What is SFG20?
SFG20 is the UK industry standard for building maintenance specifications. It provides a maintained library of planned maintenance tasks, frequencies and skill requirements for building services assets, covering statutory, mandatory and good practice work. Facility teams and contractors use it to build compliant, consistent maintenance regimes.
What it is
SFG20 was developed by the Building Engineering Services Association and is now delivered as a digital library. Each schedule sets out what to check or service on an asset, how often, and who should do it.
Tasks are classified by criticality, so teams can separate legal and safety obligations from work that is good practice and can be adjusted. That makes it possible to tailor a regime to the building while keeping statutory work in place.
The library is updated as legislation and guidance change, which helps teams keep their regimes current.
Who it applies to
Facility managers, maintenance contractors, building owners and public estates in the UK. Many contracts reference SFG20 as the basis for planned maintenance.
It is particularly useful when a portfolio has many buildings and contractors, because it gives everyone the same task definitions and a shared language for what has and has not been done.
What evidence it needs
Demonstrating an SFG20-based regime means showing tasks were done on time and issues were dealt with.
- An asset register mapped to SFG20 schedules
- Planned task completion records
- Defects found and corrective actions
- Condition data that supports adjusting non-statutory frequencies
How Aqueduct helps
Aqueduct supplies condition data and verified closures alongside scheduled tasks, through your CMMS.
- Asset condition and run hours that inform good practice task frequencies
- aQ PredictIQ flags drift between scheduled visits
- Fault findings routed into your CMMS with evidence attached
- Verified closure at the meter after corrective work