TOP HAT Club is growing

iFocalpoint 2 is launched

NJW have Released iFocalpoint 2 and are scoping projects for some exciting new clients. iFocalpoint 1 is already prominent in every industry sector with prestigious clients such as HSBC, British Airways, Oxford Brookes University, Suffolk Mental Health NHS, Bristol NHS, Central Bedford Council, Office of Public Works, Diamond Lightsource, Pfizer, NSPCC, Udaras and others.

iFocalpoint is affectionately known as the Top HAT Portal which is designed to provide the ultimate business information dashboard.

NJW programming experts have designed a series of java/xtml dashboards for Property & Facility Management professionals which data mine and connect all disparate legacy databases.

iFocalpoint provides a centralised data warehouse with high performance reporting capabilities. The Top HAT Portal is personalised with the clients 'look & feel' but also branded by NJW's Creative team.

iFocalpoint 2 delivers many personalised business processes such as Strategic Planning, Awareness Portals, Project Portals, Newsletters, Document Libraries and intelligent reporting dashboards.

Tributes to Kevin Baker

NJW mourn the loss of Kevin Baker

The NJW team are a very close group who work hard but also socialise together.

As such, it has been very difficult for the team to come to terms with the tragic loss of Kevin Baker. We all sadly miss his dynamic work ethic, professionalism, helpfulness, logical mind but more importantly his warm friendship.

Kevin unfortunately succumbed to a heart attack on Saturday 3rd of October.

I still walk into the office, expecting to have a conversation and a cup of tea with Kevin to discuss the projects and challenges ahead. His enthusiasm was infectious and had the profound ability of making me feel excited when we were working on a project together.

The funeral was held in Southampton and many wreaths arrived not only from friends and relatives but also from clients such as AstraZeneca, Shell, Pfizer, HSBC and many others. This was the ultimate testament to how highly regarded Kevin was within the industry.

Kevin, rest in peace and all of our thoughts are with you and your family.

I have included a picture of Kevin & NJW Team members on a VIP visit to Buckingham Palace.

From Nigel and the NJW Team

Central Bedfordshire Council ON THE MOVE

NJW Selected by SEISIN & CBC

NJW Workspace have been awarded the Workplace Efficiency Planning exercise to rationalise the Central Bedfordshire Council Estate. This will allow for the council’s property to become more reflective of the standards of the newly formed partnership, Central Bedfordshire Council.
CBC came into effect on 1st April 2009, covering the former Mid and South Bedfordshire district areas by providing a wide range of services including education to refuse collection and countryside services to licensing and community safety.

CBC is now on target to achieve the following objectives by undertaking a workplace efficiency study forming a program to plan and implement the proposed changes:-

Efficiency study forming a program to plan and implement the proposed changes for 1400 staff.

Create a workplace which can support the council’s strategy and operations as effectively as possible.

Establish an improved working environment for staff, creating a superior work/life experience.

Improve facilities and services for the council’s visitors and staff.

Address location issues and team adjacencies ensuring the council’s departments have the greatest access to the general public.

Provide clear and appropriate communications throughout the course of the project and beyond to all staff, exciting them and encouraging them in advance to the move.

Design and host an Awareness Portal to dashboard the vision, benefits, project plans, forums, visualisations, space performance and targets.

Develop and promote new space standards.

Assist CBC in scoring a CPA rating of 4 Stars by improving their staff welfare and in turn overall efficiency in the delivery of services to the general public .

NJW will be delivering this project having been commissioned by SEISIN to manage the project with a Technology led approach and work closely with partners Cochrane McGregor, Pod Architects and Athene.

NJW Showcase (IWMS) Information Power

NJW exhibiting at Asset Management 09

NJW attended Asset Management 09 on Wednesday 25th of November. The Conference is targeted at the Public Sector and is by invitation only. NJW has been very successful within the public sector, building a portfolio of highly regarded clients by providing technology solutions and workspace services as a consolidated service deliverable.

NJW demonstrated a broad range of ‘off the shelf’ (IWMS) Integrated Workplace Management Solutions such as TRIRIGA, FM Systems, Archibus/FM & the ground breaking ‘iFocalpoint’ solution from NJW.

NJW's experienced experts demonstrated and discussed live scenarios and shared knowledge across a broad range of Workplace services and reference sites.

NJW were connected 'Live' to the NJW data centre and were able to demonstrate the new ground braking technologies.

NJW also tested their new branded Divisions which include:-

- Connections, Web Technology Division
- Workspace, Space Management, Design & Moves Division
- Vision, Corporate Design Internet & Multimedia Division

Each NJW Division will have a new Division Manager in place from January 2010.

HSBC Go Live

HSBC FM Systems & iFocalpoint Project Goes Live

Headquartered in London, HSBC is one of the largest Banking and financial services organisations in the world. The HSBC Group's international network comprises some 10,000 offices in 83 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

HSBC Group Companies in the UK include: HSBC Bank plc, Global Banking & Markets, Group Private Banking (GPB), HSBC Asset Management Ltd (AM), HSBC Aman, First Direct, HSBC Insurance, Household Financial Corporation (HFC), & M&S Financial Services.

NJW were commissioned to capture, implement and maintain the HSBC UK office portfolio within the FM Systems (IWMS) Integrated Workplace Management Solution which had already been rolled out in the USA. the total requirement exceeded 3 million sq feet, 232 floor plans and 61,700 individual room polygons.

NJW enhanced the IWMS solution with iFocalpoint Top HAT Technology providing a branded Property & FM management dashboard. iFocalpoint also provided a connection tool for financial transactions with 9 level cost hierarchy, with over 12,000 cost centres assigned to 54,000 chargeable work locations.
NJW are currently implementing the new Web based Move Management procedure and will also be migrating the entire solution in house to HSBC Servers.

Innovation Expansion for NJW

Sujatha joins the NJW Web Development team

Sujatha has successfully joined the NJW Web Development team and has hit the ground running by managing the British Airways Portal development program whilst also working on projects such as Oxford Brookes University and Johnson Matthey.

Sujatha will be based within the NJW London office from October and be responsible for the ‘iFocalpoint’ Web based solution build procedures, design and documentation team. Sujatha will also work at British Airways, Waterside for 5 days of every month to provide continuous improvement to the highly rated PropertyConnections solution which manages Horizon, Maximo, Archibus and other legacy databases into a consolidated Web portal.

NJW’s Web based solutions evolved as Top HAT technology for existing legacy databases providing a consolidated Web based management dashboard for all Property & FM processes. The excitement of fast tracking working solutions for clients needs to be balanced by strict product build procedures in order to provide efficient support mechanisms and future proofing.

Sujatha’s experience, attention to detail and technology build procedures is the missing link for the rapidly expanding NJW Web development team and closely follows the introduction of Mike Vince who joined NJW last year as the new NJW Creative Director.

With Sujatha successfully integrated into the NJW Web Development team enables NJW Managing Director, Nigel Warrick to investigate the option of seeking a further Web Developer confident that the base product build is being strictly regulated.

Book Your Slot

ING require Web based Conferencing Solution

The 5th floor at ING, 60 London Wall is a very prestigious meeting conference centre with magnificent rooms, valuable furniture, paintings, sculptures and artworks. The catering standards would do credit to any michelin standard top class restaurant

Sodexo at ING decided to compliment the concierge visitor service with a visual Web based room booking display screen which displays the rooms, usage, bookings and availability.

Meetings within ING are often important and spontaneous requiring a high degree of personal management. The new Web based solution will provide 24x7 support and release some of the onerous duties of the concierge team.

NJW hope to announce a closer working relationship with Sodexo within the near future in relation to Top Hat Technology implementations.