I composed a few thoughts earlier this week on the recession. Since then I fellow blogger admitted to me he was having trouble keeping the posts going at the minute as everything is so gloomy. It’s a difficult balance to strike – reflecting on current events but trying not to get too bogged down by economic blues. This will also be the case for a live event I’m appearing at next month. It’s a two day conference and hopefully the title is somewhat timely – Economics of Sustainability.
I’ll be chairing a few of the sessions and also a Sustainability Question Time, which will take place before the conference proper at 9am on Monday 17 November. So we’ll kick off with thoughts and questions on the slowdown but try to move on to other issues during the hour or so of the event. There’s still some places left for the question time (it’s free for an- invite-only audience) so email me if you fancy turning up – pclark@cmpi.biz.
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on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Perhaps the current economic climate will encourage estate owners to understand that capital and revenue costs need to be considered as a whole when selecting products. It is so frustrating to be continually told that whilst maintenance and FM staff understand the implications of life cycle costing, the decisions on procurement are made simply on cost.
on Nov 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Tim,
I think that’s a really strong point. By a strange coincidence I met one of the autors of a new standard for lifecycle costing http://snipurl.com/531×4 who is clearly hopeful that this can be the start of gettign consensus about how critical this is to every part of the procurement process.
Phil