Facilities Management UK: August 2020 Contents

As banks and corporations downsize their office requirements, large buildings in central London are being left empty and a new breed of entrepreneurs are waiting to move in.

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The North’s premier cleaning and hygiene show has been rescheduled to 14 – 15 October

The Manchester Cleaning Show is set to be the first major trade exhibition to take place in the city post-lockdown after it was rescheduled to the 14-15 October this year.

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Premises left empty during the Covid-19 lockdown could be a hot spot for pests – including rats and mice.

National trade body the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), has issued a new guide to help facilities managers to re-open as restrictions ease.

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By Daniel Took, Head of Professional Product Marketing

Under normal circumstances, cleaning and disinfection would be considered far more indispensable in a clinical hospital environment than anywhere else. Especially compared to other places of work, such as offices or warehouses. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, new cleaning protocols are being implemented across the board, with far more stringent measures becoming the norm. Should we be looking to hospitals to inform our ‘new normal’ workplace cleanliness?

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Cable management specialist, HellermannTyton, has launched a new range of PPE for customers and staff to ensure they are protected when they return to work. This new range of easy to use products will help facilities managers reduce the chance of transferring bacteria within the workplace.

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By Pete Maguire, partner in the commercial contracts team at Wright Hassall

The focus on the far-reaching effects of coronavirus appears to have shifted from healthcare worries to economic woes, with the financial impact creating a period of instability, particularly throughout supply chains.

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By Graeme Rees, Digital Energy Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric UK&I

An invisible revolution has been taking place, further fuelled by the recent pandemic. A new generation is entering the workforce, which has coincided with a time of major. To help businesses attract and retain the best talent, buildings and operations must be truly digitalised.

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The University of Hull’s vision to become carbon neutral by 2027 will be mapped out in a detailed strategic masterplan in partnership with Siemens.

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By Lee Jasper, Head of Products and Solutions at Johnson Controls

We’re finally beginning to return to some sense of normality. As we begin returning to work, we’ll be entering a new world with a greater focus on public safety than ever before in our lifetimes.

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By Simon Burgess, Siemens

• Energy consumption falls by at least a third, “a normal day now is like Christmas”
• Uni’s gas prices double
• Huge effort to get ready for new term with lots of challenges like ventilation
• “Everything we’ve been doing for years has been turned on its head”

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With recent changes making it compulsory for many commercial buildings to design changing places toilets for severely disabled people, Bureau Veritas has welcomed the move as “another positive step” for accessibility and inclusivity.

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By Nick Sacke, Head of IoT and Products

Since 2015, analysts have been talking about the Internet of Things delivering new types of ‘smart buildings’ that are able to provide a better experience for tenants and a more efficient, highly monetizable set of building management services to facilities managers.

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By Raymond Martin, MD of the British Toilet Association

Everyone involved in our industry fully understands the importance of these essential facilities and the need to keep them hygienically clean and well provisioned. So we need to focus in what can be done immediately to get both public and workplace toilets and bathrooms fit for customers and clients to use safely; whilst being very mindful of the health and safety of our cleaners and service operatives.

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Deep cleaning your workplace in response to the global coronavirus pandemic is essential for the wellbeing of your team.

Over the next few months the UK will return to a new normal that will see the work place once again become occupied.

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Zumtobel has provided the lighting for the refurbishment of Aquarium 2, one of Reading’s most prestigious office developments, which includes a selection of featured and functional luminaires for the building’s modern design.

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By Jason Betteridge, the Managing Director of Circyl

As the UK economy emerges from the global pandemic, facilities managers face a tough time ahead, as they try to get their business back up and running amid the ongoing uncertainty.

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Industrial lubricants and site safety specialist ROCOL has introduced a new line marking applicator to help manufacturing facilities plan their safe reopening and incorporate socially distanced working into their operational plans.

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By: Peter Teska, Global Infection Prevention Application Expert, Diversey

The novel coronavirus pandemic has had an immense impact on the restaurant industry. A recent report forecasts losses of between 51% and 77% of expected revenue, with Spain and Italy the worst affected countries, if the eating out ban implemented by most European Governments since the middle of March were to continue. 

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Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, has secured a series of high-profile contracts with Transport for London and Crossrail Limited.

These contracts have included supplying and installing security doors for major London Underground redevelopments including London Bridge, Bond Street and King’s Cross, as well as station upgrades such as Victoria.

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