What do Building Technical Services do?

• Solve technical problems relating to existing landlord or tenant installations, often with innovative solutions.
• Project manage or provide technical input to refurbishment of Landlord's equipment.
• Provide technical input or project manage new installations or modifications to existing tenant's fit-outs.
• Oversee maintenance contracts, including monthly reporting and performance monitoring.
• Assess condition of plant, prior to any programme of works.
• Provide condition survey reports and suggested alternatives to improve value for money

What are the benefits for landlords

• Maximise the performance of the buildings services and hence the value of the property asset.
• Resolve operational problems resulting in improved relationships with tenants.
• Optimise the use of energy to reduce waste and costs.
• Ensure that the provision of services or refurbishments is a recoverable service charge cost.

What are the benefits for tenants?

Fitness for purpose of both tenant and landlord installations & refurbishments as a result of direct liaison with tenants, landlords, managing agents and maintenance contractors.

• Value for money - Assess condition of plant, prior to any programme of works, providing condition survey reports and suggested alternatives.
• Recoverability - Assess budgeted and actual M & E service charges for recoverability within the terms of the lease.
• Cost Savings - Provide technical input regarding plant replacement or refurbishment programmes achieving value for money and often, significant savings.
• Advice on Sinking Funds - Review service charge budgets and certificates to determine if works proposed or carried out are properly expensed from the service charge, including expenditure from sinking funds.
• Optimise Energy Use - Review users needs of the building and optimise energy use against those needs to reduce waste and costs.

Financial benefits

We have an excellent proven track record in identifying added value and can provide technical expertise and hands on experience prior to, during or after any M & E work.

If appropriate, further expertise can be called upon from our Service Charge & Building Consultancy divisions.

We ensure that maintenance contracts are clearly defined and workable and plant replacement or refurbishment programmes are necessary and do not incur excessive expenditure.