The Foundation for Facilities Management
Some key points in the development of Facilities Management include:
- Cost-cutting initiatives of the 1970s and 1980s under which organisations began to outsource ‘non-core’ services.
- Integration of the planning and management of a wide range of services both ‘hard’ (e.g. building fabric) and ‘soft’ (e.g. catering, cleaning, security, mailroom, and health & safety) to achieve better quality and economies of scale.
- Formation of the BIFM in 1993, followed by the development of specialised training and a qualification.
- Step-change with the Private Finance Initiative (now Public Private Partnerships), becoming an integral part of large-scale projects to manage, replace, and upgrade the country’s infrastructure and public service facilities. This new approach was swiftly followed in the private sector and abroad.
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