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The Selector Best New Product Award winners were revealed at DesignBUILD.
Selector Best New Product Award winners
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Beyond mapping: How GIS programs can deliver FM solutions
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Geographic information systems are usually associated with land-use planning and map-making, but TROY NORBERG of Tru-Serve Building Maintenance shares how these programs have moved indoors to help facilities managers run their buildings with ultimate efficiency.
Combining form, function and sustainability to create a unique educational facility
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The engineering design elements that contribute to the success of the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) facility are uncovered in a new video by NDY.
Courting disaster: The lessons learned from the world's worst nightclub fires
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Director of Wrightstyle, JANE EMBURY reports on several needless nightclub tragedies and the lessons learned.
Goodbye graffiti: How to remove and prevent graffiti
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LORRAINE JARRETT, graffiti taskforce support officer for the West Australian Police Graffiti Team, provides some advice on graffiti removal and prevention.
Cyclone-rated glazing: No room for compromise
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Standards Australia has just upgraded the performance requirements for cyclone-rated glazing. If your building is in a cyclone-affected region, now is the time to assess the structure’s realistic capacity to withstand a super storm, warns JOHN POWER.
Linking data from BIM to facilities management
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DR DOMINIK HOLZER from AEC Connect explains the technical requirements that allow data gathered during planning and construction to be carried further to the operations and maintenance side of projects in a standardised and highly automated fashion.
International FM ties: Building a relationship with India
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Facility Management interviews BRIAN PURDEY, associate professor of facilities management for the Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture at Bond University.
Internal air quality: It starts with lease negotiations
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There are a number of approaches to ensuring more consistent indoor air quality performance. But, this requires upfront planning and negotiations. RODNEY TIMM of Property Beyond discusses internal air quality and how to ensure a facility’s internal air quality meets the user’s requirements.
How can retailers integrate various channels into the physical store environment?
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Key global retail trends, with a particular focus on how retailers can integrate various channels into the physical store environment, are outlined by SELMA MEHMEDOVIC, an Australian Centre for Retail Studies research consultant.
Grasping glazing retrofits' glaringly obvious gains
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As electricity costs soar and ever-higher comfort levels are expected by building users, the replacement of old glazing systems with superior modern products makes more sense than ever. JOHN POWER explores the issues surrounding glass and glazing retrofits.
Free flowing monitor arm and iPad mount
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The range and ease of movement of this monitor arm and iPad mount sets it apart from other monitor arms.
8 questions to ask to ensure easy exterior fitout maintenance
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How to manage the challenges of exterior fitout maintenance is shared by MATT DE CAROLIS, managing director of De Carolis.
Barangaroo South signs up for Green Star – Communities
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The Barangaroo South project has been accepted as a pilot project for the Green Star – Communities Pilot rating tool.
How to achieve an improved investment outcome when embarking on a sustainable refurbishment
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DR MIREK PIECHOWSKI from Meinhardt Australia reveals how an improved investment outcome can be achieved when embarking on a sustainable refurbishment.