Facility Management / Building Maintenance Works That Can Be Outsourced To A Building Maintenance Company

Over the years, outsourcing facility management/maintenance works to a third party continues to provide clear benefits to many companies across different industries. In particular, it effectively helps in reducing a company's total operational costs and workloads while keeping the quality of work intact.

Today, more and more companies are choosing outsourcing as an alternative to delegating specific tasks to in-house staff. And, though every business model has its own limitations, several studies (such as this Global Real Estate andFacilities Management Outsourcing Pulse Survey conducted by KPMG) suggest that building maintenance / facility management outsourcing continues to show strong performance when it comes to fulfilling a company's works for its successful day today operation. This is a trend that is considered one of the reasons why facility management outsourcing business continues to thrive.

If your company is yet to decide whether to finally outsource or not some of your company tasks, the following ideas on what particular tasks you can outsource might help you make a wise decision:

Custodial services - these include works floor and carpet care, power washing, window washing, waste and management recycling, graffiti abatement, as well as pre-occupancy cleaning and related cleaning tasks.

Commercial window cleaning is one of the most outsourced tasks in the US. Photo credit: Capital Janitorial and Building Services

HVAC services - proper heating, ventilation, and air conditioning tasks management will result efficient, comfortable, and cost-efficient solution as your company continues to operate. Facility management / building maintenance companies usually employs computerized system as well as skilled technicians to manage all of the HVAC tasks.

Photo credit: Johnson Group, Hongkong

Building maintenance services - these include tasks like plumbing, electrical, cabinetry, architectural, painting services, as well as tenant improvement. Outsourcing companies usually employ custom-designed system to fit on a company's building maintenance needs.

Photo credit: West State Mechanical, Incorporated

Workspace management - to use your facility's workspace to its optimum potential, you can outsource workspace planning and implementation works. Some specific examples of workspace management solution include custom furniture design, high-density storage systems, movable wall systems, as well as whiteboard management solutions.

Workspace Platform Management. Photo credit: Dexigner