Facilities Management

Working hard, across the land.

Facilities Management services are core to our business and we work closely with the other maintenance divisions that make up the majority of our business. We have developed a highly successful partnering model to deliver innovative FM services to clients and end users from a variety of sectors and cultural backgrounds throughout the UK.

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We develop innovative solutions for the delivery of contracted services and create streamlined, best-in-class management processes that are supported on all levels by our integrated IT system. Our vision is to become a Facilities Management company that is renowned for its openness, collaboration and mutual dependency to deliver solutions that ensure our customer’s success becomes our success.

Our Services

We offer a comprehensive facilities management service to the public and private sectors that embraces the integration of multiple work streams in the built environment and the subsequent management of their impact.

Our diverse portfolio covers:

  • Defense estates
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Public Buildings
  • Commercial Office Accommodation

Facilities Management

Our services include both 'hard' and 'soft' Facilities Management.

'Hard' Facilities Management:

  • Planned preventative maintenance
  • Reactive maintenance
  • Mechanical & electrical services
  • Building fabric maintenance
  • Building management services
  • Utilities management
  • Minor works & project management
  • Portable appliance testing
  • Statutory compliance maintenance
  • L8 management & testing
  • Lifecycle management
  • 24/7 helpdesk
  • Fixed wire testing

'Soft' Facilities Management:

  • Cleaning (internal & external)
  • Handyman & caretaking services
  • Porterage services
  • Window cleaning
  • Waste management
  • Pest control
  • Security services
  • Mail room/reprographics
  • Reception
  • Room booking & event management
  • Space/move management

Asset Management

Our asset management service maximises the lifecycle of assets without compromising on safety or asset location operation.

We deliver a diverse range of projects from minor works to complex interior refurbishments.

We provide knowledge-based advice regarding lifecycle management that encompasses lifecycle modelling and replacement programmes utilising comprehensive maintenance schedules and asset information to analyse the best solution for clients.

Grounds Maintenance

Mears is responsible for the estate management of hundreds of acres of public and private land up and down the country with specialist teams ensuring rubbish is cleared, grass is cut and beautiful gardens are maintained.

Our workers are so highly regarded they are entrusted with some of the UK's most treasured heritage sites including The National Archives at Kew, Kenwood House in Hampstead and Marble Hill Park in Richmond.

Our services include:

  • Formal lawns
  • Grass cutting
  • Shrub bed maintenance
  • Weed control
  • Pest control
  • Leaf collection
  • Litter collection
  • Hedge cutting
  • Maintenance of conservation areas
  • Green waste recycling
  • Herbicide application
  • Extensive formal & native planning

University of Cambridge

Mears and University of Cambridge; education at the heart of the community

The NWCD includes the following built assets:

  • 1,500 key worker homes for University staff and visitors
  • 1,500 market homes for private sale
  • 2,000 student rooms
  • 100,000 m2 of commercial and academic research space
  • Hotel
  • Primary school and nursery
  • Food store and other small retail units
  • Community centre
  • Senior care accommodation

Nature of the Service

  • Onsite 24/7 365 CAFM Helpdesk service
  • Planned preventative maintenance to ensure compliance
  • Estates and building maintenance (inc utilities monitoring, HVAC, L8 and water management, BMS, M&E and fabric, solar PV, district heating)
  • Cleaning services (inc washroom services, internal and external glazing, feminine hygiene, deep cleaning, kitchens and catering equipment)
  • Grounds maintenance (hard and soft, including specialist pitch maintenance)
  • Car parking services (inc. traffic management and parking enforcement)
  • Waste management (including underground bins with fill monitoring systems)
  • Pest control
  • Portering, mail room services and concierge

Our staffing structure focuses on providing a multi-skilled trade team across both hard and soft services. We upskill certain members of our Soft FM team to enable them to carry out statutory testing (i.e. water temperature tests).

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