German Railways (Deutsche Bahn) subsidiary DB Services and the Services and Property Division of Axel Springer will work together closely in FM in the near future. DB Services will provide HVAC and sanitation services and other technical building services for Axel Springer in Berlin and Hamburg.
Europa and the London Borough of Haringey have entered into a six year contract worth around £9m to manage maintenance to Council’s properties.
01/12/2008
Work began in early November as Europa’s team took responsibility for the maintenance of nearly 150 properties around the outer London borough ranging from civic offices, libraries, museums and recreational facilities. Europa will work in collaboration with Haringey to improve the planned maintenance regime around the borough’s buildings and the contract will focus on a whole life approach – identifying efficiencies and enhancing delivery of services
World Pumps
Grundfos partners with DB Services in Germany
01/01/2010
Grundfos GmbH in Germany and DB Services have signed a co-operation contract covering technical facility management and industrial services.With Grundfos we have a partner whose quality awareness at pump technology is highly evaluated by industrial and water supply companies,” said Ralph-Peter Hänisch, CEO of DB Services.Under a separate contract, DB Services North will also take over facility management of Grundfos Germany’s biggest production site in Wahlstedt close to Hamburg. “In this contract we will realise our service promises on a very high industrial level,” said Peter Schmalz, CEO of DB Services North.
eWeek Europe
IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green
01/12/2009
Telent plans to cut costs by making buildings smarter, uniting heating and lighting with IT, and modernising the facilities management Luddites.Telent, the technology services company spun out of Marconi, plans to combine building management with IT networks to reduce firms' environmental footprint.A new unit at the company will bring together IT with facilities management systems for mid-market businesses and public sector organisations - promoting efficiency and reducing energy costs, in line with the idea promoted at the Copenhagen summit, that ICT can reduce organisations' overall carbon footprint.“Imagine a building where power is provided only when it is needed; a situation where you can monitor and proactively reduce energy usage by department or individual," said Bob Swallow, general manager of Telent's integrated systems unit. Outlook appointments, for instance, could automatically power up a video conference suite, heat the room and connect it to other locations, he said.
Arcadis
PR Newswire
ARCADIS to do Facility Management for Essent and Enexis
01/06/2009
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design and engineering company, through its 50% subsidiary ARCADIS AQUMEN FACILITY MANAGEMENT (AAFM), has signed a contract to perform facility management services for Essent and Enexis.Initially AAFM as a manager will be responsible for the integral steering of all facility services, and support Essent and Enexis with the project management for its facility management services. In due course a total integrated management solution will be developed under which AAFM will supply the full package of services. This is the first time AAFM signed a contract with an energy company. The contract starts immediately and is valid for a period of 5 years. No financial details were disclosed.
BaxterStorey
Caterer Search
BaxterStorey signs £10m catering and FM contract with Swiss Re
29/01/2010
BaxterStorey has been awarded a contract worth £10m to provide catering and facilities management services at four sites of global reinsurance firm Swiss Re. The five-year deal sees BaxterStorey take over the firm’s London headquarters based at 30 St Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin, from long-term incumbent Avenance according to industry sources. In addition, BaxterStorey will provide catering and facilities management services to three other Swiss Re sites in the UK. The annual turnover of all four sites is thought to be £2m a year.
Bilfinger Berger
COMPANY WEBSITE
Facility Services wins significant repeat orders: Deutsche Bank, IBM, Alstom and EADS place their trust in Bilfinger Berger
01/04/2009
Bilfinger Berger Facility Services has started the year 2009 with high volumes of orders received. Framework agreements with Deutsche Bank, IBM, Alstom and EADS have been renewed with a total volume of €360 million and contract periods of three to five years. The development of Bilfinger Berger’s facility services business is benefitting from the ongoing trend towards outsourcing and from the increasing consolidation within the industry. As a result of the acquisition of the facility management activities of M+W Zander in 2008, the Facility Services division’s output volume will expand to more than €1.2 billion this year. Bilfinger Berger is the leading provider of facility management services in Germany and one of the five biggest companies in the sector in Europe.
Bilfinger Berger
COMPANY WEBSITE
Bilfinger Berger assumes maintenance contracts worth €80 million
01/12/2009
Bilfinger Berger has further strengthened its position as an industrial services provider in Scandinavia. The Group will maintain production plants of AkzoNobel in Sweden and Alcoa in Norway on the basis of long-term contracts. The orders have a total volume of over €80 million.Bilfinger Berger is now AkzoNobel's exclusive outsourcing partner in Sweden. At the company’s locations in Bohus, near Gothenburg as well as Sundsvall and Alby, both of which are located in central Sweden, the Group provides comprehensive maintenance concepts, ensuring operations at the chemical plants run smoothly. The maintenance contracts will run for a period of five years. In Norway, Bilfinger Berger will assume responsibility for the maintenance of Alcoa's aluminum production plant at Mosjoen, 700 kilometers north of Oslo, for an initial period of three years.As a leading service partner to the European processing industry, Bilfinger Berger delivers a comprehensive range of services for the repair, maintenance and rehabilitation of production facilities. Since the acquisition of Norsk Hydro Group's repair and maintenance activities in Norway in 2008, Bilfinger Berger has occupied a leading position in industrial services in Scandinavia. The annual output volume in the region amounts to around half a billion euro.
British Petroleum
Premises and Facilites Management
BP global deal renewed with Bovis Lend Lease
01/04/2009
Lend Lease has today announced a new contract with BP International Ltd to continue its 12 year alliance to provide project management services for the construction and maintenance of BP’s retail network across 10 European countries.Under the five year agreement, Bovis Lend Lease will work on a fee related to turnover under management. In line with previous contracts, the relationship will continue to be based upon a balanced scorecard approach, with profits earned by Bovis Lend Lease dependent on performance against agreed BP business objectives. To date, Bovis Lend Lease has managed an average of A$575m build spend per annum globally and delivered annual savings in the region of A$35m for BP. Under the new contract, Bovis Lend Lease aims to continue to achieve and exceed savings delivered.
CBRE
Property Magazine International
Lexmark selects CB Richard Ellis as EMEA facilities management property advisor
01/10/2009
CBRE has been selected by Lexmark International Inc., a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing and imaging solutions, to provide facilities management services across their 500,000 sq ft EMEA sales and marketing office portfolio. This latest appointment reflects the ongoing success of CBRE’s partnership with Lexmark which commenced in 2005 with a three-year contract to provide strategic portfolio and transaction management services across the EMEA region. In 2006 CBRE was further appointed to provide facilities management services for Lexmark’s corporate headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. And 2008 saw the reappointment of the transaction management services contract in EMEA, which was also notably extended to include the US and Asia.
ESS
FM World
ESS secures defence contract renewals
01/07/2009
ESS Support Services Worldwide has retained two of its major contracts in the defence sector, worth £3.7m annually.Carillion has extended the FM company’s deal at RAF Spadeadam for an additional four years. The contract, worth £1.4m across its lifespan, includes the delivery of catering and cleaning services to around 250 military personnel at the Cumbrian base. ESS has been working at RAF Spadeadam for over five years. ESS has also earned an extension with Arborfield, the site which houses the Army’s School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. It has been already been working at Arborfield for 10 years and will now continue for at least another two. Services under contract include catering, cleaning, refuse disposal, hazardous waste disposal, road sweeping, tailoring, shoe repair, laundry and window cleaning. The total value of the contract extension is £5.5m.
Faceo
i-FM net
Global energy solutions company Schneider Electric has appointed Faceo on a multi-site TFM contract covering hard and soft services.
01/07/2009
The deal extends to 11 sites throughout the UK including both offices and manufacturing operations, encompassing more than 2,500 employees and over 1 million sq ft.
Faceo
PFM
Ten country European FM win for Faceo
01/01/2010
Faceo has signed a strategic agreement with automotive parts and engineering supplier, Delphi, for facility management across its 30 sites in Europe.The scope of this agreement includes building maintenance, security and safety, catering, cleaning and landscaping. Delphi is a leading global supplier of electronics and technologies for autos, commercial and other vehicles. Delphi Automotive has more than 100,000 employees at 270 locations and 24 engineering centers in 32 countries. At the recent PFM Awards 2009, it was selected as winner of the Partners in FM – SME category with its partner Incentive FM for their strategic consultancy partnership.Moving from hundreds of providers to a single supplier, Delphi expects to generate significant savings while creating more flexibility and variability in the economic model associated with the provision of facility management services.The implementation in 2009 and 2010 of this innovative approach in the FM operations of several Delphi sites in Europe will constitute a further step in the establishment of the Group's strategy aimed at optimizing costs and modes of operation of its support functions. The main reasons that led to the choice of Faceo were its pan-European coverage.
Faceo
PFM
Two more contract wins for Faceo
01/07/2009
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, is one of the world's top 100 companies. Its products are used in the energy and infrastructure, industry, data centres and networks, buildings and residential markets and its has 114,000 employees in 102 countries. Faceo UK’s sister company in France provides total FM services to two Schneider locations in the Paris region.Commenting on the contract win, Chris Kenneally, Faceo’s UK CEO stated “Winning the Schneider Electric business is a fantastic addition to our activity in 2009. This follows on from our three recent acquisitions, as well as new business wins with Michelin and AEA Technology. Schneider Electric is a major global leader in its market and Faceo is delighted to have been chosen following an intense tendering process and contract negotiations. We are looking forward to assisting Schneider Electric with their key objectives and innovation strategies.”Another recent contract win for Faceo and helping to build it into a +£50m business (from £32m in 2006), is its five site contract with Delta Rail Group. Won in an open tender, Faceo is to supply facilities services to Delta Rail Group Ltd. DeltaRail provides the global rail industry with access to sophisticated software and technology and the skills and expertise of a world-class team who work to deliver cost- effective solutions and services and to improve business performance. Faceo will deliver, manage and maintain FM services to DeltaRail’s four sites in Derby plus their additional site in Central London. The service delivery will be managed and co-ordinated through Faceo’s recently expanded help desk facilities and facilities manager, Mick Rayner.
Hochtief
COMPANY WEBSITE
Facility management for German headquarters of British American Tobacco
01/11/2008
Hochtief Facility Management will be responsible for technical facility management at the German headquarters of British American Tobacco in Hamburg for the next three years.British American Tobacco Germany produces and markets all of the company's tobacco products in Germany. The tasks of Essen-based Hochtief Facility Management will include, among others, maintenance and servicing of the ventilation, sanitary and fire alarm systems at the headquarters facilities. In Bremen, the company has been managing a British American Tobacco production site for some years already.
Hochtief
Construction and Maintenance
Hochtief to operate international training center for Lufthansa
01/01/2009
Hochtief Facility Management is to provide FM services for the newly erected Lufthansa Training & Conference Center in Seeheim in the federal state of Hesse. The exclusively fitted-out center, which has 483 rooms and more than 80 seminar and event units, will serve Lufthansa employees from all over the world coming here for training. It is one of Germany's largest convention hotels. Both sides have agreed to maintain confidentiality regarding the volume of the contract, which runs for a period of two years.
Germany-based Hochtief Facility Management has been commissioned to take over building services and the operation of hospital facilities for the SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl in Thuringia. The two companies have just signed a contract to this effect for an initial period of three years, beginning immediately. Both sides have agreed to maintain confidentiality regarding the volume of the contract.
Hochtief
COMPANY WEBSITE
HOCHTIEF Facility Management wins contract at Stuttgart Airport
01/01/2009
HOCHTIEF Facility Management will service the building installations at the four terminals of Stuttgart Airport over the next four years. The company has now concluded a contract to this effect with the airport company. The parties agreed to keep the contract volume confidential.The Essen-based service provider will, among others, service the ventilation and sprinkler systems as well as the control technology in the airport buildings. In doing so, HOCHTIEF Facility Management has to comply with special requirements as the technical facilities are located in the high-security area of the departures and arrivals area.
Hochtief
COMPANY WEBSITE
HOCHTIEF acquires business operations from Honeywell Building Solutions
01/10/2009
HOCHTIEF Facility Management has now acquired two business operations in Germany from Honeywell Building Solutions. One operation provides refrigeration maintenance services and the other provides facility management for laboratories and cleanrooms, financial service providers, retail, public sector and airport operators. 55 specialized staff transfer to HOCHTIEF Facility Management. No details of the purchase price were disclosed.HOCHTIEF Facility Management has already been involved in the laboratory and cleanroom segment, for example in hospitals and in chip production. However, high customer demand is face to face with a persistent shortage of specialized staff. There is a great need for experts such as the Honeywell Building Solutions’ employees. With their help, HOCHTIEF Facility Management will be expanding its activities in this segment.
Hochtief
Construction and Maintenance
Hochtief to operate 52 public sector buildings in Hessen
01/07/2009
Hochtief Facility Management has received an order to take over the technical and infrastructure facility management for 52 public sector buildings from Hessisches Immobilienmanagement, the real estate company of the Federal State of Hessen. The properties include court buildings, police stations and departments, and internal revenue offices at several locations in Central Hessen. The company will perform the services for an initial period of three years.
Hochtief
COMPANY WEBSITE
HOCHTIEF Facility Management providing further services to Siemens
01/02/2009
HOCHTIEF Facility Management is intensifying its collaboration with Siemens: The Essen-based service provider which has already been responsible for the technical operation of over 60 Siemens sites in Germany since 2004, will in future be taking on the servicing and modernization of plant in four further locations. Under the terms of the contract, HOCHTIEF Facility Management will be taking on 45 employees from Siemens Industry Solutions. The partners have agreed not to disclose further details of the contract.
Hochtief
Construction and Maintenance
Hochtief to support RUHR.2010 - Cultural Capital of Europe
01/11/2009
Essen-based Hochtief as sponsor partner of RUHR.2010 GmbH has taken on the technical management of RUHR.2010 - Cultural Capital of Europe. Employees of the group will provide the technical support to a large number of events in the metropolitan region at no cost.The event engineers of Hochtief Facility Management already started work for RUHR.2010 GmbH and will continue on the job to the end of 2010. In this period, they are responsible for the technical planning of events, act as contacts for organizers and artists and deploy their expertise in implementing large projects, including the opening event at Zeche Zollverein on January 9 and the "Still-Leben Ruhrschnellweg" event on the A40 highway on July 18.
Hochtief
Construction and Maintenance
Hochtief takes over facility management at Zollverein
01/12/2009
Hochtief Facility Management will be taking over the technical, commercial and infrastructural building management of the UNESCO world heritage site, the Zollverein Colliery in Essen, from January 1, 2010 for an initial period of three years. The company has concluded a corresponding contract with the Zollverein Foundation which foresees an optional three-year extension. Hochtief constructed the industrial site in 1931 in Bauhaus style.
Infosys
Outsourcing Center
Infosys partners with Philips in the journey to transform their Shared Service Centers (SSCs)
01/01/2010
Philips selected Infosys in 2007 amongst 9 global BPO vendors to acquire and operate their SSCs after an exhaustive due diligence and capability assessment process. Two years into operations, Infosys further realizes business value for Philips through the implementation of process automation projects, transaction-based pricing model, leveraging best-shore locations and reducing employee attrition rates. Today, Infosys has 1400 FTEs managing complicated Finance and Accounting(F&A) processes and parts of the procurement business for Philips.
Interserve
i-FM net
£140m of new business for Interserve
01/01/2009
Interserve has secured four new contracts with a total value of £140m. Commenting on the wins, Chief Executive Adrian Ringrose said: "These successes demonstrate the strength of the sectors on which we are focused and that we are continuing to develop the long-term relationships that form the bedrock of our client base."
JCI
Easy Bourse
Swisscom Outsources Facility Management To Johnson Controls
01/03/2009
Swisscom AG (SCMN.VX) said Thursday it will outsource facility management to Johnson Controls as of April 1, as this is not a core business of Swisscom. Around 270 Swisscom employees will move to Johnson Controls during the process. Jürg Rötheli, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisscom Immobilien AG: "We are achieving three objectives with this outsourcing project: Our costs will fall significantly in facility management. Operational reliability and continuity of service - especially in the our data-centers and commercial buildings - will be maintained, and outsourcing will offer good prospects for the future to our employees from facility management." Around 270 employees of Swisscom Immobilien AG who are responsible for building management will be transferred to Johnson Controls. About 90 employees will remain with Swisscom. The latter will be responsible for administering the property portfolio and vehicle fleet and will manage the relationship with Johnson Controls.
Klueh
Property Magazine
Klüh Security wins a 4 year contract with the EZB
01/10/2008
The European Central Bank has selected Klüh Security to provide security service to the bank in Frankfurt. The Düsseldorf multi-service company has won a 4 year contract with extension options.
FM provider Macro is extending its expertise into nine cities on the continent to meet the needs of existing client Invesco. The deal, worth £1.8m per annum, will see Macro supporting the company's portfolio in Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Zurich, Madrid and Milan.
SMI
i-FM net
SMI lands 9 country Henkel deal
01/08/2009
Service Management International has won a contract to provide bundled facilities services to manufacturing group Henkel across its European portfolio.SMI was appointed by Henkel's adviser, Jones Lang LaSalle, on the nine-country deal which includes 16 sites. The service scope includes cleaning, pest control, landscaping, mailroom, catering, security and reception.Another recent win saw JLL award a contract extension to SMI covering engineering services in Denmark for Sun Microsystems. SMI already provides bundled services for Sun in 23 EMEA countries via JLL. It had previously won engineering services deals in Germany and South Africa for the IT group.
STRABAG
COMPANY WEBSITE
HypoVereinsbank assigns facility management to STRABAG Property and Facility Services
01/12/2009
The annual contract volume comprises a mid-size double-digit million-Euro-figure. About 250 HVB-employees, who have performed the facility management activities in the past, will be taken over by STRABAG PFS and their further employment will be guaranteed until the end of 2012. STRABAG PFS will be rendering the technical and commercial facility management as well as all infrastructural services of about 1,000 owned and rented properties of the HVB in Germany.
VINCI Construction UK Limited
Reuters
France's Vinci wins $114 mln in German contracts
01/04/2009
Vinci (SGEF.PA) has won two deals worth a total of 86 million euros ($113.6 million) in Germany, the world's largest public works and transport concessions group said on Wednesday. One unit, SKE Technischer Service GmbH, has signed a deal with the U.S. government to maintain 54 schools in Germany and Belgium over five years, Vinci said in a statement. SKE Facility Management GmbH, another unit of Vinci, has signed a 81 million euro deal with the German city of Nuremberg to finance, build and run four schools, the statement added.
