SFG20 software that connects maintenance schedules to CalmCompliance PPM: sync regimes, classify tasks by criticality, and keep audit evidence in one place.
Developed by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), SFG20 is used and advocated by over 2,500 organizations worldwide.
New to SFG20? Read our plain-English guide to what SFG20 is and how it works.
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Supporting facilities managers, building owners, FM contractors and consultants across a wide range of sectors, SFG20 provides clear, compliant maintenance standards that help organizations manage risk, stay aligned with current legislation and keep buildings safe and operational.
Integrated with your existing systems, SFG20 embeds these standards directly into your workflows, reducing manual effort and improving consistency across assets and sites.
Established in 1990 to create a standardized approach to building maintenance, SFG20 is now the recognized benchmark for maintenance specification.
Trusted across sectors including healthcare, infrastructure, commercial property and manufacturing, with customers such as NHS, National Grid, Network Rail, Transport for London, Royal Mail, GSK, Bupa, IKEA, Airbus, CBRE and Mitie.
SFG20 combines technical content, software and professional services to help organizations build, manage and evidence compliant maintenance strategies.
SFG20 provides detailed maintenance guidance including instructions, frequency, duration, required skillsets and criticality.
Facilities-iQ provides access to over 1,500 maintenance schedules across a wide range of building systems and assets.
It enables you to build site-specific maintenance regimes, tailor schedules and receive automatic updates.
And many more, ensuring a consistent approach across your estate.
SFG20 compliance software should flow schedules directly into planned preventative maintenance (PPM) workflows. CalmCompliance integrates with SFG20 so SFG20 maintenance tasks appear in your calendar with the classifications and frequencies from your regime.
The SFG20 Mobiliser module allows asset mapping, reducing mobilisation time by up to 95% while maintaining control.
SFG20's Professional Services team supports implementation, configuration and asset mapping. Discover how SFG20 and CalmCompliance can support your organization.
Common questions about SFG20 and running it through CalmCompliance.
SFG20 is the UK industry standard for building maintenance specification, developed by BESA. It provides structured maintenance schedules that translate legislation and technical guidance into planned tasks with frequencies, skill requirements and criticality ratings. Read our full guide to what SFG20 is and how it works.
SFG20 is not named in UK law, but the statutory duties it supports are. Fire safety, water hygiene, electrical testing, gas safety and lifting equipment all carry legal maintenance requirements. SFG20 is how many organizations turn those duties into a defensible PPM program. Contracts and tenders often require it by name even when the law does not.
Red tasks in SFG20 support legal compliance for the linked duty. They should sit in your PPM program with clear ownership, dates and evidence. Pink tasks are organization- or sector-specific classifications added when tailoring a regime, not a base schedule color. Amber tasks represent optimal best practice; green tasks are discretionary. Whether missing a red task creates a compliance gap depends on the specific task and its underlying legal requirement.
BESA maintains SFG20 on an ongoing basis through Facilities-iQ. When regulations or British Standards change, the relevant schedules are updated and published to subscribers. Check your Facilities-iQ subscription includes automatic content updates, and review your local regime after plant changes or portfolio acquisitions.
Yes. CalmCompliance syncs SFG20 regimes into planned maintenance schedules, classifies tasks as Red, Pink, Amber or Green, and passes completions back to SFG20. The integration is available on request for teams that already license SFG20 through Facilities-iQ.
Yes. Once your SFG20 regimes are synced, tasks appear in your PPM calendar with the tailored frequencies and classifications from your regime, including approved schedule updates and organization-specific pink classifications. Completions logged in CalmCompliance pass back to SFG20, and the evidence stays linked to the asset and site for audit.
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