5 tips for hiring a commercial facility management company

Proper maintenance of commercial establishments is integral to leave positive first impressions on your visitors and prospective clients. It is also a key component of providing a safe work environment for your employees.

As a commercial facility owner or manager, your primary focus is likely on:

• The declining lifespan of the structures and equipment that you are responsible for.
• Preventing subsequent building and equipment failures.
• Achieving the optimal ROI for all preventive and predictive maintenance operations.

No doubt, maintaining commercial buildings is a challenging task and covers everything from general building upkeep to re-fresh painting and warehouse maintenance. If a fragmented approach is taken, your facility maintenance program will require multiple contracted specialists and will cost you more in the long term. By hiring a professional office facility management company to provide those services, on the other hand, you can be assured of quality services that meet industry standards.

But how do you identify a company for your needs? Here are five tips that might help.

1. Hire a commercial maintenance company with an established history of quality. Visit their website and make sure they have testimonials of other happy clients. If necessary, ask for references. Take a further step and go see with your own eyes how their work has stood the test of time.
2. Prioritize your needs and consider the extent of work to be done. Hire a maintenance company experienced in dealing with them.
3. Experience Speaks Volumes. Are they skilled in your field? For example, if your company is industrial, only choose a company with experience in that area to ensure proper maintenance, health-and-safety compliance, and correct disposal of project waste.
4. Determine in advance whether you may need a long-term contract for the daily upkeep of the building or a short-term contract for areas that need less regular attention. You could end up prioritizing your job differently depending on your needs.
5. Ask for a proposal and discuss guarantees or warranty. Your proposal should outline the specific services you can expect, the standards that will be met and offer you the best price for the quality job you require.

A full-service commercial maintenance company can offer you a wide range of interior as well as exterior maintenance services to help you establish a professional appearance, functional facilities and safe environment; all while striving to accomplish the work in high traffic areas during down times, to minimize the impact on operational efficiency and customer traffic.

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