Why do we need smart building sensors? How we work has changed due to the arrival of agile working. Nowadays, employees no longer operate a 9-5 and sit in the same workspace all day long. The shift in workplace practice presents two challenges for space
Change is always being felt – being driven by business or requiring business to adopt. Today, there are five changes being seen globally, expected to have significant impact. These trends – called megatrends (as their influence will be felt by everyone globally) – are health,
Preceding other common holiday hallmarks – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas – cough and cold season has arrived, heralding a change of season! I know this because I am currently suffering. And, it’s got me thinking about the problem: how many people are affected
In light of a cluster of large outsourcing organizations recently collapsing in the UK, the UK’s Institute for Government has investigated this practice’s value. The report, ‘Government outsourcing What has worked and what needs reform?’, was released September 2019. The report examined outsourcing success categorically
Emergent Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is finding both early adopter excitement and also resistance from critics. Champions are pushing capabilities and adopting the technology to create efficiencies through Corporate Real Estate (CRES). AI is increasingly being adopted by CRES as it can significantly improve efficiencies
With the increasing shift towards flexible and agile working, incorporating ‘as space is being used’ metrics will enable significant operational efficiencies and enhance the user experience through facilities. Corporate Real Estate (CRES) Teams can gain efficiencies leveraging trend analysis and real time occupancy and utilization
For several key reasons, organizations need to achieve consistency – communicating identity and achieving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Within Corporate Real Estate (CRES) there are a number of frameworks that can be employed to achieve consistency across a property portfolio, including space standards. Not having, or
Meeting rooms. Desks. Employees use them both and they’re both a part of workplace design for employees to do their jobs. So, why not take a macro view and understand occupancy and utilization levels at the floor plate level?Well, for two reasons. One, meeting rooms/
The UK is close to making flexible working law. In support of greater choice and freedom for employees, UK lawmakers want workers to have better work/ life balance whatever stage of life they are in. Currently, for UK-based employees to be granted flexible working status
Corporate Real Estate has always relied on data to make informed decisions on how to manage portfolios.With the introduction of technology that better tracks how employees move through space, new metrics have emerged providing CRES Teams deeper insight into space usage. Sensor technology enables constant
