Facility Management: An interdisciplinary field primarily devoted to the maintenance and care of large commercial or institutional buildings, such as office complexes, university campuses, research labs, convention centers and manufacturing buildings.
Integrated Facility Management: The delivery of all or most Facility Management services by a single service provider who has broad accountability for service and cost performance.
Key Performance Indicators: The measurements used to track performance of a Service Provider and to determine incentive payments for good performance.
Service Provider: External organizations that can provide Integrated Facility Management services for building owners. The Service Provider may sub-contract some services to vendors.
The main role of facilities management consultants is to oversee the safe, secure and environmentally sound operations of a business' assets. They try to ensure that everything in a building runs smoothly without any problems. They will also aim to carry out all of their tasks in the most efficient and cost effective way. This will benefit the company greatly as they will absorb fewer costs and maybe even become more energy efficient. The reason people employ facilities management companies is so they don't have to worry about all the things they shouldn't need to, which in turn will allow them to just focus on the main functions of the business. A facilities management company will also know how to best deal with things like electricity and so on and will be able to preserve the assets running life for as long as possible.
STEPS TO CARRY OUT:
1. Identify the current facilities
2. Conduct a FPI survey-
How well is the resort’s Facilities portfolio in alignment with the company’s strategic direction and focus?
What is the resort’s facilities inventory, square footage, and building ownership costs?
How efficiently do your facilities operate?
3. Suggest Valued added/ special FM