Premier Technical Services Group has expanded its lightning protection operations with the acquisition of Earth Tech LPS Ltd, strengthening its presence in the Scottish market. PTSG provides a wide range of specialist building compliance and safety services across the UK, including lightning protection testing and inspection. The group already describes itself as the UK’s largest provider in this sector, and the latest acquisition is aimed at building greater scale and density in a key growth region. Earth Tech LPS, headquartered near Edinburgh, was founded more than 25 years ago and delivers testing and inspection services to a diverse client base spanning public sector estates, infrastructure assets and commercial property. Its operations are supported by long-term maintenance contracts, providing recurring work and established customer relationships. Lightning protection services sit within PTSG’s Electrical Services division, which is overseen by managing director Mark Mitchell. Following the acquisition, Earth Tech LPS will be integrated into PTSG’s existing lightning protection testing and inspection team. The business will continue to be led operationally by director Craig Finney, who has managed this area of activity for more than 15 years. The former owners of Earth Tech LPS will also remain with the business for a handover and integration period to ensure continuity for clients and staff. Paul Teasdale, co-founder and chairman of PTSG, said the acquisition represents a high-quality addition to the group’s operations. He said Earth Tech LPS brings strong technical capability, a skilled engineering workforce and a loyal customer base that complement PTSG’s existing lightning protection services. Teasdale added that Scotland is a strategically important market for the group and that the deal enhances operational leverage while supporting continued organic growth. Chief executive Greg Ward said the group’s approach to acquisitions is centred on continuity, integration and long-term value creation. He said PTSG is looking forward to welcoming the Earth Tech LPS team and continuing to strengthen what it sees as the UK’s leading lightning protection testing and inspection platform. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Robertson Facilities Management has secured its first contract with ScotRail after being appointed to deliver grounds maintenance and winter gritting services across the rail operator’s Scottish estate. The two-year contract was awarded following a competitive tender process and marks the first time Robertson Facilities Management has worked with ScotRail. The appointment strengthens the company’s presence within the transport and infrastructure sector. Under the agreement, Robertson Facilities Management will deliver planned and reactive services at more than 360 locations across Scotland. These include stations, depots, signalling centres, office buildings, operational yards and a wide range of passenger-facing environments that require year-round maintenance. The scope of works covers winter gritting, vegetation control, litter collection and broader grounds maintenance activities. The services are designed to support safe, accessible and well-managed environments, particularly during challenging winter conditions, while maintaining consistent standards throughout the year. William Heaney, managing director for Scotland at Robertson Facilities Management, said Scotland’s rail network plays a vital role in daily life and requires a high level of care to ensure it remains safe, compliant and welcoming. He said the business brings extensive experience in maintaining complex operational estates and will apply this expertise to deliver consistent, high-quality and value-driven services across the ScotRail network. Heaney added that the company is looking forward to developing a collaborative partnership with ScotRail to support both staff and passengers throughout the year. The contract award represents an important milestone for Robertson Facilities Management and reflects growing demand for integrated, reliable estate services across major transport and public sector portfolios. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

OCS has now formally completed the acquisition of EMCOR UK from EMCOR Group Inc. after clearing the UK regulatory process. This transaction brings together two of the UK’s largest hard services-led facilities services businesses, with unmatched engineering capabilities and established operations across the UK, supported by a clear focus on safety, quality and long-term customer partnerships. The acquisition follows the purchase of FES FM and FES Support Services in December 2024, further strengthening OCS in the UK hard services market and significantly enhancing our technical and engineering capability. The combined division will include more than 7,000 engineers and annual revenues exceeding £1 billion. This creates one of the largest hard services providers in the UK, with the scale, expertise and comprehensive UK coverage needed to support customers in complex and critical environments. The integration brings together long-standing expertise across defence, data centres, government, healthcare, life sciences and commercial property, serving customers in highly regulated and technical environments where performance, compliance and reliability are essential, supporting a hard services-led integrated FM approach across these sectors. The combined business will strengthen support in energy services and technology-led engineering, with recognised strengths in asset data, performance insight and predictive maintenance, which complements OCS’s established Energy Services team. Together, the organisation will support customers with energy management, decarbonisation plans, compliance, smart building controls and data-led engineering strategies that improve performance and resilience. Rob Legge, Group Chief Executive Officer of OCS, said: “This acquisition supports our ambition to build the best hard services-led facilities services business in the world, with the skills and scale to deliver what customers need across essential sectors. We are bringing together teams known for their technical depth and commitment to safety, which strengthens our ability to make people and places the best they can be” Daniel Dickson, UK and Ireland CEO of OCS, said: “Bringing these businesses together creates a stronger hard services platform for the UK, with deeper technical capability, wider sector coverage and enhanced engineering support for customers across complex and critical environments. The integration of our divisions will give colleagues more opportunities to develop and customers a broader range of integrated services across the UK. Our priority now is a smooth transition that protects service quality for every customer. Both organisations share similar values and a focus on people, so colleagues will continue to deliver with the same professionalism and care.” Cheryl McCall, Chief Executive Officer of EMCOR UK, said: “We are thrilled to join an organisation that shares our deep commitment to putting customers and our people at the heart of everything we do. The combined organisation will bring specialist skills to support customers in environments where performance, safety, and reliability matter every day. We look forward to working with teams across the business as we combine our strengths in Facilities Management, hard services, engineering excellence, and innovation across data insights, asset, and carbon management.” Over the coming months, teams across the business will work together to ensure a smooth integration and continued support for customers, guided by OCS’s mission to make people and places the best they can be. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Bellrock acquires MW Lift Services to expand in-house engineering capabilities  Addition of trusted specialist further enhances industry disruptor’s self-delivery model, serving up smarter, more connected property solutions Facilities management and property services industry disruptor Bellrock has strengthened its presence in the built environment with the acquisition of MW Lift Services, a specialist lift engineering company based in north-east England. The move is the latest step in Bellrock’s ongoing mergers and acquisitions strategy and reinforces its commitment to high-quality, tech-led, insight-driven property solutions. Bellrock and MW Lift Services share a vision and a set of values, both driven to succeed for customers by delivering exceptional service. MW Lift Services provides lift installation, refurbishment, maintenance and 24/7 call-out services to a wide range of public and private sector clients. MWLS is >80% self-delivered and has built an impressive reputation for safety, quality, and excellent customer service across the UK. The acquisition strengthens Bellrock’s self-delivery model and adds in-house lift expertise to its Critical Engineering division, led by Colette Fellows, Managing Director. Bellrock already provides a full range of planned and reactive technical services including electrical and mechanical, HVAC and refrigeration maintenance. By integrating MW Lift Services into the group, Bellrock can offer a complete, in-house service that keeps buildings safe, compliant and efficient. Integrating lift services also means improved quality, better control of service delivery, and greater efficiency through intelligent data insights. “Joining Bellrock gives us the platform to grow faster and deliver even more value to our customers,” said Michael Winter, Managing Director, MW Lift Services. “We’ve always been proud of the strong relationships we’ve built and the quality of our engineering, and now we have the scale, systems and support to take that to the next level.” Bellrock CEO Carlo Alloni said: “We’re delighted to welcome MW Lift Services to Bellrock. Their lift engineering capability is a perfect fit for our Critical Engineering division and strengthens our position as a leading, high-quality hard services provider. This partnership will help us deliver a broader, more integrated and high-quality service for our clients across the UK.” MW Lift Services will continue to operate as before, with the same management team and service commitments in place. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Data-driven solution offers predictive maintenance and real-time monitoring, closing the book on reactive, high-cost approaches Facilities management industry disruptor Bellrock has unveiled its Symphony playbook – a proactive approach to delivering M&E maintenance that promises to transform the FM space, ushering in a new data-led era of predictive maintenance and real-time monitoring. Symphony translates constantly monitored building data into actionable insights, allowing expert teams to identify warning signs and fix problems before they even occur. Such predictive maintenance drives cost savings and compliance, in contrast to reactive, high-cost emergency maintenance approaches. “The current approach to building maintenance is broken,” said Mark Tyson, Managing Director of Bellrock’s Intelligent Asset Care division. “Different rooms, systems and estates are managed in isolation, in a way that lacks the intelligence to see when something is wrong, or soon will be. Symphony tackles the problem head-on by monitoring a building’sstatus continually and then feeding alerts, curated trends and expert analysis into the hands of building services engineers and facilities managers.” Symphony learns and adapts to the way buildings are used, their capex investment profile and their energy reduction targets. Algorithms assess a building’s current status, identify inefficiencies and recommend preventative action when performance failure thresholds are close to being breached. Through data, technology and engineers working to a high level of autonomy, Bellrock takes account of different building environments to develop a bespoke preventative maintenance regime that is unique to every space, from hospitals to restaurants to commercial office blocks, based on the specific usage patterns of each one. “If you think of the building as an orchestra, with many different assets, Symphony is the conductor that makes sure they are all playing in harmony,” said Tyson. Symphony has been in development since 2019. Since then, it has been tried, tested, and refined with clients including Legal and General Asset Management (L&G). It is now being used by a range of organisations to save money through the remote triaging of issues, increased uptime, and reduced maintenance costs across their estates. Bellrock CEO, Carlo Alloni, added: “The facilities management industry is ripe for disruption, and Symphony is ready to disrupt it. Companies are missing a trick and wasting money by relying on manual, disconnected systems that only kick in when things go wrong. Individually, isolated incidents concerning a blocked drain or a malfunctioning air conditioning system may seem trivial, but collectively, they are responsible for thousands of pounds of waste every day. The good news is that this is all preventable if organisations invest in a more intelligent facilities management platform.” Ongoing training on the processes and technology is delivered to engineers and facilities managers directly through the Symphony Academy, where users are trained on a data-led approach to building maintenance. In March, the Symphony Academy was recognised for the role it plays in training team members in digital skills and modern maintenance techniques when Bellrock, in partnership with Legal & General and Demand Logic, won the Collaboration category of the prestigious CIBSE Building Performance Award. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Robertson Facilities Management has won a five-year, £5m contract to provide hard FM services across eight National Galleries of Scotland sites. The portfolio includes the National, Portrait, Modern One and Modern Two, the Royal Scottish Academy, and associated storage facilities around Edinburgh. Following a mobilisation phase, the contract goes live on 1 December. Scope covers planned and reactive building maintenance together with mechanical, electrical and plumbing works. The venues hold around 120,000 works spanning Botticelli and Titian to contemporary art, including what is widely regarded as the world’s greatest collection of Scottish art. More than 2.4 million visitors passed through National Galleries of Scotland sites last year. Adrian Mole, executive managing director at Robertson Facilities Management, said: “Our experience in managing complex estates allows us to provide a high standard of service for our partners. Working with the National Galleries of Scotland provides us the opportunity to support one of the country’s most important cultural institutions while strengthening our portfolio. We look forward to developing a strong and collaborative partnership that helps the Galleries continue sharing Scotland’s art and heritage with millions of visitors each year.” The award builds RFM’s public sector footprint and supports its Edinburgh growth strategy. Earlier this year the company secured a five-year deal with National Records of Scotland and is mid-way through a separate five-year contract supporting the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service nationwide. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Leading North West property services company, The Momentum Group, has marked a standout year of progress with the release of its second Annual Momentum Contribute Report. Momentum Contribute underpins The Momentum Group’s business activities, and the report highlights a string of achievements that demonstrate the business’s commitment to people, places, the planet and professionalism, including: Chris Bliss, Co-founder and Director of The Momentum Group, commented: “This year, we’ve made significant strides in both social and environmental impact, from becoming a B Corp certified business, to being recognised as one of the best places to work. These achievements are not just milestones, but markers on our path to becoming an even more responsible and sustainable business. Looking ahead, we’re committed to doing more – including launching our Carbon Reduction Plan and the Momentum Group Academy next year.” Health, safety and well-being also remained a cornerstone of Momentum’s approach. Guided by its ‘Safe First’ principle, the Group reported: Chris Renshaw, Co-founder and Director of The Momentum Group, added: “Safe First is not just a motto – it’s embedded in how we operate. These results demonstrate our unwavering commitment to keeping our people and partners safe and continually raising the bar, and underscore The Momentum Group’s growth and dedication to driving positive impact across all areas of the business.” Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

ABM, the global provider of facility, engineering and infrastructure solutions, has secured a new €10 million contract with Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) to deliver cleaning services across eight key healthcare and administrative sites in Galway. The extensive agreement covers University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park University Hospital (MPUH), the Adult Acute Mental Health Unit (AAMHU), and five HSE administrative buildings in Galway City. It also includes recently opened facilities such as MPUH’s outpatients’ department and the cystic fibrosis unit. ABM’s responsibilities extend to critical care environments including operating theatres and intensive care units, ensuring high standards of hygiene and infection control across all sites. In support of the Department of Health’s Waiting List Initiative, the company will also provide cleaning operatives for out-of-hours clinics, helping to reduce treatment delays. As part of the contract, ABM is investing around €1 million into equipment, staff uniforms, administration systems, and comprehensive training programmes. New smart scanning technology is being introduced to track and manage equipment usage, enhancing infection control and streamlining operations. The company is also implementing its structured Step Up Programme to support career development for cleaning operatives. Under the new agreement, up to 350 staff are transitioning from the previous provider to ABM. The mobilisation of the contract was completed seamlessly, with no downtime or disruption to healthcare services. An experienced ABM team was deployed on-site in Galway one month prior to the handover to ensure a smooth transition. Geoff Ginnetty, Services Manager at Galway University Hospitals, said: “We have found ABM to have an extremely professional approach to providing cleaning services at the two public acute hospitals in Galway city. ABM has so far demonstrated a responsiveness to the requirements of our hospitals, in a busy and challenging healthcare environment. We look forward to building on this promising start, to develop a strong working relationship between Galway University Hospitals and ABM.” David Ferguson, Operations Director for All Ireland at ABM, commented: “Building on the success we have in the Irish healthcare sector by providing more facilities management services is part of our growth strategy and was a key differentiator in our successful bid. We are looking forward to working together with our new team of over 350 people to deliver exceptional services and ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and safety throughout this critical setting.” This contract marks a significant milestone for ABM as it expands its footprint in the Irish healthcare sector and strengthens its position as a trusted provider of essential services in high-pressure environments. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals