A Cheat sheet to understand the workings of the facility management companies

A cheat sheet to understand the workings of the facility management companies

The professional companies that expertise in providing the highly skilled and trained personnel to come in and handle all the responsibilities of a property from cleaning to housekeeping are defined as the facility management companies. 

These companies make sure that the contract made with the client to handle the responsibility of taking caring of his property, is carried to the letter. There are many duties that are handled by the team to ensure the smooth running of the property. 

What duties are bestowed upon the facility management team?

• The Housekeeping: The major and most important responsibility of the team is housekeeping. The term housekeeping is also a wide one. There are many duties that can be included in this term. Cleaning is one of the most important ones. Cleaning the entire property spotless and maintaining the same takes up the major time of the team and is one attribute that gets them judged as well.

1. Clean-up, laundering, scrubbing, washing, tidying up, dusting, sanitizing the rooms, toilets, garage, parking, balconies, roof, doors, windows, and so on. 

2. Cooking the food and handling the pantry.

3. Making sure that the storage room is maintained and stocked.

4. Ironing and washing of the clothes.

5. Attending the guests/ employees.

• The Placement: The hiring and replacing of the staff is also handled by the FMC.

1. The Front-desk/ receptionist.

2. The housecleaners.

3. The security teams.

4. The gardener, electrician, etc.

5. The backup.

All the hiring, handling their salaries, their leaves, the replacing of the staff is the responsibility of the facility company.

• The Cafeteria/ Kitchen: If it’s a residential property, then the cooking for the client and the in-house staff if the responsibility. If it’s the commercial building like an office or airport or the hospitality sector, then the cafeteria and kitchen duties are also taken care of by them. The guests and the employees are entertained with refreshments from time to time.

• The Couriers and Packaging: Mostly the commercial properties need this aspect also to be covered. Thus, handling all the packaging, courier and related are to be handled on a regular basis.

• The bills and shopping: The bill payments of the building like the electricity, the water, the IT services, the plumbing, catering, any 3rd party services used by the property.

• Maintaining a Ledger: Putting everything in black and white is a proof of the expenses of the property. Thus, the team makes sure that a ledger is maintained with all the expenses, the salaries, etc. are noted down and tallied with the amount allotted to them.

There are a few companies that claim to be called the facility management companies. There are a few successful ones as well. But no all qualify to offer the best services. A team of skilled and trained personnel is the key to a successful facility management service. Then, the professionalism and mannerism prove the efficiency of the company. The client’s satisfaction is the primary motive of the FMC. 

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