Facilities management is a wide-ranging industry that’s always in demand. So long as shelter remains a basic need of man and businesses, FM will always be relevant – notwithstanding the growth of remote working. What is inevitable is that FM is changing and will continue to change as the dynamics of Real Estate for living, working, and playing change. To therefore continue to be re...

As with most other professions, Facilities Management has also evolved with the new world, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Across the globe, the repercussions of the health crisis stand as proof of the severity of the pandemic on lives, living, and corporate existence. What are the trends that have emerged since the new normal? How have they impacted FM as a profession and as a ...

As part of our efforts to support the growth of the Facilities Management Profession in Nigeria, Alpha Mead Training Centre (AMTC) wishes to announce that it has added two virtual courses to its bouquet of FM Training courses. The new courses are; Space Consolidation, Transitioning & Planning Post Covid-19 and Techniques for Moving from Paper-based FM records to Computerised Maint...

Facilities Management sits at the center of the workplace, particularly now that the world is experiencing unprecedented health, economic and financial challenges. The past few months have seen the gradual reopening of most economies, and by extension the workplaces, amidst very strict safety and health protocol. The return to the workplace is interestingly throwing a new shade of ...

It is no longer news that the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled many organizations to adjust their ways of working. The adjustment did not just impact business operations, it also impacted employees’ way of life, workplace management, and indeed, the corporate culture of most organizations. As the gradual and phased opening of economies around the world continues, organizations have now...

To support Facilities Management Professionals in the face of changing global environment, Alpha Mead Training Centre (AMTC) has designed an Alumni Community for professionals who have taken any of its training courses over the past 5 years. The alumni community is designed to support its members and ensure they enjoy continued relevance in the FM market as FM professionals will be re...

Many have argued that the ‘new normal’ occasioned by COVID-19 will equally extend to the workplace. Besides the use of space, one very popular trend and topic on the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace is how it is suddenly fast-forwarding the remote part of the future of work. The future of work is said to be wherever, whenever, and so on. This means that place and time will be secon...

As businesses around the world continue to seek ways of keeping their heads above the COVID-19 waters, the global Facilities Management (FM) market – and indeed those of developing markets such as Nigeria, also continues to respond to the changes the pandemic presents before them. This was the crux of our know-sharing initiative, FM Market Outlook Series. The series, with the theme: T...

As part of its continued effort to develop the Facilities Management Industry in Africa and enhance professional skills within the market, Alpha Mead Training Centre, AMTC, as part of its FM Market Outlook Series, wishes to announce a webinar to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Facilities Management sector. The webinar, which will be led by Ukeme Peters, Head, P...

The need to contain the COVID-19 pandemic globally has necessitated the need for people to work from home. Nigeria has also borrowed a leaf from some of the best practices recommended by the United Nations, compelling both the state and federal governments to implement total or partial lock down. This has presented a new way of life to most employees and a new structure to organisatio...