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Facilities Management

From operational management and business support services to financial management and occupier relations, we provide facilities management solutions to optimise efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Our aim is to work alongside our clients, using our expert knowledge, robust systems and rigorous management of vendors to add value to your business.

Who should use our facilities management services?

Corporate occupiers of either freehold or leasehold space can rely on Cushman & Wakefield to manage facilities for the business and deliver against pre-agreed key performance indicators, service level agreements or other metrics.

How we can help

• Portfolio strategy and organisational design
• Training and development for facilities management staff
• Advice on Corporate Social Responsibility and energy audits
• Business continuity planning and mission-critical site management
• Disposal of surplus property
• Space utilisation surveys
• Lease restructures
• Regulatory compliance

Adding value - the benefits of our approach

Cost efficiencies
Our philosophy is to provide our clients with the right facilities management strategy at the right price. Clients can achieve dramatic cost efficiencies through the introduction of best practices, centralisation of services, consistent processes across multiple locations and procurement strategies to leverage buying power.

Optimum productivity
Cost savings should never be at the expense of the integrity of a property’s infrastructure and systems. Our services are designed to help create workplaces that provides a safe and healthy operating environment that maximizes productivity.

Strategic thinking
Our organisational design expertise can help you analyse the service needs of your organisation considering the quality, quantity, location and financial structure of each asset in your property portfolio and ensuring that facilities management evolves with the business.

Experience and resources

Some of the largest and most successful corporations in the world entrust the management of their facilities to us. In 2006, we managed more than 450 million square feet worldwide, a 25% increase since 2002. Currently we have nearly 6,000 global onsite operational staff overseeing more than 7,500 properties worldwide.

Facilities management services in EMEA are provided by Corporate Occupier Solutions (COS), a joint venture between Cushman & Wakefield and EC Harris, offering a total service solution for corporate occupiers. We are the first organisation to be able to provide business consulting, portfolio efficiency, transaction and real estate services, as well as project and facilities management services in a comprehensive manner across the region. No other service provider can match the scale, depth of best-in-class services and geographic reach that we can provide to our clients.

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