Facility Focus

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Willem De Cock, a hospitality and corporate-catering strategist based in Marbella, Spain. Willem spent roughly 15 years running five-star hotels across Bahrain, Egypt, Madeira, Amsterdam, and Belgium before turning to the world of large-scale corporate catering. For the last four years, he's worked independently helping some of the big...

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Suresh Prasad, a facilities and workplace management professional based in India's Delhi-NCR region, for our first-ever conversation with an international guest. We dig into what it really takes to run modern corporate facilities on the other side of the world. We cover vendor management, ESG, large-scale office build-outs, and the rol...

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Mark Walter, Project Manager at Leidos Engineering, to break down how energy is used inside large automotive plants and what it takes to manage major infrastructure and efficiency projects in modern manufacturing facilities. We cover automotive paint shops, steam systems, HVAC infrastructure, energy audits, solar power, battery storage...

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Kevin Richardson, Technical Director at NeverStrip Floor Coatings, to break down commercial floor types and how facilities can rethink long-term maintenance. We cover VCT, LVT, tile, concrete, and rubber flooring, along with the traditional strip-and-wax cycle and why many facilities are moving toward more sustainable, lower-maintenanc...

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Keith Garratt, Business Development Director at Pudu Robotics, to break down how robotic floor cleaning is changing the way facilities operate. We cover autonomous floor scrubbers, AI-powered cleaning and how robotics are being used to improve consistency, reduce labor challenges and increase efficiency across modern facilities. This i...

In this episode of the Facility Focus Podcast, I sit down with Steve Maring, a water treatment consultant with Kroff Chemical, to break down the complexities of water treatment across different types of facilities. We cover cooling towers, boilers, closed loop systems and wastewater. We discuss scale, corrosion, bacteria and system failures. The kind of stuff every facility manager deals with but...