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Facilities managers are increasingly focused on improving quality of life in the workplace and are looking to integrated services to achieve their outsourcing needs, according to new research from Sodexo and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) published on World FM Day. The survey of international FM professionals from among Sodexo and RICS contacts sought to uncover attitudes of those working in the field, revealing how FM is increasingly becoming a strategic management discipline…

Campaign will support and promote the industry’s only chartered qualifications for FM sector This week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched its Aspire to Lead campaign, dedicated to professional Facilities Management (FM) education. Aspire to Lead is a campaign to encourage both aspiring and established FM professionals, in all stages of their careers, to become chartered in their respective fields. RICS offers the highest professional qualification for leaders in the FM sector,…

SPIE Building Services Northern has completed a conversion and refurbishment project at the University of Bradford. The independent European leader in electrical and mechanical engineering and HVAC services was tasked with updating and improving existing staff offices and teaching spaces within the Pemberton Building at the university’s City Campus. The two and a half month development, starting in October, was the latest in a line of projects awarded to SPIE by the University of Bradford…