According to global research, 34% of businesses are considering buying software to improve building and facilities management.
For these companies, the business case for integrated workplace management systems is compelling.
But there’s a further factor to consider. If 34% of firms are thinking along these lines, should you be joining them?
Or, put it another way: is facilities management apps and software something you can afford to ignore?
The Case for Automated Facilities Management
The population of cities is set to grow exponentially, with the World Bank predicting that nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050.
This will put enormous pressure on the infrastructure of these cities. There will also be increased demands on the buildings this growing population will work and live in. These smart cities will depend on well-planned and interconnected facilities, buildings and communications.
But the smart city isn’t some far-off vision of the future. It’s happening right now. With the spread of the internet of things (IoT) and the need for green technology, cities are preparing to accommodate smart vehicles and energy-efficient solutions.
Automated building control systems include:
Meanwhile, the way people work is changing and becoming more flexible. The pandemic has accelerated a trend that was already well underway. In the UK, flexible working options are enshrined in law.
This poses another challenge for facilities managers. Workspaces need to be sustainable but also adaptable to shifting working requirements.
This has implications for workspace layout, ventilation and energy consumption.
In the smart building, much of its control will be automated. But there will always be a requirement to oversee this sophisticated infrastructure with dedicated facilities management.
The Human Factor
Software provides the necessary tools for facilities management to control intelligent building networks.
This is where the human factor is critical. Despite automation and smart technology, it is people who must manage facilities. They need intuitive, responsive and reliable tools at their disposal.
The Inspection Manager (TIM) is one such advanced tool. It’s a mobile app designed to streamline building inspections and facilities management. TIM provides cloud-based templates that users can access via mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones.
It eliminates the need for paper forms and speeds up the whole inspection and reporting process. Users can record and report corrective actions required in an instant.
You can sync all digital inspection information to your database, including dates, times, GPS-stamped photographs, ensuring comprehensive and up-to-date facilities management records.
TIM offers ways of improving your processes and procedures right now. It also helps to future-proof your facilities for the future and the age of the smart building.
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Today’s facility managers find themselves in the midst of many challenges, including regulatory and compliance hurdles, resource scarcity, and burnout. Resource constraints, for example, which affect time management, materials delivery, and budget planning, pose major obstacles, all the while demanding highly prudent allocation without operational efficiency taking a hit.
Technology is rapidly expanding into all spheres of life, and this is especially true of industries. In the property management sector, for instance, one is surrounded by disruptive technology which is improving ‘quality of life’ for not only property and facility managers but also tenants.
The property and real estate sector has traditionally been associated with stacks of paperwork, manual documentation, and physical blueprints. However, all that is changing quickly as the idea of paperless building operations is steadily gaining momentum.
If we go back a few years, the property management sector was a bit slow to adopt new changes, especially those revolving around technology and automation. But in the present day, it has taken a dramatic step forward.
In a 2021 survey where 2,000 UK adults were surveyed who had rented a home over the last 5 years – 66% of them had experienced some kind of disrepair issue, while 26% of Housing Association Properties tenants were not happy with the quality of repair and maintenance during their stay.
Everyone wants nothing more than to have secure, safe, and decent housing. Unfortunately, the housing supply in the UK has been unable to keep up with the surge in demand over the last couple of years. This has made accessing housing of any kind rather difficult for individuals and families alike, especially those from low-income households.
Tenant experience is an important metric to understand when it comes to property and facilities management – it describes how your tenants interact with the properties they live in. The quality of these interactions along with the amenities you offer can have a major impact on your ROI.
If you recall the government’s 2019 election manifestos, all the main parties committed to boost housing supply in England. The Conservative manifesto, in fact, pledged that the number of homes being built will continue to increase, targeting at least 300,000 affordable homes by the middle of 2020.
The property management industry has been traditionally shy and somewhat hesitant to embrace new technological trends. The word “automation” would make everyone from real estate agents to property managers cringe with disapproval – as if impending doom and job insecurity was right around the corner.
Data standardisation refers to using consistent methods for collecting data, although this is a very basic and somewhat generic description of what it truly is. If we delve in deeper, data standardisation is the process used for transforming data to fit a constrained and predefined set of values – ultimately, relying on uniformity to improve efficiencies.
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