Facilities Management
Facilities management is a vital function in offices, retail centres, industrial buildings, schools and hospitals.
Part of the role is to provide a safe and efficient working environment. This means ensuring that the activities performed in the various locations, all meet the relevant statutory and voluntary regulations. These include regulations regarding the environment as well as the health, safety and welfare of employees and the public.
How We Can Help
SOCOTEC has a wide range of environmental, health, safety and welfare services to support estates and facilities managers in complying with their regulatory requirements. For example, we offer expertise in the areas of Health Safety and Welfare, as well as Environmental Safety:
Facilities Management Sector
Health, Safety and Welfare
Including:
- Compliance audits and site audit programmes
- Advice on the development of policy and risk management systems
- Provision of a Competent Person to ensure you have the necessary skills
- Training
- Occupational hygiene
- Food safety
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Sample collection and UKAS accredited analysis for pre-employment screening, as well as random and post-incident testing
- Policy development and advice
Including:
- Compliance audits and site audit programmes
- Advice on the development of policy and risk management systems
- Provision of a Competent Person to ensure you have the necessary skills
- Training
- Occupational hygiene
- Food safety
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Sample collection and UKAS accredited analysis for pre-employment screening, as well as random and post-incident testing
- Policy development and advice
Facilities Management Sector
Environmental Safety
Including:
- Compliance audits, risk assessments, training and on-going monitoring programmes
- Chemical and microbiological, including Legionella sampling and analysis
- Cleaning, chlorination and remedial works
- Stack emissions testing
- Air quality testing
Including:
- Compliance audits, risk assessments, training and on-going monitoring programmes
- Chemical and microbiological, including Legionella sampling and analysis
- Cleaning, chlorination and remedial works
- Stack emissions testing
- Air quality testing
Facilities Management Sector
Inspection, Maintenance and Repair
Our specialist materials testing laboratories provide engineering support testing services, which span mechanical, electrical, operations and infrastructure:
- Standby generators
- Fuel storage
- Passenger and goods lifts/elevators/handling/conveyor systems
- Electrical transformers
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
- Pipework/ducting
- Structural steel
- Cladding/tiling/flooring/roofing/decking
- Staircases/ballustrading/railings
- Weldments, bolts and fixings
- Doors and windows
- Paintwork & coatings
Our specialist materials testing laboratories provide engineering support testing services, which span mechanical, electrical, operations and infrastructure:
- Standby generators
- Fuel storage
- Passenger and goods lifts/elevators/handling/conveyor systems
- Electrical transformers
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
- Pipework/ducting
- Structural steel
- Cladding/tiling/flooring/roofing/decking
- Staircases/ballustrading/railings
- Weldments, bolts and fixings
- Doors and windows
- Paintwork & coatings
