| Green Values |
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How do you value green initiatives in property. Read Bob Thompson's introductory paper here. |
| Green Values |
| Avoid the Risks in a Downturn, Work it out |
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Berwin Leighton Paisner, the lawyers, produce this very good quarterly journal on outsourcing and Andrew Waller wrote a piece called “Weathering the Storm – getting the most from property management outsourcing”. It discusses how to avoid the worst risks and set the right tone to improve performance in a downturn. |
| Weathering the Storm |
| Outsourcing - Learning lessons from Terminal 5 |
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In Melita's regular column for Facilities Management magazine, published by Lexis Nexis, she looked at the recent Terminal 5 opening and considered what lessons we can learn to improve outsourcing. Key areas are risk management, and working with your partner. |
| Outsourcing - Lessons from Terminal 5 |
| Are you outsourcing or delegating? |
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Lexis Nexis - Melita considered whether some organisations that consider they are “outsourcing”, are in fact just delegating, in an article that appeared in Facilities Management (LexisNexis) |
| Outsourcing or delegating - PDF |
| The Institutional Real Estate Letter Europe |
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Bob and Melita have provided an overview of the pros and cons of the property derivatives market for TIREL. |
| Property Derivatives - PDF |
| Remit Consulting extends network in the Netherlands with Real Scan |
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Real Scan, a leading independent consultancy agency, will change its name to “Remit Consulting”, effective from 1st March 2008, joining with other leading, independent consultancy agencies in Europe operating under one brand name - Remit Consulting. |
| Press Release |
| Investor Reporting |
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Different types of investors may have different reporting requirements, particularly new REIT investors. Melita and Bob examined this proposition in an article for the Institutional Real Estate Letter Europe. |
| Investor Reporting - Excerpt from IREI |
| Trends in property - 2008 |
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As we enter 2008, there are currently as many versions of the future as there are pundits and we have tried to avoid too much speculation in our review of the trends. Let’s take a brief tour through the property market and look at what trends will influence our world regardless of whether your glass is half full or half empty. |
| tREnds 2008 - PDF |
| Magasinet FastighetsSverige - Minskad risk med teknikens hjälp |
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Reducing risk with technology New technology is not always the answer – start with what you want to achieve from your job and then look at systems. This article, published in FastighetsSverige, is in Swedish - please contact us if you would like a translation. |
| Minskad risk med teknikens hjälp - PDF |
| Soundbites from Realcomm 2007 |
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Realcomm 2007, Boston - 35 sessions over 3 days in June - Andrew Waller attempts to distill the key points into 3 pages. How much does the internet weigh? What is the return on technology in new buildings? What is Google's mission statement? |
| Realcomm 2007 |
| Airports - carbon criminals or diamond geezers? |
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This paper examines airport and airport-related investment and assesses the risks to and opportunities for this asset class. In particular it looks at whether their perceived lack of sustainability represents a significant problem for this kind of investment. |
| Airports paper . PDF |
| Storing up Trouble: The Economic Impact of Industrial Development |
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The balance between sub-types of industrial development is often influenced by the perceptions of the planning authority concerned. Built on real world consultancy, this paper defines a model that assesses different configurations of space for a given site in terms of their economic impact. |
| Industrial development models - PDF |
| Local Authority asset management systems - FAQs |
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We have found that these are the most common “systems” questions from our central and local government clients – and we have done our best to answer them here. |
| LA AM systems FAQs - PDF |
| PROVADA, Amsterdam, 11-13 June 2007 |
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PROVADA, the real estate conference in the Netherlands, took place on June 11–13, 2007 in the Amsterdam RAI and, with 15,000 visitors, was almost four times as big as in its first year in 2005. |
| PROVADA 2007 - PDF |
| EM + RE + FM = ? |
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There has never been more variety and choice of suppliers for maintaining and improving the quality of accommodation in a large corporate.
Andrew Waller and Andrew Carter explain the options now available in the property services market in Property & Facilities Management journal. |
| PFM Article - PDF |
| Selecting Facilities Management Systems |
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Facilities Management systems can look spectacular - but how can you decide which is the right system for you?
By Melita Thomas - 2005 |
| Read PDF |
| Freeman's Property Service Provider Directory |
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Remit contributed the lead article to 2004's chapter on IT system providers. The key messages remain relevant.
By Melita Thomas - 2004 |
| Read PDF |
