Bidvest Noonan

A leading provider of facilities services and solutions

Site Manager

Modernising security solutions with a custom-built digital solution

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At Bidvest Noonan, we are always looking for new ways to push technological boundaries to improve the way we deliver our security services.

Working with partners and our customer, we have introduced a cutting-edge digital solution to improve security at a prestigious multi-use site in the heart of London. This is a vibrant and complex site that offers beautiful public spaces, modern homes, offices, shops, bars, and restaurants.

Our custom-built system enables us to quickly develop insights, identify trends, resolve security issues, and continuously improve the security services we deliver to our clients.

Using a mobile application, our security team logs incidents, flags risks, and shares their security observations. All of the data captured by the security team flows into an intelligent program that generates highly visual reports and heat maps, enabling us to deploy resources to where they are needed most.

Adrian Canale, Business Development Director at Bidvest Noonan said “We were determined to seize this opportunity to challenge the status quo. We wanted to demonstrate our ability to innovate and deliver even more value to our customer”.

On the success of the introduction of our new security solution, the customer commented: “Our collaboration with Bidvest Noonan has been very successful. We have already seen excellent results from the work we have done together; And, we are not finished yet! We look forward to achieving even more for the people and businesses who call our space home.”

The Future of Clean Air – Bidvest Noonan adopts AerNua Air Purification System

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Bidvest Noonan is delighted to have added the AerNua Air Purification System to our technology portfolio following a successful trial.

This cutting-edge clean air sterilisation technology uses the latest UV and air filtration technology to continuously clean the air. AerNua traps and destroys more than 99.96% of airborne particles, allergens, bacteria, and viruses including Covid-19. It provides a Mass Air Sterilisation Service ensuring the correct number of air changes are achieved to minimise virus transmission.

AerNua traps and destroys:

  • RNA & DNA Viruses
  • Bacterial Spores
  • Pollen
  • Mould Spores
  • Fungi
  • Vehicle Fumes
  • Dust Allergens
  • Pet Dander
  • Staphylococcus
  • Odours
  • Tobacco Smoke

AerNua’s unique real-time technology continuously monitors and manages air quality to assist facilities teams to ensure that our customers’ buildings have the highest standards in clean air quality, and improve the health and well-being of occupants.

Bidvest Noonan’s Technology and Innovation Director, Peter Smyth said:
“The Aernua system is a game changer. The pandemic has heightened the need for ways to provide confidence in the air quality for building occupants and visitors. This piece of equipment can provide real-time data to inform and alert when necessary. There is also a powerful web-based dashboard and reporting system.”

Bidvest Noonan using game-changing Comac InAqua water saving technology

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At Bidvest Noonan, we always look for innovative ways to improve the service we deliver to our customers. We use the latest technologies to help our clients reduce their use of water and make cleaning operations more environmentally friendly. Across a number of our customers sites, we have introduced more sustainable practices by implementing water recycling systems.

Recently, we installed the Comac InAqua for one of Ireland’s largest universities. Comac InAqua is an external purification system that allows dirty water to be loaded directly from any floor scrubber. The system filters the dirty water gathered from cleaning floors so it can be reused.

The benefits of Comac InAqua include:

  • Can clean 150 Litres of water in just 30 minutes
  • Independent scrubbing water recycling system
  • Reduction in water consumption
  • Reduction in costs connected to the use of clean water
  • Reduction in costs connected to managing wastewater
  • Easy to use due to an intuitive display that allows interaction with the machine
  • Quick and simple installation
  • Easy to move mobile unit on wheels

We have committed to saving a minimum of 500,000 litres of water per year on campus. This equates to 1/5 of an Olympic size swimming pool.

The Rex: the latest large-scale cleaning solution in our portfolio

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At Bidvest Noonan we are always looking at the latest technologies, finding ways to innovate and improve our performance, to provide the best solutions for our customers.

We have introduced The Rex to our portfolio of technology for large-scale cleaning solutions. This cobot is built to be highly powerful yet nimble. The Rex, our award-winning machine, uses a class-leading lidar, depth camera mesh, and sonar sensors to help it navigate and avoid collisions. Its extra large cleaning width ensures a faster cleaning even in large areas, covering over 4,000m2 in just one hour or up to 8 football fields with just one charge.

It offers a whole new level of convenience with the game-changing auto dock system, able to recharge the Rex and manage its solution levels –  it recharges, empties the waste water tank, and refills the solution tank all on its own.

The Rex is also easy to control with a high-definition touchscreen or through the Lionsbot app

  • 10 hours run time
  • 81 cm cleaning width: clean more and faster with extra large cleaning width
  • 200m lidar coverage
  • Brush Pressure: 40 – 80kg
  • Large capacity tanks: 40L clean tank and 40L waste tank

Watch our video on Rex below:

60 Seconds with Keerthana Sreenivasan

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Next up in our 60-Second interview series is Keerthana Sreenivasan, Environmental Manager at Bidvest Noonan. Keerthana shares some of the advice that has inspired her professional journey.

How would you define what you do at Bidvest Noonan?
I am an environmental manager, my main focus is the reduction of GHG Emissions to comply with the Paris accords. I work with our leadership team to make the business more responsible, conscious, and sustainable.

What has been your best day at Bidvest Noonan?
I am relatively new to the company, and there is not one specific day I can pick, but rather a collection of small moments. The work I do every day drives me, challenges me, and inspires me. One of the first things to catch my attention was the company culture, from women’s representation in the senior management roles to the colleagues I interact with regularly; it has been an inspiring experience. 

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
Here is one I got from my University professor that always comes to my mind; “Don’t be the smartest person in the room”. It is always exciting to learn from people around you and there is always something to learn if you just look around. 

How do you motivate yourself?
I have always been passionate about environmental sustainability and have wanted to work in this field and make a difference. For me, motivation comes from within, and also it is hard not to be motivated when you love what you do.

Who or what has inspired you the most?
A lot of people have inspired me, but if I had to pick one, it would be my Dad. He is a true representation of zero to hero story. He has been working for the last 40 years and still does his job with the same passion, if not more than when he started. 

If you had a motto, what would it be?
‘You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take’ has got to be the most relatable one. I am never afraid to take chances, and you never know where it takes you. It always works out in the end.