Glossary

Plain-English facility and engineering terms.

Plain-English definitions of common facility management, engineering, maintenance and safety terms.

MEP

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems that keep a facility operational.

Integrated Facility Management: coordinated control of technical, soft-service, vendor, compliance and reporting activities.

Annual Maintenance Contract for planned and reactive maintenance of defined assets.

Planned Preventive Maintenance: scheduled work to reduce failures and preserve asset condition.

Service Level Agreement defining response, resolution, uptime and reporting commitments.

Environment, Health and Safety governance for safer, compliant operations.

Building Management System for monitoring and controlling building services.

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment used to rank and control workplace risks.

Bill of Quantities defining material, labour and scope quantities for execution.