Software that manages office space can save money
by Katy Chance,
2015-06-23 06:00:16.0
BESIDES the obvious advantages of a top-end, technological building management system — such as ensuring that generators are working, nobody is trapped in a lift, and nothing is on fire — Asset Control’s software also maintains schedules of assets within a building, all of which can be remotely read and monitored.
One of the system’s benefits is that it addresses space planning.
"We capture all the space and how it is utilised," says John Keramianakis, a software support specialist at Asset Control. "We can identify vacancies within a building.
"Often organisations are entering leases for new premises when their own buildings are simply not being used efficiently."
Failing to use space optimally can have a direct effect on the bottom line of a company.
"It’s not just a ‘spare office’, it’s empty space that still has very real financial consequences; the lights, cooling, insurance, cleaning, security are all being paid for, whether the space is being used or not," says Keramianakis.
"A square metre of office space can cost you — including depreciation on furniture, costs of fit-out and dry-walling — up to R5,000 a month."
Use it or lose money.
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BESIDES the obvious advantages of a top-end, technological building management system — such as ensuring that generators are working, nobody is trapped in a lift, and nothing is on fire — Asset Control’s software also maintains schedules of assets within a building, all of which can be remotely read and monitored.
One of the system’s benefits is that it addresses space planning.
"We capture all the space and how it is utilised," says John Keramianakis, a software support specialist at Asset Control. "We can identify vacancies within a building.
"Often organisations are entering leases for new premises when their own buildings are simply not being used efficiently."
Failing to use space optimally can have a direct effect on the bottom line of a company.
"It’s not just a ‘spare office’, it’s empty space that still has very real financial consequences; the lights, cooling, insurance, cleaning, security are all being paid for, whether the space is being used or not," says Keramianakis.
"A square metre of office space can cost you — including depreciation on furniture, costs of fit-out and dry-walling — up to R5,000 a month."
Use it or lose money.
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