Insights Gained from a Property Management Perspective
It has been well established that your facility benefits in a big way when you engage the right facility services partner. But you may not be aware of the value such partners bring to a project long before you have that prized certificate of occupancy in hand. While decision makers might think of facility services partners as the experts you bring in after your building is up and running, involving experienced facility engineers early in the process, even at the outset of a building’s construction or commissioning, can make for a more efficient, safe, and lock-step process—and can deliver you significant cost savings in the long run.
Here are some of the many benefits of involving a facility services expert from Day 1:
Clarity and transparency. A skilled facility services provider will provide guidance on developing an engineering transition and work schedule aligned to your facility’s unique needs. Your access to updates from that detailed and continuously updated schedule in real time—along with a collaborative approach to daily walk-throughs and inspection reports—makes project progress accessible and transparent.
Comprehensive approach. A well-constructed transition schedule triggers a chain of related action items for every event (e.g. registering backflows with the city) and outlines key details and benchmarks such as system inspections statuses, signoffs, outstanding approvals, persons responsible, start dates and target completion dates. The broad-based approach supported by an attention to fine details makes it far less likely you’ll miss a step along the way.
Context for informed decision-making. When the working relationship is a true partnership, your on-site staff build knowledge by learning alongside our experts, from participating in walk throughs to joining daily check-ins and progress updates. Our practices and documents become a training tool for everyone on your side of the partnership, and you’ll never find yourself faced with signing off on plans and purchases without a full understanding of the big picture and its short-term and long-term effects on the project.
Continuity of services, practices, and protocols. Customer onboarding includes a comprehensive review of equipment, maintenance needs, priorities, and challenges. Those conversations often pinpoint missed opportunities for prevention and cost savings. Having a facility services partner like UG2 on board from the outset means you have an additional layer of expertise while construction is underway. This can help you avoid making unnecessary purchases, secure the right warranties to protect your investments, ensure that a vulnerable facility under construction is protected from adverse events or such weather emergencies or power failures.
Early relationship-building allows your facility services partner to act as a true extension of your team and sets the highest standard for the facility’s care and maintenance going forward.
Having worked as a property manager early in my career, I’m acutely aware of the types of guidance, information-sharing, and mentoring that benefited me most when I was starting out. I’m proud to bring that perspective to the relationships I build with customers, whether I’m working with a seasoned professional or someone new to the field.
Contact us to learn more about our approach to facility operations and maintenance.