Facilities Management at Construction stage vs Post handover a difference you'll feel for decades.
We all know what a building should do, perform, protect assets, support people, and last, that is for decades or more.
Yet the gap between design intent and real world operation often appears not in year 1, but in year 5, 10 or 15.
And more often than not, that gap comes down to one simple v
.... Read MoreFacilities Management at Construction stage vs Post handover a difference you'll feel for decades.
We all know what a building should do, perform, protect assets, support people, and last, that is for decades or more.
Yet the gap between design intent and real world operation often appears not in year 1, but in year 5, 10 or 15.
And more often than not, that gap comes down to one simple variable,
YES I AM GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN:
Was Facilities Management involved during construction, or only after handover, just asking for a friend?
When FM is involved during construction you see a very different outcome:
• Maintainability is designed in, not retrofitted at a premium. (Budget wreckers)
• Asset life cycle costing is considered early, not as a painful correction later.
• MEP access, clearances and routing are functional, safe and serviceable.
• O&M manuals, as built drawings and commissioning data are accurate and available.
• Utility efficiency, sustainability and future adaptability are engineered upfront.
• Handover is seamless, operations begin with clarity, not confusion, why, because we were involved from the beginning.
This is where buildings become future proof, efficient, and less expensive to run.
No drama. No firefighting. Just performance.
When FM arrives only after handover the story kind of changes:
• Poor access to equipment, higher labour hours & unnecessary downtime.
• No asset register, no maintenance strategy, just guesswork.
• Energy inefficiencies baked in for life because redesign is too costly.
• Breakdowns dictate operations instead of proactive planning.
• The first 5 years are spent catching up sometimes with irreversible compromises.
In short FM becomes the firefighter instead of the designer of resilience.
Construction builds a structure. Facilities Management ensures it performs.
The most expensive time to realise what FM could have prevented is after handover. If we want facilities that is efficient, compliant, sustainable and profitable, FM must start at the table where decisions are first drawn, not where problems show up.
Afterall I think times should change for the better, I believe its time the industry sees FM as a strategic partner and not an after thought.
Source: LinkedIn Page of Pierre Kriegler
There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour.
Add my business arrow_forward
Suppliers
Jobs 
News & Magazines 
Events 
Blogs 
Members Lounge
Podcasts 
Support