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We’ve all heard, and likely used, the term “if it ain't broke, don’t fix it”. It’s a well known saying and a mentality that many businesses all over the world adopt when it comes to maintaining their buildings and assets. However, doing so can lead to serious problems. Businesses with this mentality tend to address issues as and when they occur…
How To Develop a Bulletproof Procurement Strategy
For modern businesses, knowing how to develop a procurement strategy is crucial for efficiency, cost-effectiveness and innovation. But what is a procurement strategy? Simply put, a procurement…
Should you in-house or outsource maintenance services?
Effective and regular maintenance is crucial for the efficiency and reliability of businesses and institutions in every sector. Ensuring you have an optimal maintenance system and routine in place…
Finding a balanced maintenance strategy
There are several strategic approaches to maintenance, but it’s important to understand that they don’t have to be used exclusively. In fact, the objective should be to create a balanced strategy.…
Planned preventative vs. reactive maintenance
When it comes to building and asset maintenance, there are many approaches to take, but two of the most widely used are planned preventative and reactive. Of course, this naturally fuels the ‘planned…
Grenfell - Fire Stopping Systems
Having previously looked at the fire risks associated with the poor cleaning of ventilation systems, this week we turn to look at fire stopping systems. Passive fire protection, which includes…
Grenfell - The symptoms vs the disease
After considering fire safety in a previous blog, we now turn to look at the issues caused by regulations and lack of enforcement. There are rightly calls for wholesale change and after years of…
Focusing on turning healthcare buildings into ‘safe havens’
One positive outcome of the Covid crisis has been the increased focus on improving ventilation of indoor spaces and the need to measure indoor air quality (IAQ). Steve Tomkins, head of business…