Building services company Polyteck has secured a four-year contract to provide maintenance services for Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP), as part of Fusion21’s £346 million Building Improvements Framework. Under the terms of the contract, Polyteck will deliver services including the refurbishment ...
Read More »Mitie wins Great Western Railway FM and maintenance contract
Mitie has secured a four-year contract covering facilities management, maintenance and new installations across the Great Western Railway (GWR) estate. The contract covers engineering maintenance work at 203 stations and six depots in the GWR network, which runs over 1,997 ...
Read More »Measuring success
Roger Marks, MD of Aeromark explains why total cost to serve and asset uptime are key metrics for profitability Metrics like total cost to serve (TCS); asset uptime; total cost of ownership (TCO) mean time between failures (MTBF) first time ...
Read More »Facilities and Estates reporting made simpler with good CAFM software
Whether you are creating internal reports, submitting regulatory or industry reports, pulling together your data for benchmarking, or keeping your stakeholders informed and happy, reporting can be a laborious and time hungry task, which many of us don’t relish. Modern ...
Read More »Galliford Try appointed to £835m NHS framework
Galliford Try’s Specialist Services businesses have secured places on the new £835 million NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Specialist Estates Engineering & Maintenance Services (Hard FM) Framework, for a four-year term. The company’s Asset Intelligence, Facilities ...
Read More »Rethinking maintenance strategies key to enhancing commercial resilience
Production, process, and plant managers operating across various industries have been urged to rethink their approach to heat exchanger maintenance following updated insight from a new industry white paper. The message comes at a pivotal point for industry, as increasing ...
Read More »Changing places
Stewart McGillivray, from Guardian Water Treatment, looks at the changing face of UK commercial buildings and what needs to be considered to keep HVAC safe, efficient and operational Post-pandemic, the face of the working world has changed forever. Total home ...
Read More »Frost-free festivities
Samantha Fry of UK-wide grounds and winter maintenance specialist Ground Control, offers some essential tips for maintaining outdoor facilities, including car parks and external spaces, to keep things running smoothly over the winter festive season The festive season may bring ...
Read More »Five-year maintenance, cleaning and energy forecast revealed for FM sector
The latest quarterly forecast for the FM sector from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), reveals maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS Private Sector Maintenance Cost Index, are set to rise by nearly 19 per cent in the next ...
Read More »‘Hotel-style’ amenities are changing the shape of the office and FM teams have to be aware
By James Massey, Managing Director of Facilities Management, MRI Software There is no question that hybrid working is here to stay, but flexible work alone doesn’t guarantee that people will come into the office. And attracting people – especially younger ...
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