Dedicated to The Global Facility Management Day

On May 17, facility managers around the world will celebrate their professional holiday.

The theme of the FM week this year is “enabling positive experience,” where facility management plays a key role in creating a positive experience for consumers, customers and employees. One can not disagree with this, because the real estate is the first thing a person sees when coming to work, to a store, to an enterprise, or to any other institution. That is why, Facility management is given such a significant place in international business. In this case, we decided to talk with SEO of leading facility management company SHEN Sergey Shulga.

– Sergey, first of all I would like to talk about the international market, what is the world area of Facility management today?

– Our company follows the changes and trends of the world market. According to the International Association of FM IFMA, the market has reached the 1.3 trillion US dollars in 2016, the number of people employed in this market is also impressive. For example, in Britain more than 400 thousand people are involved in the FM sector. In developed countries for more than 30 years, Universities trains specialists in this field, especially international companies looking for the European graduates, because only in the Netherlands annually more than 55,000 well-trained professionals enter the industry. It is also worth noting that more and more companies prefer to give management of the real estate to outsourcing companies, on average 50-60% of companies in the European market use the services of facility contractors.

– The indicators of the world market are really impressive, but what about FM in Ukraine?

– Ukraine is very attractive market for faciility management companies, a relatively large population and a significant number of commercial and residential buildings create vast opportunities for the industry development. After all, there are more than 1.7 million square meters of shopping only in Kiev, according to market experts at the moment, and approximately the same office capacity, 1.2 million sq.m. of warehouse facilities in Kiev and the region and more than 10 000 hotel rooms. Also in Ukraine there are more than 55 000 industrial enterprises. In the medium term, after recovery from the crisis and in case of the absence of new shocks, competition in the market will become much tougher for both commercial and residential projects, the additional value that Facility management offers will be needed to succeed in this struggle. Ukraine has only taken the path of development in the facility industry. Owners and CEO do not always understand what it is, and what advantages they can get from the integrated services in this area. However, market leaders, including SHEN, are making great efforts to popularize this important for the business and final consumers market. The Association of Facility Management has appeared in Ukraine, key companies train specialists and improve their qualification, the quality of service is only increasing every year.

– You mentioned the Ukrainian Association of Facility Management, we know that SHEN became its participant one of the first on the Ukrainian market, what is your initiative related to?

– As the leader of the facility market, the company is responsible for the development of the industry and qualitative changes in general. We are ready to share our experience, technologies, energy for positive changes. From my side, SHEN and I personally urge all market participants to join the Facility Management Association in Ukraine and start creating the future together!

– And finally, what would you like to wish all market participants on this day?

– On behalf of SHEN, I congratulate all employees of the Facility management market on a professional holiday. We wish professional and career growth, achievement of new peaks, we hope for your active participation in the development of the market in Ukraine!