Most facility managers can tell you the temperature and humidity in their building right now. Almost none can tell you the CO2 levels because in Australia, there's currently no mandated indoor air quality monitoring at all.

In this episode, Aaron and Nick sit down with Doctor Lidia Morawska, one of the scientists who helped establish the case for airborne COVID-19 transmission, a shift that changed the World Health Organization's global guidance. Lidia demonstrates a live low-cost sensor reading in the studio and shares an inside look at QUT's P-block, the first building in the world working toward meeting a new indoor air quality standard.

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#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/

Most commercial buildings are being maintained on a schedule and nobody questions it because that's how it's always been done.In this episode, Aaron and Ben sit down with Wissam Salama, Managing Director of Guardian Mechanical Services, to talk about what building optimisation actually looks like in practice. Wissam brings 20 years of HVAC and fire industry experience to the conversation, covering everything from the actionable tips that cost nothing to implement, to BMS integration and IoT sensors.

-----------#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/

Having a plan on paper is not the same as being ready. Most buildings find that out the hard way.Aaron and Nick sit down with David Gilmore from Evac Services to talk about what genuine emergency planning looks like in practice, how to run drills that actually prepare people and why life safety is everyone's responsibility not just the warden's.-----------#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/

Every FM wants to sleep at night knowing the building is in good hands. Getting there starts with who you put on the job.

Aaron Kelly and Ben Young sit down with Jimmy House and and Jake Bray from Prime Maintenance Projects to talk about what a great service provider relationship looks like and why selecting the right specialist matters more than most FMs realise.

-----------#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/

Every FM job has something unique in it.Aaron and Ben sit down with Janene Hansford to talk through what FM looks like beyond the corporate building, what change management has taught her about people, and why curiosity is the most underrated skill in the industry.

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#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/

Most annual inspections only cover the areas a person can safely reach yet facility managers are forced to sign off a building as "safe."

In this latest episode of #LetsTalkFacilities, Aaron and Nick sat down with Jamie Green from Green Sky Group to talk about what drone technology is revealing about the buildings we thought we knew. From roofs that inspection reports declared problem-free to solar systems quietly failing in plain sight, Jamie unpacks what 100% asset coverage actually looks like and why it is changing the way FMs manage risk.

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#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/

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.

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#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/

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/

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.

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#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 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 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