World Workplace Europe 2020 – virtual event
In 2018 ISO41001 was published, finally providing the Facility Management industry with a management system standard. The introduction of this standard was accompanied by very lofty statements: finally FM was coming of age, it was a game changer for the
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
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