digital recording by wireless sensors. Internet of Things enables one to digitally record the ... Read More »

The ground realities of facility management are seldom fathomed at the higher levels of the organisation. Essentially looked upon as an “unnecessary expense incurring” department, Makarand Kulkarni, Country Head-FMS, Reliance Retail, says it is imperative to narrow the gap between ... Read More »

Scope and Vision K Raheja Corp is one of India’s leading real estate developers, with a sizeable part of its portfolio consisting of commercial spaces in the form of business parks. Early on, it recognised the need to incorporate green ... Read More »

• Cleaning • Waste • Linen care • Vehicle care The prominent shift in consumer preferences made by visitors is evident in the intelligent purchases made during the recently concluded Clean India Technology Week in February. Special Corespondent Mrigank Warrier, ... Read More »

Denmark-based ISS Facility Services has approximately 510,000 employees, making it the world’s fourth largest private employer. Jeff Gravenhorst, Group CEO, shares with Clean India Journal the success behind ISS growth, the power of human touch and the advent of digital ... Read More »

Digital transformation, sure is the trend today. In all sectors and in all processes, the use of technology radically improves the performance. As for Facility Management, the technology like IoT, data analytics and Artificial Intelligence have widely been used not ... Read More »

The evolution of modern buildings has revolutionised the role of facility management in current epoch. The considerations towards occupier satisfaction, sustainability, costs, risk management and brand perception make this role extremely demanding. And this turns into a challenge when organization ... Read More »

One of the crucial and trying moments that a purchase department encounters – in a manufacturing facility or corporate office, mall, hotel or hospital – is when product prices fluctuate. Especially when it comes to procuring products internationally, based on ... Read More »

Customer Preferences   Products and services, in general, are directly aligned to customers’ preferences which are influenced by factors that are inversely proportionate to their company standards, policies and requirements. As T.K. Chandrashekar-VP Operations, Faber Sindoori Management Services puts it, ... Read More »

With tech-enabled classrooms and connected living and gathering spaces, campuses are evolving to provide today’s students with the wired experience they expect. Technological advances can benefit universities behind the scenes, too. Smart building technologies and digitalized facility management (FM) are ... Read More »

Importance of FM One thing which comes to everyone’s mind while talking about facility management is that it is one of the functions supporting the core business. It is an arm which helps the organisation to do its business well. ... Read More »

Over a prolonged period, people in facility management have been involved in a movement to move away from using conventional cleaning chemicals. Many of the chemicals used to clean and sanitize facilities contain volatile organic compounds, which affect the environment ... Read More »

Today a lot of people have the perception that facility management doesn’t go beyond cleaning services. But that is not the case. The focus has shifted from just the management of resources. Facility management services include five tiers and are ... Read More »

Nandi Hospitality Services Pvt. Ltd, which has been offering facility management services since 2007, successfully operates across the country and has a strong network of branch offices. With a staff strength of 750, Nandi Hospitality is servicing more than 100 ... Read More »

A few years back when Clean India Journal interacted with a number of admin heads of different corporate houses, banks and other business establishments, we still found them uncertain when it came to outsourcing of cleanliness & maintenance activities to ... Read More »

Colliers International India’s NCR Facilities Management (FM) team clinched 14,70,596sqft of property management project for Palm Springs. Palm Springs is a premium residential project from Emaar, in Gurugram which is a home to some of the leading business professionals and ... Read More »