03 / ASSESS
Facilities Consultancy
& Health Checks.
Understand your maintenance arrangements, facilities risks and asset priorities before deciding what happens next.
Smart Facilities provides practical facilities management consultancy grounded in operational experience. Start with a Facilities Health Check, a defined review or advisory support for a particular facilities decision.
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FACILITIES OVERSIGHT
An independent view of how your facilities are managed.
Maintenance spending and contractor activity do not always provide a clear picture of building condition or future needs. A facilities review brings available records, current practices and observed issues together so your team can set priorities with greater confidence.
Our Facilities Health Check considers the agreed operational scope, maintenance arrangements, asset information and facilities-related compliance records. We distinguish observations and documentation gaps from matters that need specialist investigation. The result is a practical action plan rather than a list of issues without ownership.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Facilities reviews, maintenance planning and asset advice.
Facilities and operational reviews
Assess the current management process, available building information and responsibilities across your facilities function.
- Facilities and operational observations
- Maintenance and compliance documentation reviews
- Risk identification and prioritisation
Maintenance and contractor reviews
Review how servicing, reactive requests and external providers are managed, then identify practical improvements.
- Preventative maintenance planning
- Contractor and service arrangement reviews
- Outstanding actions and responsibility gaps
Asset lifecycle and expenditure planning
Connect observed condition and available service history with maintenance and replacement priorities.
- Building and asset condition observations
- Lifecycle and replacement recommendations
- 12–36 month facilities and capital expenditure planning
Targeted consultancy and decision support
Bring experienced facilities input to a defined question, management review or planning exercise.
- Hourly advice or a defined review
- Advisory retainers with agreed deliverables
- Recommendations suited to your operational capacity
A PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Prioritised recommendations. A practical action plan.
You receive a facilities assessment with identified issues, prioritised recommendations and clear next actions. We agree the review boundaries, information available and reporting format before starting.
Review the baseline
Understand your brief, current practices, records and facilities responsibilities.
Identify priorities
Connect observations, documentation gaps and maintenance needs to practical decisions and specialist follow-up where required.
Set out the next steps
Provide recommendations and a staged action plan to support maintenance, asset and investment decisions.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Clear answers.
A clear starting point.
What does a Facilities Health Check cover?
It can review maintenance practices, contractor arrangements, asset information, available compliance records and visible condition issues within an agreed scope. You receive prioritised recommendations and a practical action plan.
Is this a structural inspection or statutory certification?
The Facilities Health Check is an operational facilities assessment. Structural investigations, specialist testing and statutory certification are undertaken by appropriately qualified providers. We identify where further specialist input may be needed.
Can you help develop a preventative maintenance plan?
Yes. We can review available asset information, service history and requirements, then recommend a maintenance programme and forward priorities suited to your sites.
Can we engage you for advice without ongoing management?
Yes. Consultancy can be hourly, a defined assessment or an advisory retainer. The engagement sets out the question, work, reporting and fees before it begins.
What information should we provide for a review?
Useful starting information includes site details, available asset registers, maintenance schedules, contractor arrangements, service records, current budgets and known issues. We agree what is available and identify gaps during scoping.
TALK TO SMART FACILITIES
Understand the facilities decisions ahead.
Share your current concerns and available records. We’ll discuss a suitable facilities review, Health Check or advisory engagement.
