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EAST-O Holdings
The future of Asset Management MIDDLE EAST
Uros Trojanovic, divisional CEO of EAST-O Holdings, shares with Big Project ME how the company is powering digital transformation across the Eltizam Group and beyond October 2022 | MEConstructionNews.com
Why is digitalisation the future for Asset Management?
Digitalisation is the future for Asset Management for two main reasons: Technology extends the human ability and allows us to do things that we normally cannot. Applying the right technology can provide important insight that can greatly benefit any building manager. For example, technology can tell you about the unsafe levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) or Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air, it can confirm if a vehicle is permitted to enter a vicinity or not just by reading the license plate, it can recognise human faces to allow entry to facilities and it can help with much more. Moreover, effectively utilising technology will greatly enhance efficiency across all operations of the built
environment. Technology does not tire, and it does not work 9 to 5, which means residents/end-users can receive instant services 24/7 from anywhere around the world without having to interact with other people or visit any office. Through the right technology, managers will not need an army of cashiers to process thousands of payments a day, in fact, they will not even need a single cashier. This results in substantial value for both building managers and end-users. What is EAST-O Holdings’ mandate from Eltizam for the digitalisation of its services?
Chris Roberts, Group CEO of Eltizam, had a vision that the cost of managing and maintaining buildings can be drastically reduced through investing in the right technology. He envisioned the concept of “conscious buildings”,