by Brianna Crandall — January 21, 2011—Support services company Carillion has been awarded a contract to deliver facilities management services for the U.K. Land Registry. This is the first time the Land Registry has fully outsourced these services, and the company is anticipating substantial cost savings.
The Land Registry portfolio comprises approximately 37 premises in England and Wales totaling some 196,500 square meters, including office space, data centers and file stores. Carillion will deliver a range of traditional hard and soft FM services for Land Registry at these facilities, along with additional services including space and move management, and business continuity management.
The contract begins in April 2011 for an initial five-year period. Carillion’s FM division employs more than 19,000 people, with between 70 and 80 percent of its revenue from the public and regulated sectors.
