Building Technology - Building Maintenance

BUILDING MAINTENANCE
DQS 211 TEP

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to;
• State reasons for maintaining new and old buildings,
• State types of maintenance,
• Describe the building maintenance survey reports,
• Describe maintenance management techniques
Building Maintenance
Maintenance is generally defined as the work that is done on a regular basis to
keep your building in good working condition.
Examples are sweeping the halls, painting works, lubricating hinges and locks,
or servicing the burner and boiler annually.
Most maintenance tasks are performed by the maintenance and repair
committee, outside contractors, or the tenants themselves.
Reasons For Building Maintenance
1. Great aesthetic value or appearance:
This is important as it attracts clients and makes the building look newer. A good-
looking building will attract customers and keep them coming back. The problem is
that there’s a lot going on outside, depending on the climate. Rain, sun, wind, and
other weather conditions can break down roofs, windows, doors, and other outdoor
building features. The occasional cosmetic check-up is good for your first impression
and could lead to diagnosing other problems you might not have caught.
2. Value:
A well maintained building has greater value as compared to a non maintained
building.
3. Safety:
Another benefit to a regular property maintenance schedule is the health and
safety of the clients/ users of the building. This prevents accidents and even
disease out break.
4. Longevity:
A well maintained building lasts longer than a poorly maintained building.
5. Statutory requirements:
It is a regulation to maintain buildings. All landlords are required to regularly
ensure that their buildings are maintained for safety and health purposes.
Types Of Maintenance
1. Planned/ unplanned maintenance:
Planned maintenance refers to any maintenance activity that is planned, documented, and scheduled. Unplanned
maintenance is maintenance that is carried out unexpectedly, without a formal schedule. This type of
maintenance is usually the result of an unexpected breakdown. Here, the intention is to fix or correct an issue
with the equipment to rectify the fault.
2. Preventive maintenance:
Preventive maintenance (PM) is a proactive strategy for building maintenance that keeps the building’s critical
assets in good working order. It includes regular inspections and selective service and repairs to the building’s
equipment at set intervals based on usage or time. Note that the service completed in this regard isn’t based on
the component’s condition.
The objective of preventive maintenance is to prolong service life expectancy and prevent equipment failure,
thus minimizing unscheduled downtime and reducing overall maintenance costs by correcting defects at the
onset, before they become significant problems.
3. Emergency maintenance:
Applies to conditions that threaten health or safety. Regular and preventive maintenance
and prompt minor repairs will prevent most emergencies from ever happening, but
sometimes problems do arise. The tenant association has to be prepared for emergencies
before they occur, and ready to respond quickly and effectively.
4. Corrective maintenance:
It is done to restore an element or part of a building undergoing failure or having
defects. Corrective maintenance activities restore a building to optimal conditions as
damage becomes apparent. The nature of these tasks varies based on the type of
building and the needs of its inhabitants. Unlike preventive maintenance, which is
planned, corrective maintenance is done in response to an issue, such as those reported
through service requests.
Survey Reports
This is done to identify the defects in a building.
The building condition survey provides the maintenance and repair committee with information about the
condition of your building’s major systems and public areas: plumbing, electrical, elevators, heating, structural
systems, roof and windows, etc.
The survey will tell you which repairs should be done immediately to eliminate hazardous conditions (like
repairing bad electrical connections or faulty fixtures, or replacing broken hallway windows) and which repairs
can be postponed.
Because building conditions change, the maintenance and repair committee should conduct building condition
surveys every three months.
The first building condition survey you conduct will provide a general overview of conditions in your building.
Once your tenant association has been managing the building for several months, your committee should
conduct a more detailed and comprehensive survey to help you develop and implement a more detailed long-
range repair plan.
A building condition survey should - Outside doors (front, back, roof, and
record the conditions of all of the basement)
following: - Intercom
- Sidewalk, steps - Entrance or lobby and hallways
- Exterior walls of the building - Hallway windows
- Roof - Fire escapes
- Basement - Light fixtures
- Boiler room and boiler - Plumbing
- Stairs and stairwells - Wiring etc
- Elevator
Maintenance Management
Building maintenance management is the coordination of maintenance activities
designed to maintain, repair, and improve buildings and their related systems and provide
a safe, habitable, comfortable, and functional environment in a cost effective manner.
It encompasses all tasks that make a space “livable” and ensures that major building
systems, such as electrical, plumbing, fire prevention, and HVAC, are working
efficiently.
Building maintenance management also includes a building’s structure including
flooring, walls, ceilings, roofs, and fixtures.
In addition, building maintenance may extend to building exteriors and include painting,
cleaning, landscaping, and grounds keeping.

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