Bhupesh Pathak
Cushman & Wakefield consistently implements best practices and innovations towards maintaining its building efficiency. Some of the upgrades in place include: tagging floor emergency lights and fire extinguishers, installation of Automatic Power Factor Control panel, implementation of preventive maintenance calendar across facilities, maintaining history card, implementation of permit to work system, displaying call tree matrix in the control room, green initiatives, use of green seal chemicals and dilutors for applying right quality and quantity of chemicals to enhance life of the asset, etc.
“One of the biggest challenges in our industry is the non-availability of trained manpower for janitorial services. However, there is still inertia to upgrade this category from unskilled to semi-skilled, if not skilled labour,” debates Pathak.
Further, aging of equipment and building structure leads to wear and tear, breakdowns and issues with structural integrity. The continuous pressure to bring cost savings is a contradictory requirement that adds to the challenges in the FM world.
While there is no alternative to a focussed approach on upgrading skillsets of available manpower, Cushman & Wakefield endorses mechanised cleaning vis-a-vis manual cleaning.
