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This blog is produced with the hope that I can shed light on current trends facing Richmond, Virginia businesses in the realm of building maintenance, efficiency, and operational costs.  This is not a technical blog, rather it is a business blog.  The focus will be on how mechanical systems impact the most important thing in any business-the bottom line.  It is written for business professionals, by a business professional.

Professionally, I am a Commercial Maintenance Solutions Consultant (mouthful, I know!).  It is my responsibility to analyze the current practices and procedures of potential clients with regards to their mechanical systems, learn what they are facing on a day to day basis and how that impacts their ability to perform at their peak, and develop a baseline of their overall operational costs.  From there, we develop a plan together to get them exactly where they want to be.

It has been my experience that the mechanical systems are not at the forefront of many business leaders' minds (this experience comes from working with businesses, and also being one of these business leaders in a previous life).  Since these pieces of equipment are not often in plain or common sight, they only come to the light when there is an issue-a breakdown, system failure, or temperature control complaints (too hot or too cold).  This often leads to a reactive state of maintenance, which can be extremely costly.  For one, there is the cost of the actual repair including replacement parts, materials, and labor.  Secondly, there could be lost production, or a lack of productivity due to mechanical equipment being offline.

It is imperative that a proactive approach to facility maintenance is adopted by every business out there. In this economy, it is not only the company who produces the best product or service that comes out on top.  It is the company that produces stellar goods and services AND proactively manages the cost of doing business.

$1 dollar in revenue hits the bottom line at a fraction of that dollar, while $1 in costs reduced hits the bottom line at 100% of the reduction.  This is the idea that drives my process when meeting with the businesses I work with.

-Luke