On 10th June, our MD Lance Jimmieson and Auckland Commercial Lead Kyle Calder put their considerable expertise in HVAC Engineering to good use by running an air conditioning training session for the Auckland District Health Boards Facilities & Development team. The Facilities team has a broad range of responsibilities, covering replacement of critical aging services…
As Omicron spreads, can sanitiser units make the air in workplaces safer to breathe and are they worth the cost? This is the question that Stuff raises with several industry experts including Jacksons Managing Director Lance Jimmieson. The main concern is that there is a lot of misinformation circulating, which is not backed up by…
What are the new guidelines from the Ministry of Health and Dental Council around treating those with Covid or suspected Covid? Last year, the Ministry of Health and Dental Council of New Zealand released updated guidelines in August/September 2021 for dental surgeries who provide urgent or emergency care of patients who are Covid-positive (or suspected…
Our MD Lance Jimmieson appeared on Newshub Nation on Saturday (level 4 conditions were applied at all times!) to talk about the spread of Delta in NZ and what we need to address in terms of ventilation to mitigate the risk. This comes on the back of Jacksons releasing white papers about how to use…
Jacksons is proud to offer BIM services to our clients, utilising state-of-the-art software that can really be relied on! We asked our in-house expert Travis Browne a few questions about what BIM can do and why it’s a great value-add for our clients… Q. Let’s talk about BIM – in a nutshell, what is it…
There’s a very good article in the latest Bayley’s Auckland Office Workplace magazine talking about NABERZ – the initiative launched by the Aussie government to measure and compare the environmental energy and carbon performance of commercial buildings and tenancies. It’s Australian law that building owners have to disclose their NABERZ energy rating for their building…
Stuff has done a good job today (with help from expert input from Jacksons engineering director and ventilation engineer, Scott Roberts) explaining why ventilation systems need to be inspected, to stop the spread of coronavirus. We’ve got more coming on this but please reach out if you are a MIQ facility who needs a site…
6 things I’ve learnt from 2020 By Lance Jimmieson So it turns out the old saying is true: what doesn’t break you can make you stronger! And after the rain comes rainbows. I’m not sure I fully appreciated either back in March during lockdown, but it’s turned out to be the case for us. 2020 has been a rough…
We’re excited to announce Jacksons is the winner of the 2020 Facility Management Association of NZ (FMANZ) “Service Provider of the Year” award. We were up against some incredible businesses in this category with some impressive projects behind them so we were a bit flabbergasted to win. But we think the reason we took out…
Newsflash: it is possible to reduce operating costs and improve the customer experience and sales all at the same time! In a nutshell, there is an opportunity for supermarkets to operate in a more sustainable way and improve energy efficiency (which leads to cost savings), just by integrating the design of their air conditioning and…