Why Mentorship Is Not Enough to Move Your Career Forward in Facility Management | Jodi Whelan

Why Mentorship Is Not Enough to Move Your Career Forward in Facility Management | Jodi Whelan

Most people in the industry have a mentor. Far fewer have a sponsor. In this episode of #LetsTalkFacilities, Aaron and Ben sit down with Jodi Whelan to talk about this distinction and what it takes to build a career in facility management. Jodi unpacks the difference between mentorship and sponsorship, what career scaffolding looks like in practice, and how the industry can do better at putting the right people in the right rooms. ----------- #LetsTalkFacilities is a podcast from the team at Premrest, Australia's go-to for commercial floor care. Cleaning and Installing commercial flooring. https://letstalkfacilities.com/

Can an FM Be Held Personally Liable? The Answer Is Yes, But... | Let's Talk Facilities w/ Kristy Keech

It starts with something small. A door handle that sticks. A defect that sat on a report for two weeks because it did not seem urgent. Kristy Keech has spent 22 years in risk and compliance watching those small things become the biggest problems an FM will ever face. In this episode of #LetsTalkFacilities, Aaron and Nick sit down with Kristy Keech to talk about one of the most confronting realities in facility management: personal liability. She unpacks what it actually means to be responsible for a site and what you can do differently to protect yourself and the people in your building. -----------#LetsTalkFacilities is a podcast from the team at Premrest, Australia's go-to for commercial floor care. Cleaning and Installing commercial flooring. https://letstalkfacilities.com/

The IoT Sensor That Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Litres | Bob Sharon on Let's Talk Facilities

Most facility managers are either drowning in data they cannot interpret or flying completely blind with none at all. Bob Sharon, Founder and CEO of Blue IoT says IoT sensors are the simplest way out of both. Aaron and Ben sit down with Bob Sharon to talk about what IoT sensors are actually doing inside buildings right now. From detecting water leaks to monitoring CO2 levels, the conversation covers the full picture of what smart sensor technology looks like in practice. ----------- #LetsTalkFacilities is a podcast from the team at Premrest, Australia's go-to for commercial floor care. Cleaning and Installing commercial flooring. https://letstalkfacilities.com/

Your Building Management System Is More Than Just HVAC | Adrian Michaels

The building management system runs everything — fire, lifts, security, HVAC. So why is it buried in the mechanical contract? In this episode of #LetsTalkFacilities, Aaron and Tim sit down with Adrian Michaels to talk about why building automation deserves to be treated as its own separate package and where the technology is heading over the next decade.--------------------------#LetsTalkFacilities [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/letstalkfacilities] is a podcast from the team at Premrest, Australia's go-to for commercial floor care. Cleaning and Installing commercial flooring. https://www.premrest.com.au/lets-talk-facilities [https://www.premrest.com.au/lets-talk-facilities]

Inside University of Melbourne: Facility Tour with Andrew Moore

Most buildings are designed with an exit strategy. At the University of Melbourne, there isn't one. Aaron and Ben take the podcast on the road for their first ever site tour, walking the University of Melbourne campus with Andrew Moore, Workspace Strategy and Operations Manager for the Faculty of Engineering and IT. In this episode, they walk through what it actually looks like to manage a portfolio you can never walk away from — retrofitting buildings never designed for modern expectations, keeping 1950s spaces alive, and making decisions that have to last a generation. -------------------------- #LetsTalkFacilities is a podcast from the team at Premrest, Australia's go-to for commercial floor care. Cleaning and Installing commercial flooring.https://www.premrest.com.au/lets-talk-facilities