Consulting and Contracting Services

Before the appropriate consultants and contractors can be utilized effectively, their services must be understood fully. Unfortunately, all too many facilities planners and managers do not understand the advantages of using consulting services. This is particularly true of companies with a small facilities staff. At times, even large companies with an adequate professional facilities staff do not fully utilize these services to best advantages. There are several reasons for this. Possibly the single most important reason why consulting and contracting services are not used, is because of a lack of understanding of the range of services offered. In addition, many facilities managers feel that when they perform these services, they can better interpret their own needs and have better control over the entire project. Finally, these services are not more fully utilized because many facilities planners and managers do not know at just what stage of the project the services should be retained.