Facilities Management

Facilities management is a vital function in offices, retail centres, industrial buildings, schools and hospitals.

Part of the role is to provide a safe and efficient working environment. This means ensuring that the activities performed in the various locations, all meet the relevant statutory and voluntary regulations. These include regulations regarding the environment as well as the health, safety and welfare of employees and the public.

How we can help

ESG has a wide range of environmental, health, safety and welfare services to support facilities managers in complying with their regulatory requirements. For example, we offer expertise in the areas of Health Safety and Welfare, as well as Environmental Safety:

Health, safety and welfare

Health and safety, including:

• Compliance audits and site audit programmes
• Advice on the development of policy and risk management systems
• Provision of a Competent Person to ensure you have the necessary skills, when you need them
• Training
• Occupational hygiene
• Food safety
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Sample collection and UKAS accredited analysis for pre-employment screening, as well as random and post-incident testin
• Policy development and advice

Environmental safety

Water safety and hygiene for showers and drinking water:

• Compliance audits, risk assessments, training and on-going monitoring programmes
• Chemical and microbiological, including Legionaella sampling and analysis
• Cleaning, chlorination and remedial works

Asbestos identification and management, including:

• Surveys and assessments (with 24/7 emergency call out)
• Policy advice and training
• Hazardous waste separation, disposal and reuse
• Foundation testing
• Geotechnical and environmental advice
• Environment due diligence
• Contaminated land assessment, remediation and regeneration
• Waste management and landfill expertise
• Industrial effluent monitoring, analysis and advice
• Environmental chemistry expertise
• Stack emissions and air quality testing
• Materials testing
• Road pavement testing
• Concrete and aggregate testing
• In-situ lime and cement testing
• Structural investigations
• Lubricant and fuel analysis
• Fire safety and arson investigation