Facility Management
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FM Innovations News

TRAKA Key Cabinets Arrive 

FM Innovations have teamed up with Traka to integrate their intelligent key management cabinets with our Vehicle and Fleet Management Software for some of our tertiary education providers. As the Traka key cabinets can be used for vehicle keys, room keys, equipment keys and any other key you can think of, they are ideal to integrate with FM Innovation's WSMenterprise suite.

Intelligent Key Management

On a conventional site, any attempt to manage keys usually relies on a book in which cursory details of keys taken and returned are entered by hand and confirmed by an illegible signature - an arrangement that is inefficient, unreliable and makes tracing keys an almost impossible task. Read more.

FM Innovations Welcomes Our New Clients

UniSuper have purchased Aperture Visual Information Manager to satisfy their space management requirements and optimise their area usage. UniSuper are one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Dedicated to all who work in Australia's higher education and research sector they have over 435,000 members and $25.4 billion in assets (at 31 December 2009). FM Innovations looks forward to a longstanding and beneficial relationship with UniSuper.

Reece have purchased WSMenterprise FM-Works and Property Lease Management software to manage their facilities, assets and sites across Australia. Reece is a major public company and Australia's most successful supplier of plumbing and bathroom products. They have been around for over 85 years and with over 400 stores and over 3500 staff, Reece is an Australian icon. FM Innovations is proud to welcome Reece on board.

Read more about our clients.

World FM Day

What is World FM Day?

World FM Day is a Global FM initiative to celebrate the importance of the FM profession. It aims to raise the FM profession profile around the globe, promoting facilities management’s ideals, not only within the profession and industry, but also among governments and the general business community. Different FM related Associations all over the world will celebrate World FM Day, on 24 June 2010.

The FMA are holding events across Australia to celebrate World FM Day. Click on your state to find out more information:
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VIC

FM Innovations Case Study

Driving Effective FM at Wodonga TAFE

Accurate and effective facilities management is of key importance to Wodonga TAFE and the facilities team. Ensuring Wodonga TAFE remains at the forefront of the facilities world is Damien Crawley, Manager of Shared Services. Damien is currently seeing a ‘Green’ transformation across the TAFE. Water saving strategies, solar panels and a lighting retrofit will see the TAFE save thousands of dollars in costs and emissions. Read more.

Risk - It's Not All Bad

A quick Google search on the work ‘risk’ identifies many variations of what it means. References to hazard, exposure and gambling were the consistent themes - no where did I find reference to the fact that Risk can also be the source of immense opportunity for an individual or enterprise. For a business to manage its risks, it must first know what they are. It is easy to list the risks you know about, but what about the ones that haven’t happened yet or of which you are unaware? Read more.

GJK Facility Services News

Green Team Update

GJK Facility Services has been actively working towards the development of a sustainable environmental plan, both at a management level and at the ground level in our Head Office. Staff from each department have been put into Green Teams focusing on minimising our carbon footprint across a number of key areas including: transport, water, energy, paper, waste management, and green procurement. Read more.

Manual Handling

One constant risk which management must ensure cleaning staff are addressing effectively is Manual Handling – any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any animate or inanimate object. It includes repetitive tasks such as packing, typing, assembling, cleaning and sorting, using hand tools, and operating machinery and equipment. Read more.

Hepatitis B Vaccinations

As part of GJK’s commitment to the safety of its staff, and ongoing OH&S focus, a number of cleaning staff from the Department of Human Services, Office of Housing have completed their third and final round of Hepatitis B Vaccinations. GJK provides all their staff that work across the Office of Housing sites an opportunity to receive free vaccinations, serving as a preventative safeguard against some of the risks encountered on site. Read more.