Integrated FM for a Leading Tertiary Hospital in the UAE

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Sector

Healthcare

Services

Integrated Facilities Management

Region

UAE

A hospital hallway with blue floors, an empty stretcher on the left, and a blurred medical professional walking in the distance under bright lights.

The Customer

One of the UAE’s largest and most advanced tertiary care hospitals, founded in 2019 through a joint venture with an international healthcare operator. The facility spans 300,000 sqm and hosts 740 inpatient beds across wards for surgery, intensive care, burns, neonates, and maternal health. Maintaining a facility of this complexity requires high-integrity engineering systems, preventive risk management, and reliable service continuity.

Healthcare workers in scrubs and a doctor in a white coat hurry down a bright hospital corridor, pushing a patient on a gurney. Large windows line the hallway, and two other people walk in the background. The floor is shiny and reflective.

The Brief: Critical Infrastructure Requires Critical Precision

The hospital required a governance-led, risk-based FM approach capable of:

Ensuring seamless uptime across HVAC, MGPS, ELV, and BME systems
Supporting life safety systems with zero downtime tolerance
Responding proactively to failures and performance snags
Enabling clinical operations through reliable, behind-the-scenes engineering
A doctor speaks with an elderly woman in a wheelchair while two nurses walk alongside them in a bright hospital hallway.

Our Approach: Systems-First Service Delivery

OCS adopted a systems-driven FM model rooted in clinical risk mitigation and operational governance. With 216+ skilled staff on site, we deployed an integrated team of engineers, technicians, and supervisors.

Key initiatives included:

  • Estate and Facilities Management across mechanical, electrical, and specialist systems
  • Responsive snag rectification, led by our PMO, addressing chiller, pump, and HVAC issues
  • Real-time BMS monitoring to pre-empt failures and reduce reactive work
  • Dedicated Medical Gas and Biomedical Engineering teams trained for precision clinical infrastructure
  • Governance-driven FM with risk logs, asset tracking, and preventive maintenance

Key Results

  • Support

    300000 sqm

    Hospital Facility Managed

  • 740+ Beds

    Across Specialised Units

  • Guests Greeted

    216+ FM Staff

    Deployed

  • Growth

    100% KPI Achievement (FY24)

    In Preventive & Corrective Maintenance

The Outcomes: Operational Continuity In High-Risk Environments

  • High system reliability
    • HVAC uptime 99.85%, Electrical 99.87%, MGPS 99.95% (2024)
  • Audit-ready facilities
    • Recognised during international accreditation in 2025
  • Sustainability gains without added OPEX
    • 10% reduction in water consumption costs via auto-flush faucet installations, funded under CAPEX
  • Continuity of care
    • Fewer service interruptions through proactive planning
  • System resilience
    • Stronger reliability across HVAC, electrical, and medical gas networks
A smiling healthcare worker wearing scrubs and a stethoscope talks on the phone while looking at a computer screen in an office setting.

Conclusion

This partnership demonstrates how modern healthcare FM must move beyond maintenance to risk mitigation. Through structured planning, patient-centred engineering, and 24/7 service coverage, OCS enables critical hospitals in the UAE to focus on what matters most: saving lives.

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