Beechfield Care Group

Expanded Facilities Partnership Now Covers All 8 Homes in the Beechfield Care Group

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For nearly a decade, Frontline Energy has delivered full-scale facilities management services to three Dublin-based nursing homes operated by Beechfield Care Group - fostering a relationship built on trust, continuity, and quiet capability.

In 2024, that relationship deepened. After a successful six-month trial supporting five additional homes with reactive maintenance, Frontline Energy’s remit expanded to cover all eight Beechfield nursing homes under a single, centralised agreement - with a significantly broader scope of services.

This expansion wasn’t about scale. It was about continuity.

Planned and Reactive Maintenance - Built for Residential Care

Supporting care homes means managing essential systems where failure simply isn’t an option. That includes:

• Heating and hot water systems
  
• Cold water tanks and booster pumps
  
• Laundry and kitchen plumbing
  
• Air conditioning and ventilation
  
• Electrical systems and emergency lighting
  
• General plumbing and drainage
  
• 24/7 on-call support from in-house engineers
  
  

These are the foundations that allow care to happen. And they need to run smoothly, quietly, and consistently - day in, day out.

New Scope, New Standards: Expanding into Life Safety Systems

With the expanded remit, the care group also asked Frontline to take on additional compliance-critical services across all eight homes:

• Fire alarm servicing and gas detection systems
  
• Fire blankets, extinguishers, and emergency lighting
  
• Kitchen fan and duct cleaning
  
• Laundry duct and vent cleaning
  
• Certification and documentation to support HIQA audits
  
  

These aren’t just technical additions - they are frontline risk controls. Each one must be inspected, certified, and ready to show at a moment’s notice.

“We weren’t doing these services in the original three homes. Now we’ve added them across all eight - from fire alarms to ductwork. It all needs to be signed off for HIQA.”
– Peter Zambra, COO

Supporting HIQA Compliance and Operational Oversight

Managing eight care homes means more than just staying on top of maintenance - it means being ready for anything, at any time.

To support that need, a new client-facing digital portal has been introduced across the full Beechfield portfolio. This system centralises documentation, simplifies oversight, and gives care teams the ability to respond to inspections and internal queries without delays or back-and-forth emails.

Everything is accessible in real time - from compliance reports to job photos - offering a single source of truth for site managers and directors.

The portal gives clients access to:

• Job reports with photos and engineer notes
  
• PPM schedules and certification logs
  
• Emergency lighting and fire safety documentation
  
• Live quote approvals (or rejections)
  
• A site-by-site dashboard showing:
  
  • Jobs logged per month
    
  • First-time fix rates
    
  • Return visits or repeat issues
    
  • Maintenance spend by location
    

“We’re embracing technological innovation here - not just to streamline our side of things, but to give the client clarity and control. They’re not waiting on us to send reports. It’s all there - live, in the portal.”
– Peter Zambra, 

This new approach reduces admin overhead and makes HIQA inspections more manageable - allowing managers to download the certificates and reports they need on demand, without relying on back-office requests.

Why This Matters in Care Environments

In a nursing home, there’s no such thing as downtime.

Hot water failures, power issues, or air quality problems affect vulnerable residents and essential staff - instantly. That’s why Beechfield now operates with:

• One FM partner
  
• One point of contact
  
• One integrated system for reporting and resolution

This is what long-term FM should look like - a quietly reliable service that removes friction, improves readiness, and protects what matters most.

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In residential care, that kind of operational clarity isn’t just helpful - it’s essential.

Whether it’s preparing for a surprise audit, resolving a plant fault, or tracking long-term maintenance trends, the goal remains the same: enabling uninterrupted care through systems that work - and a team that’s already one step ahead.

One trusted partner.
Eight critical environments.
And the kind of quiet consistency that makes all the difference.