Resources & Insights

A fault list is not a quote. How engineering partners turn FDD output into a costed remedial works register, separating chargeable scope from work the maintenance contract already covers.

The investigation phase is the least differentiated work an engineering firm does, and it eats most of the budget. Here is how continuous fault detection changes RCx, MBCx and maintenance delivery.

"How would I know?" is the answer that ended an airline's old era. If that's the honest answer anywhere in your portfolio today, here's the three things the CIO needs to own before an auditor asks the same question.

The five steps we see working for commercial property portfolios pursuing net zero - and why doing them in order costs less and proves more.

On any given day, 40% of air handling units in commercial buildings are running with a fault. FDD is how you find them - and fix the ones that matter.

Article 2 of the Three R's series: the unit of the client relationship shifts from project to platform — and churn becomes visible before it happens.

Monitoring-based commissioning keeps buildings at their commissioned performance. What MBCx is, which tools support it, how US utility programmes and LEED reward it, and how engineering firms deliver it as a recurring service.

Every services firm evaluating analytics software is really asking one question: will this platform work for us, or end up working against us? Eight questions that separate a partner from a competitor.

Independent has become a label vendors attach to anything that isn't a BMS. Here's what it actually means, why it matters that no one marks their own homework, and the seven things to pressure-test before you choose a building monitoring platform.

True DDM is finally real. So is a paper-mache version that looks the part but doesn't move the needle.

How engineering partners are building recurring revenue without adding headcount.

What modern building maintenance software does and how to choose the right tool.