Tag Archives: FACILITY MANAGEMENT

You have had a long stint with the cleaning industry. What is the biggest contribution / achievement you have made? Having moved from the Hospitality industry and after a brief stint (four years) with the IT industry, I began my ... Read More »

Challenges The core challenges are obvious and we all know how imperfect things can be. For multi-sites, they are plentiful. 1. Every building has unique requirements leading to different levels of automation control2. Budgets are limited and resources are few3. ... Read More »

Is the role of finance changing in the hospitality set up? What are these changes? The role of finance in hospitality has become more integrated and enhanced, encompassing various other responsibilities and factors other than purely financial operations. We need ... Read More »

No doubt, Facilities Services companies engage in continued knowledge dissemination and training to get quality output from the workforce. However, there are no standard methods of teaching followed to churn out truly professional next gen FM performers. Clean India Journal ... Read More »

Clean India Journal partnered with German Engineering Federation (VDMA) and GMR Varalakshmi Foundation to bring together the key players in the Indian FM Industry, equipment manufacturer and vocational training providers on 24 June in New Delhi. The aim of the ... Read More »

“Enterprise alignment with Building services” A one-day international IFM summit held on January 22, at The Leela in Mumbai during the Clean India Technology Week 2016 has received wide acclaim both for its content and the high level of discussions ... Read More »

“Enterprise alignment with Building services” IFM summit held on January 22, at The Leela in Mumbai during the Clean India Technology Week 2016 has received wide acclaim both for its content and the high level of discussions which covered many ... Read More »

Southern Railway has invited housekeeping vendors to attend the vendor development conference to announce its tender floating plans. The invitees will include facility management contractors, cleaning contractors, who are involved in manual/mechanised cleaning of railway coaches. The proposed tenders will ... Read More »

Middle East Cleaning Technology Week has provided a wonderful platform for professionals like us from South Africa, where we confront issues very similar to that are faced by the cleaning industry in the MENA region”, said Chreeson Moodley, Marketing Director, ... Read More »

The broadening spectrum of facility maintenance has redefined the business of the service segment, taking it from a mere manpower supplier to housekeeping services and security supplier to a total facility management service provider. “It is time for a change ... Read More »

“With many enquiries coming from the outskirts of Karnataka, we are now planning to spread our wings to the nearby States – first Kerala, thereafter cities like Hyderabad and Chennai. However, this does not deter our focus from ‘Providing Quality ... Read More »

German Engineering Federation (VDMA) in association with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH launched its Hyderabad arm of its “Skill Development Program in Cleaning Sector skills for Facility Management (FM) sector in India”. The trainings were formally started at ... Read More »

The profession of Facility Management (FM) and Real Estate Management (RE) has evolved rapidly in the last two decades. The increasing need for cost efficiency, business flexibility and transparency is challenging today’s FM and RE managers. This is where Integrated ... Read More »

 Building Information Modelling and SOPs Besides People and Property, Process and Technology are the backbone of FM industry, without which it could make a lot of noise but just be found, spinning its wheels and going nowhere. John Ringness, SFP, ... Read More »

By 2020, India’s urbanization investment requirement is of $1 trillion,” reports McKinsey Global Institute. Hence, it is high time for India’s Facility Managers to get ready and equipped for managing complex buildings and related infrastructure in sustainable and “smart” ways. ... Read More »

After his 12th standard, Santosh Ingle, presently working as a Supervisor at Sumeet Facilities Pvt Ltd, had only two options either continuing his education or look out for a job. He chose the latter. Since then, it has been eight ... Read More »

Hon’ Minister of Rural Development, Maharashtra, Shri Jayant Patil inaugurated the 10th edition of Asia’s largest expo on Cleaning technology, hygiene solutions and facility management – Clean India Pulire 2013 – being held from December 5 to 7 at MMRDA ... Read More »

Mr.Prashant Sule,Mr.Sheldon Simons,Mr. Chris Cracknell, Heather Suksem, Mr.Pradeep P Menon,Ramesh Pimple The UK-based OCS Group, which has been making significant investments in India over the last few years, has announced a major business integration initiative to offer ‘Total Facility Management’ ... Read More »

MP Enterprises & Associates Ltd, a leading facility management company in the Western region based in Pune, has expanded operations in Mumbai with the setting up of its new office “MP House”. Speaking to Clean India Journal at the inauguration, ... Read More »

MP Enterprises & Associates Ltd, a leading facility management company in the Western region based in Pune, has opened a new office “MP House” in Mumbai. Speaking to Clean India Journal at the inauguration, Director Abhishek Pathak, said, “We had ... Read More »