FMLink Newsletter — November 7, 2016 FMLink Newsletter — November 7, 2016 TOP STORIES Work on the Move 2: How Social, Leadership and Technology Innovations are Transforming the Workplace in the Digital Economy (Workplace Strategies » WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS) New U.S. construction starts to see moderate growth in 2017, finds Dodge Data & Analytics (Surveys) Winners of BIFM Awards 2016 revealed (Developments » Industry Awards) “Security fatigue” can lead computer users to risky behavior, finds NIST (Surveys) 2016 ISSA Innovation Award winners announced (Products and Services » Other) PRSM paper shows value of use of key performance indicators in retail FM (Products and Services » Publications) UPCOMING EVENTS Happening this week Nov 9 – Nov 10 : BUILDEX Calgary Nov 9 – Nov 10 : Mid-Atlantic Buildings and Facilities Management Show and Conference (MABFM’16) Nov 9 – Nov 10 : NeoCon East 2016 Nov 9 – Nov 10 : WORKTECH16 London Posted this week Mar 22 – Mar 23 : Globalcon Conference & Expo Mar 7 – Mar 8 : Facilities Management Ireland (FM Ireland) 2017 Feb 27 – Feb 28 : TechSec Solutions MORE STORIES Retail flagship stores entice customers with experiences, finds JLL (Surveys) Teknion partners with Alshaya Enterprises furniture division in Gulf Region (Developments » Corporate and Organization) GP PRO unveils premium restroom collection for commercial facilities (Products and Services » Other) Brain Corp artificial intelligence software to be integrated in Minuteman and NSS Enterprises floorcare equipment (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) Autonomous scrubber, battery-powered micro scrubber introduced by Nilfisk’s Advance, Carnegie Robotics (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) Rubbermaid Commercial Products intros trash receptacles, washroom tech at ISSA/INTERCLEAN (Products and Services » Other) Bona partners with Healthy Schools Campaign’s Green Clean Schools program (Developments » Environment and Sustainability) Toter 55-gallon Atlas heavy-duty waste cans help prevent workplace injuries (Products and Services » Other) Virtual power plant enabling technologies led by software, finds Navigant Research (Surveys) Four Seasons 82-story hotel and residential tower opens in Lower Manhattan (Developments » Real Estate) Interactive Touchscreen Solutions helps WMATA improve secured data centers (Contract Awards) Dodge Data & Analytics, Autodesk to make BIM data available through Autodesk software (Products and Services » Software) UL intros SPOT database — credible product sustainability information tool (Products and Services » Publications) SpotterRF helps secure presidential debate from low-flying drones (Contract Awards) EPA launches guide for long-term stormwater planning, names five pilot communities (Products and Services » Publications) FTC chooses AMAG Technology access control system (Contract Awards) California legislation to fund critical seismic retrofit upgrades through PACE financing (Regulations and Government » Worker Safety) Wausau tissue products revealed under SCA’s Tork brand after acquisition (Developments » Corporate and Organization) Emerging global market of supergrids explored by Navigant Research (Surveys)
