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06 Oct 2025

Top 10 Common Errors When Completing an Operation and Maintenance Manual (And How to Simplify the O&M Manual Process)

An Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manual is a critical part of construction project handover. It ensures building owners, facilities managers and maintenance teams understand how systems should be operated, maintained and serviced. Yet despite its importance, the O&M manual process is often rushed, disorganised and incomplete. The result? Delays at handover, frustrated project managers, compliance risks and long-term maintenance problems. If you want to simplify the O&M manual process, you first need to understand where it typically goes wrong.

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29 Sep 2025

How to effectively manage your supply chain.

Supply Chain Management is the control of all suppliers working on a project. There are 4 main sections of Supply Chain Management: procurement, operations, distribution, and integration.

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22 Sep 2025

Why can a Pre-Construction Questionnaire (PCQ) Matter More Than a PQQ

In construction, most organisations are familiar with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). It assesses a contractor’s general suitability, financial stability, health and safety policies, insurance and company credentials. But when it comes to pre-construction, a PQQ is not enough. A Pre-Construction Questionnaire (PCQ) goes further. It is project specific, designed to gather the operational, safety and competency information needed before work begins on a particular site. If a PQQ tells you whether a contractor can work in construction, a PCQ tells you whether they are ready to work on this project.

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15 Sep 2025

7 Tips for Improving Your Business's Supply Chain Management

Discover seven essential tips to improve your business's supply chain management system and better serve your customers.

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08 Sep 2025

Why Pre‑Qualification Questionnaires Matter in UK Construction

Discover why pre‑qualification questionnaires (PQQs) are critical in UK construction procurement, what they include, and how automation boosts supplier compliance.

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01 Sep 2025

Supplier onboarding in UK construction: lessons from Mobilize

Supplier onboarding & supply chain management in UK construction: how to automate PQQs, manage compliance, avoid expiry risk, and what Mobilize (by Liaison Systems) delivers.

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25 Aug 2025

PAS 91 vs Common Assessment Standard: What’s the Difference?

PAS 91 and the Common Assessment Standard are both widely used pre-qualification frameworks within the UK construction industry. While PAS 91 was historically the standardised pre-qualification questionnaire used during the procurement process, it has now largely been replaced by the Common Assessment Standard. Understanding the difference between the two is essential for contractors, buyers and suppliers navigating compliance, risk management and industry accreditation requirements.

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18 Aug 2025

How to Make Sure Supplier Insurance Is Always Up-to-Date

Maintaining up-to-date insurance across your supplier base is a critical part of risk management and supplier assurance. When a supplier’s cover lapses, your organisation can be exposed to legal liability, financial loss, contract breaches, reputational damage or disruption to delivery. In regulated sectors, particularly public procurement, having robust processes for insurance verification should be non-negotiable. In this article, we explore why supplier insurance matters, the common challenges organisations face in keeping it current, and practical strategies you can put in place to ensure ongoing compliance supported by real-world examples and best practice.

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11 Aug 2025

How to Streamline Your Pre-Qualification Process in Facilities Management

The pre-qualification stage of procurement, where suppliers demonstrate they have the capability, experience and compliance to deliver, sets the foundation for successful contract outcomes. In the context of facilities management, where services can range from cleaning to HVAC maintenance, access control to landscaping, pre-qualification is particularly critical due to the diversity of suppliers and compliance obligations involved. There’s a strong desire among FM teams to simplify pre-qualification while still maintaining rigour. An overly complicated process wastes time, burdens suppliers and slows procurement cycles. Too light a process and you risk appointing suppliers who lack the capability or compliance you need. This guide explores how public and private sector facilities management teams can streamline their pre-qualification process without reducing quality or control using structured frameworks, best practices, real-world examples and technology support.

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