Although not new to Australia, PPP has been rather slow to take off here and is not without its share of challenges. Victoria was the first state to embrace the concept on a large scale, seeing it as a viable alternative perhaps, to selling off public assets, and certainly, as a way to finance services and infrastructure, and to transfer the risks associated with providing them.

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Hotel and Tourism operators, due to the very nature of their industry, continue to strive for excellence in facility standards, customer service and to maintain their competitive advantage. Jonathan Tyler, Managing Director of Service Works Global, outlines the business benefits of FM software in maximising the contribution made by building managerstoward overall profitability, and maintaining that competitive edge.

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Leapfrog Day Nurseries is one of the UK’s largest childcare providers, with a total of 102 day nurseries offering almost 10,000 places for children aged 0-5 years. Its large and varied building portfolio, from nurseries through to the company’s headquarters in Burton upon Trent, presents a complex challenge for the facilities management team. Heading up the team is Barry Yeomans, who was appointed in January 2005 and tasked with finding an IT application that was able to bring together the facilities management function for all of Leapfrog’s nurseries across the UK.

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If your company has made the decision to install a computer-aided facilities management (Cafm) system, or is in the process of making the decision, the chances are you are fully aware of the benefits it can bring: a reduction in costs; improved productivity; and increased staff retention. Also, helping companies to meet legislation, keep track of their assets and carry out risk assessments. But what about the implementation process itself? Here are the 10 areas most deserving of long and careful consideration.

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