News

10 Jan 2011 – Facility Management’s reader competitions are always popular – below we announce the winners of our Dec-Jan issue’s competiiton to win one of four UHF radio communication packs, courtesy of Oricom International Pty Ltd.

22 December 2010 – Polyflor has become the first commercial flooring organisation in Australia and New Zealand to achieve Ecospecifier’s ‘Green Tag’ LCARate certification, effective December 2010.

17 December 2010 – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok is seeking a Facilities Management Assistant (Contracts).

2  Dec 2010 – Government backing is helping to boost the Australian and New Zealand facilities management (FM) market, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.

2 Dec 2010 – Green Buildings Alive is an online information portal that effectively puts big commercial buildings on the analysts couch.

25 November 2010 – Shane Carmichael, NSW/ACT State manager of Air Change Australia, has won the AIRAH Award for Future Leader, presented recently at the Institute’s Annual Awards dinner at Luna Park Sydney.

18 November 2010 – Members of the hospitality industry are invited to attend the second annual Hotel Hospitality + Desgin (HH+D) expo, which will take place in Sydney from 14-16 March, 2011.

18 November 2010 – The Federal Government’s recently released ‘Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency’ report has more holes in it than a rabbit-infested paddock. JOHN POWER invites more analytical debate and less ‘greenwash’.

3 November 2010 – The Minister for Workplace Relations, Senator Chris Evans, has announced the establishment of a national review into the management of asbestos.

3 November 2010 – The Property Council of Australia (PCA) says the Federal Government’s efforts to “reassert control” over the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) is welcome, following property industry concerns about the DCCEE’s implementation of the new Building Energy Disclosure Scheme.