Category: Asset Management

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Challenge assumptions with evidence: the new approach to NHS estate maintenance

A new healthcare report recommends FMs prioritise data and evidence-based decisions, and ‘challenge assumptions with evidence’ to direct limited budgets and resources most effectively.
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How can BIM improve access to building information?

Discover how BIM centralises building data, reduces repeated surveys, and gives facilities teams instant access to accurate, actionable information insights.
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World FM Day 2026: cultivating belonging through built environments

We're celebrating World FM Day - this year highlighting how built environments shape belonging, and how systems like CAFM and connected built environment platforms can support this.
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Why are Legionella cases rising – and how can facilities management can stay ahead?

Legionella cases are rising and facilities teams need stronger, smarter control. Warmer temperatures, ageing infrastructure and low-use outlets are creating hidden risks across sites.
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Is FM ready for digital twins?

Digital twins give facilities teams a dynamic, real‑time view of their buildings, enabling predictive maintenance, smarter decisions and more efficient operations.
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Why starting your BIM journey is getting easier

BIM is becoming more accessible, helping FMs replace static documents with intelligent digital models. With tools like Plan to BIM, organisations can start small and see immediate operational value.
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What is SFG20 and why should you be using it?

Creating schedules for each asset is a daunting task on a spreadsheet, but CAFM makes the process simple – and even more so when integrated with SFG20.
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Maximising ROI from CAFM: SLA and service delivery 

Discover how CAFM transforms facilities management from cost control to value creation by automating admin, optimising SLAs, driving accountability, boosting satisfaction, and turning FM into a strategic advantage for performance and reputation.
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Why are FMs switching to asset lifecycle management strategies?  

How asset lifecycle management delivers more control, insight, and long-term value - turning asset data into actionable intelligence.
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Maximising ROI from CAFM: Performance-based and PPP contracts

How CAFM can add value to your performance-based contracts, including automated penalty calculations, insight to avoid penalties, and effective resource allocation.
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Maximising ROI from CAFM: Asset Management

Boost ROI with CAFM asset management: extend asset life, reduce costs, improve planning and maintenance efficiency using real‑time data and predictive tools.
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From PPMs to DDMs

PPMs are finally getting a makeover - turning them from time-based checks to insightful data-driven maintenance (DDM ) to save time and money.
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Time saving tips for maintenance and asset management

2025 will bring a new set of challenges and opportunities - make more time for them with our time saving asset and maintenance management tips.
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Paving the Way for Sustainable Infrastructure

How performance-based contracts can lead the way with infrastructure sustainability.
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Planting the Seeds of Smart Building Success

Explore how cultivating a smart building mirrors gardening—using the right tools, preparing, and nurturing growth.
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Contractor Management Made Easy

Simplify your contractor management, facilitating smooth communication and reporting to ensure everyone is working towards the same goal.
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Paris 2024: A New Era of Stadium Management

Stadiums come with their own challenges for FM teams, yet CAFM software helps manage the planning & delivery of hard & soft services.
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From Transition to Triumph: Paving the Way for Long-Term Success

Upgrading CAFM software, with the right plan and know-how, can be achieved smoothly and lead to long-term success.
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Take a Chance on Change, Don’t Settle for So-So

This blog highlights the benefits of upgrading to advanced CAFM software and provides a guide for successful implementation.
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Is Poor Air Quality Stifling Your Workplace?

We outline the importance of maintaining indoor air quality to achieve health, productivity, and cost-efficiency benefits.
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30 Years of FM and SWG

Celebrating our 30th birthday, we look back over the last three decades of our history and the evolution of the FM landscape.
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Challenges of Merging NHS Estates

Learn more about how Implementing a centralised FM system ahead of NHS Trusts merging will significantly minimise the work needed in future.
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Overcoming Challenges for FMs in the Public Sector

Learn more about how the challenges facilities managers face within the public sector can be eased with innovative technologies.
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5 Top Tips for Better Maintenance

Our latest blog reveals 5 top tips and essential strategies to enhance asset performance, minimise downtime, and boost productivity.
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Facilities Show 2023: Trends, Exhibitors, and Speakers

Take a look at the trends, speakers and exhibitors from this year's Facilities Show discussing the benefits of FM software.
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Integrating BIM and CAFM: Understanding the Benefits for FM

Discover the benefits of integrating BIM and CAFM software, including improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced data management.
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CAFM and Energy Management: Businesses Need to get Smart to Mitigate Rising Bills

By investing in CAFM technology, FM teams can make energy-saving interventions and become better placed to absorb cost pressures.
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5 Ways CAFM Can Improve Your PPMs

CAFM technology can improve PPMs within the FM sector, with benefits such as ensuring compliance, reducing call-out frequencies and increased efficiency.
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2022 in Review – What Were the Priorities in FM?

As the year draws to a close, we’re taking a look back at what aspects of facilities management most interested those in the sector over the last 12 months.
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Your Checklist for Better FM Service Delivery

Data collection and analysis assist outstanding FM services, to help identify site and building user requirements. How can CAFM form and checklist functionality help?
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Top Tips for Creating an Asset Register

Having an asset register is advantageous for informed FM decision making, compliance and operational efficiency. Read our tips on how to make one.
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Why Should FMs Take More Responsibility For Climate Change?

Businesses are responsible for 39% of greenhouse gas emissions, so should those who know the sites best take more action to improve sustainability?
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The Evolution of an Industry – 10 Years of FM Surveys

Take a look back over how technology in FM has changed over 10 years, then take part in our new industry survey with FMJ.
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Improving Sustainability Through CAFM

How CAFM software can help organisations to help improve sustainability, and the new innovations being developed to help FMs meet green targets.
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The Olympic Task of Stadium Management

Stadiums come with their own set of challenges for FM teams, often requiring CAFM software to help manage the planning and delivery of hard and soft services.
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Free Your Locked-Up Data: Tips for Moving to CAFM

Data is the new gold, so they say, but managing it with spreadsheets means the FM team can’t unlock its full value.
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How CAFM is Making Us Wiser About Being Older

Facility management teams will play a significant part in helping aged care homes meet the new aged care reforms recommended by the Royal Commission.
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How Lockers Are The Key To Hybrid Workplaces

COVID-safe businesses inviting back employees are likely to enforce a clear desk policy - making lockers essential kit to keep the workplace organised.
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Top 5 Benefits of BIM in FM

Why is BIM growing in facilities management? Read our top five benefits of BIM for FM teams.
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Preventative vs Predictive Maintenance

What is preventative maintenance compared to predictive maintenance, and which plan should you be using?
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Why a Digital Twin is the Next Big Thing

FMs are keen to invest in technology like sensors, IoT and BIM. With this in mind, the next big thing in FM is likely to be the ‘digital twin’.
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Managing Site-Wide Health and Safety with CAFM

How creating schedules by location, rather than asset, can help FMs manage health and safety across their site.
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2019 in Review – What Were the Priorities in FM?

New Year is a time of reflection, and we’re looking back on the priorities for facilities management professionals over the last 12 months.
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BIM – Digitising Information for Existing Buildings

A wealth of operational information available at your fingerprints with BIM after the release of ISO 19650.
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A University Challenge

There’s never been a tougher time to run a modern university. This week's blog looks at the challenges education facilities face and how they are being overcome.
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CAFM Tools for In-house FM and Service Providers

Whether an in-house team or an FM service provider, the flexibility of CAFM software can improve service levels with an ROI of just 12-18 months.
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Give Up Giving Up – FM Practices to Let Go

Giving up smoking for a month is good for self-control and health, but why not also consider giving up bad FM practices to form positive habits instead.
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Using CAFM to Combat Energy Waste

How using CAFM can help the FM team identify energy saving strategies in order to reduce expenditure and greenhouse gas emissions.
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2018 in Review – What Were the Key Priorities in FM?

Looking back on 2018, what topics were of most interest to FM professionals? Read our round up here.
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Managing Medical Assets on a Shoestring

With estates teams maintaining and managing medical assets on a wafer-thin budget, how using barcodes and a CAFM app can help cut costs.
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FM Automation Made Simple

While there are many perceived barriers to the automation, it is within the reach of FMs and can provide significant organisational change.
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Top 5 FM Technology Trends 2018

We reveal the top five technology trends that FM professionals are preparing for this year and beyond, following our 2018 FM Software Survey with FMJ.
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Is Budget Limiting Tech in FM?

While some early adopters are certainly reaping the benefits of sensors and robotics, there are hurdles to overcome before these become widespread.
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How Risky is Your Asset Management Strategy?

This blog outlines how using CAFM software can build a strategic asset management strategy in line with the ISO 55000 series of standards.
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QFM User Group Summary

A look at the QFM User Group held in London last week, including guest client speakers from Luton & Dunstable NHS Trust and Anabas.
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2017 in Review – What Were the Key Priorities in FM?

2017 was a year of change and discovery for facilities management, but which subjects were most important to FMs?
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Planned Preventative Maintenance in High Priority Environments

Some industries, such as aircraft hangar maintenance or a research lab, requires a heavy focus on planned preventative maintenance (PPM), and this can be made easier through CAFM.
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The Future of Climate Change and the Impact of Facilities Management

How construction and facilities management hold the key to helping reduce carbon emissions on a global scale.
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Data Driven Asset Management

Facilities managers are becoming increasingly savvy in their asset management, turning to data and software to manage their buildings and equipment, our 2017 APAC FM Software Survey has found.
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Using Technology to Improve Asset Management

Using a CAFM system manages the complex data attached to each asset, and advancements in technology have complimented this to make asset management even easier.
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Facilities Management Made As Easy As Pie

Many parallels can be drawn between The Great British Bake Off and facilities management - read on to find out more.
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5 Technology Tips to Improve Maintenance Scheduling

Top tips on using technology to improve maintenance scheduling, increasing work efficiency and reducing time lost to equipment breakdowns.
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Asset Management – Setting Up An Asset Register

How to set up an asset register for more effective asset management, and how linking to a CAFM system can save time and money.
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How to Keep Your Cool in British Summer Time

How to maintain productivity in the workplace during the summer heat using planned preventative maintenance strategies and automated asset monitoring.
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Making Sense of CAFM

What is CAFM? Read on to see what CAFM software does, and how it can benefit the facilities management in your business.