Maintenance Management Flashcards
Northwest - What methods did you use to conduct condition surveys of the housing stock?
External Survey. Assess repair requirements. Visual and limited tools to assess condition of timber.
Northwest - How did you record or document completed work?
Hand written notes on a survey template and photographs.
Northwest - Can you describe any specialist equipment or tools you used during condition surveys?
Bradawl, binoculars, tape measure.
Northwest - What criteria or standards did you follow when assessing the condition of housing stock?
Surveying Safely 2nd edition and Surveying assets in the built environment Guidance note.
Home Survey Standard 1st edition professional standard.
This professional standard covers condition-based residential surveys at all service levels – see appendix A. A residential property survey comprises an inspection, report and advice of the condition of residential property. The primary purpose of such surveys is to consider a property as a physical asset, although some additional matters should be included, such as:
* environmental matters (for example, flooding, radon, former mining activity,
neighbouring uses)
* legal issues (for example guarantees, statutory approvals, rights of way and other easements) and
* risks to the occupants.
Northwest - How did you prioritise maintenance tasks and repairs?
Elements which would cause damage to the property and be hazardous to health for the tenant. i.e. leaking roof/gutters and rotten door frame/cill allowing damp/draught/rodents into the property.
RAG Rating.
Northwest - Can you provide examples of common issues or defects you encountered during property inspections, and how you addressed them?
Missing roof tiles, decayed timber door cills, damaged and defective bricks/mortar.
What is the RICS professional standard for maintenance?
RICS Professional Standard Planned Preventative Maintenance Global 1st edition.
What is planned and reactive maintenance?
In general, maintenance falls into two categories: reactive and planned (or preventive). Reactive maintenance focuses on repairing an asset once a failure occurs. Planned maintenance (or preventive maintenance), focuses on avoiding repairs and asset failure through preventive and predictive methods.
