Green Minds by FCLT-E
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Green Minds by FCLT-E
AI, ROBOTS, AND ROI | GREEN MINDS | TAREK AL ASSIL | EP 10
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Robots on the concourse, AI in the control room and IoT sensors on every asset: this week Walewein sits down with Tarek Al Assil, Chief Executive of Integrated Facilities Management (IFM), to explore how one of the UAE’s largest FM engines keeps 5,500 properties running around the clock. With 1,400 staff on the payroll, Tarek is turning decades of in-house know-how into a tech-first, sustainability-ready operation.
🎙️ In this episode
– Building an in-house AI platform
– Retrofitting legacy BMSs at 40 % of the usual capex, backed by real ROI
– How e-auction tendering squeezes margins and stifles innovation
– Flood lessons from April 2024: IoT locks for manholes and sewage protection
– When will AI replace people in FM
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