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Guidance for people running buildings
Practical writing on planned maintenance, statutory inspections and asset compliance, from the team building FacilityOptix.
Building a contractor register that actually catches expired insurance
A contractor register that only lists names and phone numbers isn't doing the job it's meant to. Expired insurance and lapsed accreditation are the risks it should be built to catch.
Planned vs reactive maintenance: getting the balance right
Reactive work will always eat into planned time — the question is whether it eats into it predictably or unpredictably. That distinction matters more than any target ratio.
The statutory inspections a facilities team actually needs to run
Statutory inspections don't live in one place — they're scattered across separate regulations, each with its own interval and its own idea of what counts as evidence.
The work order lifecycle: from report to sign-off
A work order that's technically closed but never actually confirmed as fixed is a gap waiting to be discovered by someone else. Here's what a complete lifecycle looks like.
How to build a PPM schedule that actually gets done
A calendar full of planned tasks nobody completes is worse than no schedule at all — it creates a false sense of coverage. Here's how to build one that survives a busy week.