Maintenance Management (Submission)

Question 1

What is planned maintenance?

Answer 1

1) Prevents buildings from falling into decay and degradation
2) Maintains structural stability and safety of the building
3) Optimises the building’s performance
4) Continued compliance with statutory requirements
5) A PPM ensures costs are distributed more evenly

Question 2

What is reactive maintenance?

Answer 2

Maintenance which has not been planned within the current year e.g. repairs due to impact damage.

Question 3

What is consequential maintenance?

Answer 3

Maintenance which arises due to poor design or construction.

Question 4

Which year did you state the cracked glass rooflight should be replaced?

Answer 4

Immediate replacement.

Question 5

What type of curtain wall system did the St Botolph building have?

Answer 5

Unitised system whereby the curtain wall was manufactured off-site

Question 6

What were some of the defects that you found in the St Botolph building?

Answer 6

1) Lack of fire stopping
2) Efflorescence to the basement perimeter walls
3) Leaks to services which damaged the plasterboard ceilings

Question 7

What type of glass was the rooflight in College Road?

Answer 7

Georgian Wire glass.

Question 8

When was the St Botolph building constructed?

Answer 8

2010

Question 9

What type of foundations were used at St Botolph building?

Answer 9

Piled foundations

Question 10

What type of structure is St Botolph building?

Answer 10

Steel framed with four concrete cores