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Fire Detector Maintenance - Even kids can identify a problem!
Earlier today, my 11 year old daughter sent me an email with an attached photograph.
The photograph was of a smoke detector she observed in a private medical clinic that she described as "Yucky!"
Fire Hydrant Systems - Principle of Operation
In a building, a fire hydrant system is a safety measure or emergency equipment required in some buildings that comprises a series of components that when assembled together provide a source of water to assist fire authorities in a fire.
Putting it another way, a fire hydrant system is a water supply with a sufficient pressure and flow delivered through pipes throughout a building to strategically located network of valves for fire-fighting purposes.
Emergency Service - All hands on deck!
In Australia, the little gap between Christmas and New Year's Day is a time when most commercial businesses close down and people take a well earned break, but at Maintenance Essentials there is someone always at the other end of the telephone and a technician in a van.
Many of our support team, technicians and engineers continue to work as we stagger annual leave to ensure there is always a team available during normal business hours to carry out both planned and emergency maintenance.
During this time of the year, the extremes in weather demand that we have adequate resources available to respond to any emergency, and by resources, I mean we need people and equipment.
Alternative Solution vs. alternate solution
Recently I was talking to a fellow professional in the building industry who was lamenting the fact that all too often, people confuse the defined term Alternative Solution with the incorrect term "alternate solution".
In the Building Code of Australia, the defined term Alternative Solution means a Building Solution which complies with the Performance Requirements other than by reason of satisfying the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions.
VAGO Report - Compliance with Building Permits
The Victorian Auditor-Generals Office (VAGO) has tabled their report into the Compliance with Building Permits conducted in the second half of 2011.
Each year, the Victorian Auditor-General presents to Parliament an annual plan, which describes the proposed work program for the coming year.
