3. Speakers: FM as a Business Enabler – Strategic FM Technology and Innovation

Using Facilities Management as a strategic tool for business excellence

The origin of Facilities Management can be traced to the Era of scientific management and explosion in office administration, the introduction of computers in workplaces in 1960s and the energy crises highlighted the importance of cost of space (bifm.org.u k,2011).Following these catalytic events,Sincelate1980s, FM has gradually gained a foothold as discipline and profession within the property and construction industry with evidence soft the establishment of the following professional facilities Management Institutions globally ;IFMA in the USA, JFMA in Japan, BIFM in UK,FMA in Australia, etc. This shows clearly how important the profession is to the built environment(Lindaet.al.,2001). Facility Managers have a more strategic role in managing the built environment with the management of the people. IFMA’S definition captures the four key areas of facilities management which are; people, process, place and technology. Therefore, the facilities managers’ role is to ensure that these four key areas are knitted together to provide best value with international best practice to the organization or individual they serve

Beyond infrastructure development towards service delivery

Developing infrastructure is paramount to address the lack huge infrastructure gap. For development partners, the most important thing is not what they are doing but why they are doing it. The main objective of each infrastructure intervention is to provide sustainable access to improved services. Going beyond infrastructure development toward services delivery points to, among other things, the need for better facilities management. This note highlighted additional aspects that need to be considered during project design and O&M. Instead of trying to address the symptom, sharing the perspective of an independent evaluator may provide the FM communities an opportunity to get some underlying root causes.

Digital Facilities Management – Business values and efficiency in assets operations and maintenance

Understand facility management (FM) as the most relevant component to improve the business value of real estate assets. Especially for the key role that FM has in the information exchange process for the maintenance of plants and building components.
Now the digital revolution offers an array of opportunity to increase the value of real estate using FM as a leverage. When data are essential to proactively maintain systems and building components new workflows,
procedures and ICT solutions have to be implemented to achieve better economic results

Digital Facilities Management – Business values and efficiency in assets operations and maintenance

Understand facility management (FM) as the most relevant component to improve the business value of real estate assets. Especially for the key role that FM has in the information exchange process for the maintenance of plants and building components.
Now the digital revolution offers an array of opportunity to increase the value of real estate using FM as a leverage. When data are essential to proactively maintain systems and building components new workflows,
procedures and ICT solutions have to be implemented to achieve better economic results

The Flag House Building

The flag house building is a Grade A commercial development situated inside The Abuja Technology Village (ATV) and is a “Free Zone”. Designed in accordance with the LEED GOLD US standards, the Flag House consists of two wings with a gross lettable area of 10,760 square metres spread across 7 and 6 floors. This was designed by US Architect EYRC and Engineers Arup. The Design of the building and all its Engineering services are “World Class” and will fit any Companies Corporate standards