How can facilities management help your business?

What is facilities management?
One of the fastest growing professions in the UK, facilities management is responsible for the services that support, maintain and run buildings, including offices, schools, hospitals and industrial premises.

Good facilities management helps a business or organisation achieve its business objectives, on a day-to-day level. Facilities management also helps provide a safe and efficient working environment for the people employed there.

Facilities management can be done in house within a business, or it can be outsourced to a specialist facilities management company. Facilities management services can include everything from space management and communications infrastructure to building maintenance.

Getting you started
If you're moving offices or planning to open an office or business premises then a facilities management company can help the operation run smoothly. They can liaise with utility companies, organise property maintenance such as cleaning services and sort out the office layout to get you up and running as quickly as possible.

Carrying out regular maintenance
At its most basic, facilities management includes generally keeping the building clean, maintaining mechanical and electrical systems and providing security services such as front-desk receptionists and night-time security staff.

Dealing with unscheduled jobs
You don't have to worry if the lift breaks down or the heating goes on the blink as facilities management will arrange repairs and deal with any breakdowns.

A good facilities management company should have a contact centre or help desk to deal with your problem a quickly as possible.

Meeting legal obligations
Business premises have to meet health and safety requirements and facilities management can help meet these requirements, for example ensuring the air conditioning system is operating legally.

Saving time
Employees don't have time to replace light bulbs, electric kettles and coffee machines—so outsourcing to a facilities management company can take care of all sorts of jobs big and small.