Reactive Maintenance Risk – DIY Facility Management. A huge financial risk when it goes wrong…and it did! “A privileged observation” No one was hurt, but the situation had the financial exposure to the building owner was and still is, huge. We need to emphasis here we were involved only with the energy conservation strategy for […]
Maintenance and Technical Services in Buildings
Property Management Good, Fast, Cheap! Contractor Management “101” “Good, Fast, Cheap, choose any two!” It’s an old “adage” in business that applies well in project management; to explain: In the project management role, there is a necessity to hire various sub-contractors and professionals. The sub-contractors are providing engineering, installation and commissioning for building services such […]
Outsourcing Maintenance Versus DIY Outsourcing Maintenance – DIY: (published in “hotel engineer”) Outsourcing Maintenance: The conversation went a little like this:“Who’s idea was that that is like outsourcing the Engineers job, “what am I gonna all day?” and What about the manager that turns up, he doesn’t know this Hotel as I do, he doesn’t […]
Incoming Urgent Phone Call For Maintenance or Repair. Incoming Urgent Phone call for maintenance or repair, to panic or not to panic. In this article we have tried to offer just a few ideas to help to offer a system to establish what to do about an urgent maintenance issue which has come to your […]
Measurement and Verification – DIY Systems Integration, Asset register, Building Management System, Energy Management System, BIM, Measurement In a previous life these terms were mutually exclusive, they required different vendors, different software and varying degrees of mutually exclusive expertise. These terms had this “black box” specialized and expensive connotation, with single vendor “captive client” pricing […]
Eliminate the Corrective Maintenance False Economies in Commercial Property. All of these events creating false economies in corrective maintenance are easy to avoid; the methodology is in the processes and procedures adopted by the facility management company. The first thought which comes to mind is the Building Manager and their role in the financial loss event; […]
