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facility management
A company managing mechanical systems and physical upkeep, including planning and construction management for an existing building.
A facility manager is a company specializing in the control and management of mechanical systems, and which performs physical maintenance, construction or expansion management, and planning for an existing building.
The role combines management of the building's systems with physical maintenance and planning. Construction or expansion management can form part of the service for the existing building.
A firm performing only one specialist repair or cleaning task does not thereby undertake facility management. The distinction is responsibility for the broader coordinated operation and upkeep.