New ISO41K-standards in the making
This week ISO/TC 267 Facility Management was scheduled to meet in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. Unfortunately the current COVID-19 reality forced us to find other methods to conduct our plenary meeting. Zoom proved to be a winning formula here. With 49
ISO41001 CPD Webinar | Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI)
Why ISO4100: 2018 trumps ISO9001: 2015 in Facility Management Organizations. Recording of the SCSI CPD webinar. The program included: 1 - Evolution of FM standards 2 - What is a management system / management system standard? 3 - Clauses & High Level Structure (HLS) in
The end of EN15221 (as we know it)
Last January, the European FM standards committee CEN/TC348 convened in Talinn, Estonia. Here the 105th decision of this TC was made, which will mean the end of the EN15221-series of FM standards as we know it: 'CEN/TC 348 intends to utilize
Searching for bacon, young professionals and the future of FM
The future of FM may be opaque, but for I know Young Professionals will spend more time in this future than I will. The EuroFM organizers of EFMC12018 asked me to give a presentation about this topic at their conference
Setting the stage for young FM professionals
At the European Facility Management Conference (EFMC) in Sofia I gave a pecha kucha style presentation about the need to set the stage in FM for young professionals. Why? These bright young minds are already quite engrossed in their professional career,
Het einde van een tijdperk, en een nieuw begin…
Het begin: NEN2748 Veel facility managers zijn opgegroeid met de vertrouwde facilitaire norm NEN2748, die ons vakgebied definieerde en de ontwikkeling van FM als een professionele discipline inluidde. Met deze norm had Nederland een wereldprimeur en werd ons kleine landje prominent
Why will ISO41001 become THE European FM-standard?
It has been almost two year since my first encounter with the new international ISO standards for Facility Management. The Dutch national standards body (NEN) had asked me to participate in the Melbourne meeting of ISO/TC267 Facility Management, the technical
FM dichterbij primair proces door nieuwe ISO 41000
Het leeuwendeel van de FM-professionals heeft het optimaliseren van de eigen bedrijfsvoering en het reduceren van kosten als prioriteit. Dit blijkt ook uit het laatste onderzoek naar de Nederlandse markt van Facility Management. Dit is op zichzelf niets nieuws, maar tegelijkertijd
Linking FM to hard data: am I missing out?
image source: www.olpcnews.com In the past few months I've been confronted at least twice with the request to supply hard data to support the statement that facility managers can and do make a significant difference in improving operational excellence. image source: www.except.nl The first
Haven’t I learned enough by now?
Truth be told, I love to learn more about everyday things. I am curious by nature and very ambitious. Learning helps me get the best experiences out of life. Having said that, there are moments that you are more or less