Facilities Management Awards 2026 Emergency can strike at any time when managing facilities, and managers must have the utmost confidence that their service provider will respond with speed and precision. With a reliable partnership essential in this space, one company has grown to stand as a trusted partner to facility managers across the South East of England. Based in Eastbourne, 4Facilities provides a single, highly competent point of contact for all critical facility needs, with a focus on long-term reliability and energy efficiency over quick fixes. We spoke with Director Barrie Stunell to find out more, as 4Facilities is named in the Facilities Management Awards 2026. Best HVAC & Building Services Engineering 2026 – South East England & BUILD Heat Pump Sustainability Excellence Award 2026 Contact Details: Contact: Barrie Stunell Company: 4Facilities Web Address: www.4facilities.co.uk 4Facilities is a trusted, premier provider of comprehensive building services and facilities management solutions across the South East of England. Founded with a commitment to technical excellence and exceptional customer care, the company specialises in the design, installation, servicing, and maintenance of commercial heating, plumbing, air conditioning, refrigeration, heat pumps, and electrical systems. In particular, 4Facilities’ primary specialism lies in temperature control and HVAC-R systems, complemented by comprehensive BMS and electrical services. It serves a diverse client portfolio that spans multiple sectors, including hotels and leisure centres in hospitality; schools and universities, such as the University of Sussex, in the education sector; supermarkets and retail clients; care homes and NHS facilities within healthcare; and commercial office spaces. Having been trading since 2015, 4Facilities has built a solid foundation of experience and reliability amongst its clients over the last decade. The company is distinguished by its CHAS Elite status, the highest level of accreditation offered by the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme in the UK. Achieving and maintaining this stringent accreditation provides 4Facilities’ clients with absolute confidence and peace of mind when awarding the company contracts, knowing that the team operates to the highest standards of health, safety, and compliance. What’s more, 4Facilities prides itself on its commitment to client care, crafting bespoke maintenance programmes that ensure its clients’ critical systems run efficiently year-round. “We focus heavily on commercial air conditioning and refrigeration because these systems are the lifeblood of our clients’ operations,” said Barrie, “whether its preserving pharmaceutical supplies in a care home, maintaining food safety in a supermarket, or ensuring a comfortable environment in a luxury hotel or educational facility.” Director Barrie Stunell is joined at 4Facilities by Director and Co-Owner Ryan Sargent. Barrie has been in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry for three decades, whilst Ryan is a qualified refrigeration engineer who has concentrated on business development for the last 20 years. The pair’s aim with 4Facilities was driven by a recognised gap in the market for a truly reliable service provider in the South East that was capable of handling complex, multi-site technical requirements with both speed and precision. Barrie added: “We chose to focus on this area because we possess the technical expertise required to not just fix problems, but to proactively design and upgrade systems that improve energy efficiency and futureproof our clients’ infrastructure.” A recent example of this mission in action was 4Facilities’ work with St. Augustine Care, wherein the company was tasked with upgrading the ageing Sanyo VRF systems serving its care homes. The existing equipment had reached the end of its serviceable life and was no longer supported by the manufacturer. The challenge was to execute a major overhaul – replacing 40 indoor units and four outdoor units – with minimal disruption to the vulnerable residents and staff, and without the need for extensive redecoration. 4Facilities turned pressure into progress by working in close collaboration with Panasonic to select replacement VRF units that exactly matched the original footprint and appearance. Always striving to go that one step further, the company identified an opportunity to improve the system’s overall efficiency by removing unnecessary indoor units. The team also separated temperature-critical pharmaceutical storage rooms for the main VRF system, installing dedicated single-split systems to provide greater resilience and precise control for medication storage. In addition to solving the immediate equipment failure, 4Facilities delivered a vastly improved, energy-efficient, and future-proofed solution for the client. Such impactful results would not be possible without the tireless efforts of the 4Facilities team, whose unwavering dedication plays an instrumental role in driving the company to success. “A strong team is the foundation of exceptional service,” Barrie concluded. “Our team are passionate about what they do, consistently going the extra mile not just for the company, but for our clients. “As a Director, I am immensely proud of the dedicated team we have cultivated, and the thriving, reputable business we have built together over the years.”
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