Columnists
January 29, 2013
Plans to convert offices may undermine innovation and growth
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Legal news, Property, Public Sector, Workplace design
Whatever they might think, Governments don’t have a natural propensity for joined up thinking. Nor do they have a natural affinity with small businesses, especially those that emerge in non-traditional sectors. Governments may like to claim they can display both of these noble values, but experience tells us different. One thing they are prone to, […]
January 28, 2013
A train that symbolises the clash of old and new ways of work
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Technology, Workplace, Workplace design
Today we’ll all be hearing a lot more about the plans for HS2, the Government’s flagship construction project and all-round Keynesian boot in the pants for the UK economy. Most of what will pass for debate will involve some light class warfare about the route through Tory constituencies, seasoned with a dash of NIMBYism, some […]
January 24, 2013
Yes, very nice, but who do you think is going to clean it?
by Mark Eltringham • Architecture, Comment, Facilities management, Workplace design
If you want to, you can see the difference between design and facilities management as the difference between sex and parenthood. One is an act of creation, the other of care. So while an architect or designer might look at the honeycomb structures and shiny surfaces of the interior of the 40,000 capacity Sheikh Zayed Mosque […]
January 14, 2013
Cloud computing set to transform business models
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Technology, Workplace
[embedplusvideo height=”196″ width=”300″ standard=”https://www.youtube.com/v/Y7hHXRIRflg?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=Y7hHXRIRflg&width=300&height=196&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep6634″ /] As an issue explored in our own briefing on the technologies that will do most to transform the workplace during 2013, we know the Cloud is set to be adopted (and understood) by more and more organisations and individuals in the coming year. Doubtless it will follow the […]
January 8, 2013
What does 2013 hold for the facilities sector in the UK?
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Facilities management, Furniture, Property, Workplace design
Insight publisher Mark Eltringham offers some thoughts about what the coming year holds in the latest issue of Facilities Management Journal including the ongoing existential crisis of facilities management, why the commercial property sector needs to catch up with occupiers and designers as well as a plea for everybody to set ambitious goals and make realistic […]
January 2, 2013
It’s essential to design flexibility into an office
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Facilities management, Furniture
January 31, 2013
A Field Guide to Workplace Terminology
by Simon Heath • Comment, Facilities management, News, Property, Technology, Workplace design
As the ecosystem around the workplace industry grows ever more complex, so too does the language we use to describe it. In an attempt to bring order to chaos, guest writer Simon Heath presents here a glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations to help you navigate these linguistic waters. (For example Business Intelligence – A […]