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What Is A Facility Management Audit? A Complete Overview
As buildings age over time, they inevitably undergo changes that can impact how they are managed.
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How To Check If A Maintenance Contractor Has An Active SFG20 License
Staying aware of maintenance tasks mandated by law is one thing, but how can you be sure that any...
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CMMS vs IWMS: Which Is Right For Me? Your Ultimate Guide
When you’re new to Facility Management (FM) software, the last thing you want to do is get confused...
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Top 5 Risks Of Free SFG20 PDF Downloads
If you’re searching for free SFG20 PDF downloads to source and share building maintenance content,...
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How To Use Maintenance Regimes In Facilities-iQ For Multiple Sites
Trying to stay compliant while managing multiple buildings with several thousands of assets can be...
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Preventative Maintenance: The Ultimate Guide
We’ve all heard, and likely used, the term “if it ain't broke, don’t fix it”. It’s a well known...
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Top 5 Benefits Of Maintenance Regimes
Every organisation is completely unique, so why settle for anything less than a personalised...
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What Is A Statutory Building Maintenance Task?
For any organisation, staying compliant with the latest building laws and regulations is serious...
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What is Reactive Maintenance?
If you're delving into maintenance strategies for the first time, you may be feeling overwhelmed....
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The best Facilities Maintenance Tools for any business
As with most modern industries, facilities management has benefited greatly from the evolution and...
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5 Top Tips for Setting Your Commercial Building Maintenance Budget for 2024 and Beyond
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The Future of Carbon-Neutral Buildings: Trends and Predictions
As the world grapples with the realities of climate change, the construction industry has a...
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The Future of School Maintenance: Trends to Watch
The landscape of school maintenance in the UK is constantly evolving. With new technologies,...
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Tackling Carbon Emissions in Building Maintenance: Understanding Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions
In the face of growing environmental concerns, the role of building maintenance in mitigating...
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The drivers for optimised maintenance
Today, maintenance takes an increasingly central role in delivering organisational objectives such...
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Getting started with School Facilities Management
Efficient and regular building maintenance is essential for the safety and longevity of your...
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Industry bodies agree single process for BIM Product Data
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), the Chartered Institution of Building...
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Industry bodies agree standard for catering maintenance
The first ever independently verified standard for the planned maintenance of catering equipment...
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Focus on risk to optimise your maintenance strategy
In our previous blog, we discussed the importance of finding a balance of maintenance strategies to...
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What is SFG20 and how can it benefit you?
There are many benefits of adopting a balanced maintenance regime. Download the SFG20 whitepaper to...
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How To Develop a Bulletproof Procurement Strategy
For modern businesses, knowing how to develop a procurement strategy is crucial for efficiency,...
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Planned preventative vs. reactive maintenance
When it comes to building and asset maintenance, there are many approaches to take, but two of the...
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Grenfell - The Symptoms Vs The Disease
After considering fire safety in a previous blog, we'll now turn to look at the issues caused by...