Practical notes on running commercial buildings — written for the people who have to answer for them, not for search engines.
Compliance · 14 July 2026 · 6 min read
Most PPM schedules we inherit are a list of visits with no asset register behind them. Here is what a real one contains.
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Contracts · 7 min read
Changing contractor rarely means changing the people. Here is how the transfer works and where it typically stalls.
23 June 2026
Security · 5 min read
Two things get conflated constantly. A licence is not vetting, and vetting is not a licence.
30 May 2026
Compliance · 6 min read
The regime is well documented and still routinely missed — usually in the buildings that sit empty for weeks.
8 May 2026Cleaning · 6 min read
Cleaning contracts almost never fail at the start. They fail quietly, about eight months in.
17 April 2026
Contracts · 7 min read
Most FM contracts that fail were already failing by day ninety. The signals are visible much earlier than people think.
26 March 2026A contracts manager will come out, walk the sites and give you a written report. No charge, no commitment.