How do you organise Mechanical and Electrical maintenance for a varied property portfolio consisting of retail, offices, restaurants and a cinema?
Background
Brindleyplace is a retail complex with office spaces located in Birmingham along the side of Birmingham canal and near the ICC. The water’s edge was completed in 1994, it consisted of several bars and restaurants.
Over the following years, the main central square was developed, providing facilities such as; aquarium, cinema, theatre, health centre, gallery, hotels and restaurants.
Brief
Due to the varied nature of the buildings and businesses across the estate, one of the core roles SVMA has completed for Brindleyplace is the tendering of their Facilities Management contract.
Challenges
The diverse range of building uses in the Brindleyplace area requires a far more tailored approach to mechanical and electrical maintenance than a single use premises.
We needed to ensure that all aspects were considered and the correct maintenance strategy was applied.
Process
We ensured that the contractor would provide planned, corrective, emergency maintenance, inspection and management of the building fabric assets across Brindleyplace Buildings 3, 4, 9, The Estate, and the Water’s Edge properties.
We identified various contractors which could provide a competitive service, we wrote the technical preliminaries consisting of over 120 chapters concerning various things such as tender information, regulations, health & safety and various procedures and scopes of works.
We also created standards of workmanship for the contractors outlining exactly what the contractor would have to complete and the standards required. In this way we were able to introduce clear, detailed specifications and create accountability and responsibility for each contractor involved.
Outcome
Brindleyplace continue to make several organisational changes and we work closely with them. We are currently renewing their lighting and metering surveys and compiling an asset register for them.
