Risk management

Articles on business continuity, governance, health & safety

ThinkFM: strategic FM needs strategic commsOrganisations create strategies that eventually fall apart because few people know about them, talk about them or act upon them in a co-ordinated way. 12/06/2013
ThinkFM: the reality behind 'partnerships'No matter what cynics say, true business partnerships exist, although they won't and don't last forever, said David Howorth at Monday's ThinkFM conference. 11/06/2013
ThinkFM: The board is human, tooKnocking on the boardroom door is only the fist step toward success. The second step is convincing them you have the solution to the company's problem, said Debra Ward, managing director, Mitie Client Services. 11/06/2013
BIM useful, but not the Holy GrailThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened three consultations, including one on the control of legionella in water systems. 10/06/2013
HSE opens legionella consultationThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened three consultations, including one on the control of legionella in water systems. 04/06/2013
Going viralThe threat of Legionnaires' disease is well known, but that hasn't led to a drop in the number of outbreaks. Sue Sharp examines the reasons why. 04/06/2013
The flame gameNot all fires are accidental, and the risk posed by arsonists - those who set fires out of sheer malice - needs to be managed. 04/06/2013
Get a grip!Slips and trips are an ongoing issue for facilities managers, especially if the weather is bad. Trevor Horsley has advice on providing, maintaining and managing flooring to reduce the risks. 04/06/2013
PAS 55 asset management standardKevin Price looks at how the British Standards Institute's (BSI) PAS 55 is helping organisations across the world to improve risk management and compliance 04/06/2013
We can work it outOrganisations are continuously searching for ways to boost workplace wellbeing. Jamie Harris finds that introducing a gym into the workplace poses a mix of challenges. 23/05/2013
Cleaner campuses 'would boost grades'Almost half of students believe they would get better qualifications in cleaner environments, according to research. 18/03/2013
Security head calls for lone worker safetyA security expert is urging companies to provide lone workers with ways of calling for help. 14/03/2013
FM faces mixed fortunes in austerityThe adverse economic climate in the UK has had a mixed impact on the FM sector, according to an in-depth report. 01/03/2013
Public procurement reform being 'stifled'The government is missing out on savings from centralised procurement because departments are failing to cooperate with new reforms, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). 27/02/2013
FM market in UK to hit £117.2bn by 2017Business-to-business research company Market & Customer Insight (MCi) is forecasting that the market for FM services will grow at an annual rate of 2 per cent between now and 2017. 26/02/2013
IOSH panel debates 2013 safety trendsWorkforce demographics and legislative changes were among topics raised at the opening panel debate for this year's IOSH Conference, which is being held at London's Excel centre. 26/02/2013
History of FM: Pro-motionIn 1991, more than 90 IBM employees bought out the company's FM division. The resulting business, Procord, went on to blaze a trail in outsourced FM provision before being acquired by Johnson Controls in 1994. In this interview, Leigh Carter talks to David Burnett and Ian Mills, two of the people who made the move from IBM to Procord and who became instrumental in the service contractor's subsequent success. 22/02/2013
First principles: History of FMBefore the BIFM there was the AFM the Association of Facilities Managers. That organisation's last chairman, Geoff Gidley, played a key role in the merger of the AFM with the Institute of Facilities Management (IFM) to form today's BIFM. Here, in the BIFM's 20th year, Gidley talks to his successor and the combined institute's first chairman, Marilyn Standley, about the institute's earliest days. 14/01/2013
Stand up and be counted in the office!If a stand-up desk was good enough for Ernest Hemmingway and Winston Churchill, it's good enough for today's office worker, a university professor has claimed. 11/01/2013
HSE opens up consultation on new codeThe Health and Safety Executive is looking for comments on a draft code giving local authorities a stronger role in directing inspection and enforcement activity. 08/01/2013

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