The outdoor areas often forgotten about until they fail

When facilities managers review maintenance priorities, focus often falls on visible internal areas such as floors, entrances, communal spaces and high-traffic walkways. Yet some of the most operationally important parts of a facility sit outside the building itself.
Loading bays, service yards, stairways and access routes all play a critical role in keeping sites functioning safely and efficiently. Yet because these areas are largely operational, they are often maintained reactively rather than