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  • Maintenance and conservation - A watching brief

    19 May 2010

    Nigel Dann discusses the role of maintenance in conservation and identifies some of the constraints and opportunities affecting surveyors. One hundred and eighty years ago, author and artist...

  • Maintenance case study - A duty to protect

    14 May 2010

    Peter Napier outlines the statutory protection available to historic buildings in England and Wales and how these powers have not been used at the Brymbo ironworks in Wales...

Summary

It is in the nature of things that many building components deteriorate and wear out with time and use, and planned maintenance is an asset management strategy to ensure buildings and their components function adequately, preserve the value of the building, satisfy legal obligations, and achieve best value in terms of built assets during the occupancy phase of the building. It is a complex and challenging activity that draws on the full range of building surveying skills. This section considers planned maintenance in terms of the strategic context of an organisation, technical issues, and management issues. An overview of the principles and key factors for each issue is discussed, with examples and further references.

This section is maintained by Peter Mayer of BLP.