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Guidance for people running buildings
Practical writing on planned maintenance, statutory inspections and asset compliance, from the team building FacilityOptix.
Planning maintenance across a multi-building estate
A schedule that works for one building doesn't automatically scale to ten. Estate-wide planning has its own failure modes that a single-site plan never has to face.
LOLER thorough examination: what it covers and how often
Lifting equipment sits under its own regulation with its own examination regime, and it's easy for it to slip through the gaps of a more general maintenance schedule.
Triaging reported issues: building a facilities helpdesk that works
Most delays in reactive maintenance happen before a job is even assigned. Good triage at the point of intake fixes more than any amount of engineer efficiency afterward.
Rating asset criticality: why it changes your maintenance schedule
Two assets of the same type can warrant completely different maintenance attention depending on what happens if each one fails. Criticality is the variable most schedules ignore.
Electrical testing intervals: what actually determines them
There's no single universal number of years between electrical tests. The right interval depends on the installation, its use, and what the last inspection actually found.
Setting realistic reactive maintenance response times
A response time target that isn't grounded in what's actually achievable just becomes a number everyone quietly ignores. Here's how to set one that holds.
What should be in a facilities asset register
An asset register that's just a list of equipment names is missing most of what actually makes it useful. Here's what a working register needs to hold.
Legionella and water hygiene: understanding the risk assessment cycle
A legionella risk assessment isn't a document you file once. It's the start of an ongoing monitoring cycle that most facilities teams underestimate the size of.