According to AFMPN President, Erubami Paul, facility management remains the mainstay of the maintenance economy aside playing key role in the built environment.
He said this at a briefing ahead of the Facility Management MasterCraft Diploma Graduation ceremony slated for Conference Hall, HRDC Building, University of Lagos on December 14, 2024.
Paul stated that facility management integrates the physical workplace with the people and work in an organisation. “It encompasses everything, from routine maintenance and repairs at one extreme to advanced technologies concerning a focus on strategic planning and implementation at the other extreme. A well-operating facility ensures that there is a setting created to assist productivity, health, and well-being.”
Paul, the Chief Executive officer of Max-Migold Limited, noted that facility management provides employment and improves local economic development.
“By looking after our built environment, we safeguard the investment put in place for continued service delivery of those assets. The economic benefits of good facility management run deep and wide, outreaching into the national economy,” he said.
Paul added that facility management sustainability will help in the fight against climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and conserving natural resources.
“Great facility management could mean enormous cost savings through the optimization of resources, less consumption of energy, and little or zero operational disruption,” he stated.
