EMCOR Group Inc., a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses globally, announced that EMCOR UK has been awarded a three-year extension to its facilities management services contract for British Airways (“BA”).
The announcement follows EMCOR UK’s recent appointment as a strategic partner to BA; the contract will now also cover responsibility for managing and maintaining facilities for the airline at the new Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport.
EMCOR UK services over 8.6 million square feet of space occupied by BA at 100 separate facilities in the UK. These include passenger lounges, industrial buildings, cargo centers, hangars and offices as well as BA’s 280-acre headquarters in London. EMCOR UK will be responsible for a wide range of facilities services and management, including the critical systems directly affecting aircraft, asset management, energy efficiency, helpdesk operations, security, cleaning, reception desks, engineering maintenance, and grounds maintenance.
“EMCOR takes great pride in providing British Airways the systems that it counts on to be consistently reliable, so it can focus on its core business----serving its customers by getting people where they need to go,” said Frank T. MacInnis, Chairman and CEO of EMCOR Group. “We look forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with BA, giving it the ‘first class’, added value service required in order to meet its business and strategic objectives.”
“We describe ourselves as an intelligent client. We manage the contract and EMCOR UK adds real value, helps us manage risk, and has an outstanding track record for driving down costs year-on-year over the last decade. EMCOR UK is a strategic partner and with us for the long haul,” commented Bryan Mitchell, Manager of British Airways Property Operations.
The majority of EMCOR Group’s 70 operating companies have performed work at airports and for airlines and airport service providers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom over the last several years. The Company has numerous long-term relationships in this sector, from Miami International Airport to SeaTac International Airport in Seattle, providing clients a full array of design/build, electrical and mechanical construction, facilities services, life safety, and fire safety services.
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