Planned Preventative Maintenance in Essex
SK Facilities provides planned preventative maintenance across Essex, including Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, with free site surveys and fixed monthly pricing.
What is planned preventative maintenance?
Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) is a scheduled programme of inspections, servicing and statutory tests for a building's plant and systems, carried out before things fail. We build the PPM calendar from an asset register, visit on a fixed cycle and hand back certificates and reports after every visit.
What is included in Essex?
- Statutory tests booked and certificated on time
- Defect reports with prioritised, priced remedials
- Annual lifecycle summary to help plan capital spend
- PPM calendar matched to SFG20-style task frequencies
- Site survey and asset register for every serviceable item
Rules that apply in England
Many PPM tasks are not optional: gas appliances need annual safety checks under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, pressure systems need a written scheme of examination under the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000, and fire and emergency lighting systems follow BS 5839-1 and BS 5266-1. In England, fire safety in non-domestic premises falls under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, workplaces have had to separate recycling under Simpler Recycling since 31 March 2025, and the Building Safety Act 2022 adds duties for higher-risk residential buildings.
Planned Preventative Maintenance prices in Essex
| Example site (Essex) | Guide price per month |
|---|---|
| Small office, about 2,000 sq ft | £270 – £530 |
| Medium office, about 10,000 sq ft | £830 – £1,670 |
| Large office, about 40,000 sq ft | £3,000 – £6,000 |
Guide prices for planned preventative maintenance only, excluding VAT, based on 2026 UK market rates. Your fixed price follows a free site survey.
Towns we cover in Essex
Questions from Essex customers
Is PPM cheaper than fixing things when they break?
Usually over the life of the building, because planned work avoids emergency call-out rates, unplanned downtime and early replacement of plant.
How often do PPM visits happen?
Most commercial sites have monthly or quarterly visits, with some assets serviced six-monthly or annually. The frequency is set per asset from the asset register, not as one blanket schedule.
Which towns in Essex do you cover?
We cover Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Harlow, Brentwood, Braintree, Thurrock, plus the surrounding towns and business parks.
Is pricing different in Essex?
Prices in Essex follow our standard UK rates, confirmed after a free site survey.
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