Facility Management already has its institution in the Catalan sphere with the inauguration of the Catalan Association of Facility Management (ACFM). The Presentation Act, which took place in the CaixaForum Auditorium, featured presentations by experts and political officials and brought together 200 attendees.
This entity was created with the aim of bringing together professionals, companies and other entities that carry out activities related to Facility Management in Catalonia. The Facility Management is the second most important economic item of a company and can generate savings between 20% and 30%.
The ACFM was born with the firm will of to bring together all those professionals, companies or other entities that, within their actions, offer, promote or develop any of the activities related to Facility Management in Catalonia, to become a reference center with national and international recognition.
Marc Sistach, President of the Catalan Association of Facility Management, opened the event by defining Facility Management as “an activity whose final purpose is to contribute to the well-being , security, sustainability and, ultimately, being the promoter of a better society”.
Francesc Sutrias i Grau, General Director of Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya, announced that “the Generalitat wants to learn everything that allows better management of their assets and, for this reason, the task of the Catalan Association of Facility Management will be essential”.
The ACFM invited Luis Morejón, Facility Management expert and Director of GWS CBRE in Silicon Valley. Morejón confirmed Sistach's speech and stated that “Facility Management brings quality of life to society”. Morejón added: "In the year 2021, the volume of business in this sector will grow by approximately 175 billion".
Agustí Abelaira, General Services Director of Barcelona City Council, concluded: “The consistory's experiences with Facility Management companies have been very positive. We want to work on projects that are committed to the comprehensive management of buildings”.
We publish, below, the video summary of the Presentation Act of the ACFM on May 22th.