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Plain-English guides to keeping buildings compliant

Written by our engineers for facilities, property and operations managers.

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM): The Complete Guide for UK Facilities Managers

What PPM is, which statutory inspections it must include, how SFG20 sets frequencies, and how to build a schedule that cuts reactive call-outs across an estate.

1 September 2026

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Legionella Control in Hotels: A Practical Guide to ACoP L8 Compliance

Duties under ACoP L8 and HSG274, the monitoring regime hotels must run, when to review the risk assessment, and where tank chlorination fits a refurbishment.

1 September 2026

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Hotel Maintenance for Multi-Site Operators: How to Keep Every Property Trading and Compliant

An operating model for hotel and restaurant estates: priority SLAs, what to self-deliver versus outsource, the compliance calendar, and verifiable contractor data.

1 September 2026

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F-Gas Compliance for Commercial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: Leak Checks, Records and the HFC Phase-Down

Who must carry out F-Gas leak checks, how frequency is set in CO₂-equivalent tonnes, the records you must keep, and how the HFC phase-down affects replacements.

1 September 2026

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EICR and Electrical Compliance for Commercial Premises: Fixed Wire Testing, Emergency Lighting and PAT

What an EICR covers, how often commercial premises need one, how to read C1/C2/C3 codes, and the emergency lighting and PAT duties that sit alongside it.

1 September 2026

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Commercial Gas Safety Certificates Explained: CP42, CP17 and What Your Hotel or Restaurant Needs

Which commercial gas certificate your kitchen or plant room needs, how often, what the engineer checks, and what happens when a gas leak forces an isolation.

1 September 2026

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Reactive Maintenance SLAs: How P1–P4 Priorities Should Work in a Hard Services Contract

How to define P1–P4 priorities, response and fix times in a reactive maintenance contract, what make-safe means, and how to verify SLA performance from job data.

5 September 2026

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