Facility-management planning

Successful facility management is more than just the sum ofits parts. The main factors involved – operations and maintenance, cost management, logistics and building services, energy and utilities, communications and environment are extremely interwoven and can hardly be viewed in isolation. Their interaction affects  both hard factors – such as cost effectiveness and efficiency – and soft factors such as quality of life of the users. As important as tight management of all factors and services over the lifetime of the property may be, the main indicators such as energy consumption, maintenance expenses, environmental protection are heavily influenced by planning.