New Palace of Arts in Budapest

The Palace of Arts, the largest cultural facility of the country opened on 14 March 2005 by a large-scale opening ceremony and gala. By now it became evident that a world-class building has been added to the cityscape of the capital. Cleaning contractors are major employers across Europe and form a key industry sector. Business continuity has always been of vital importance to companies. It concerns, after all, the very survival of the undertaking. This report relates to the development and use of CAFM in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and examines the similarities and differences between the three countries. Modern buildings are protected by a wide range of building technology. All the technological installations must function independently as well as together. When real estate–related services are procured, competitive tendering and the contract itself can form the basis for operational development. Key to the success of an outsourcing arrangement, as indeed any project, is to communicate the objectives to the personnel expected to carry it out, and also to alleviate the understandable concern of employees expected to change their previous employer for a new one. Deterioration is minimal during the early years of a building's life cycle, but eventually, systems and subsystems will need repair or replacement. Places for living and working are products of their time, and have changed a lot over the years. It is already the ninth year that the International Facility Management Program takes place. Siemens Facility Management joined EuroFM as a corporate associate 4 years ago and their main objective was to meet similar professionals, identify best practice and implement ideas that would add real value to Siemens in the UK. Wayne explains why they got involved:-"When I was asked to get involved with EuroFM, we had just started to review our Corporate Social Responsibility programme and I thought this would present good opportunities for best practice sharing with this organisation. We are now key sponsors for the Student Poster competition and this adds real value to our "Generation 21 programme" which in turn supports our CSR programme. In addition to CSR, there have been many projects that we have reviewed that have helped shape our thinking around how we better perform Facilities management" Wayne is now the EuroFM board member for Corporate Associate Members since 2005 and explains why you should get involved:-Background to Euro FM "EuroFM's mission is the advancement of knowledge in Facility …