Maintenance
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!"
Maintenance of Fire Extinguishers - Buses
Public transport safety, in particular buses has recently undergone a major overhaul in Victoria.
The Victorian State Government introduced new legislation into the parlament which came into force in December 2010 to improve commuter safety by way of the Bus Safety Act 2009 ("the Act") and the Bus Safety Regulations 2010 ("the Regulations").
This new legislation seeks to promote an improved safety culture for bus operations, and applies to all commercial and non-commercial operations.
Essential Safety Measures Survey vs. Audit
Why is the discussion of an audit an issue?
AS1851-2005 uses the term 'Audit' in the foreword of the Standard, and is not used anywhere else within the document. This has caused confusion by building owners, agents, property and facility managers alike...
This article and presentation, will present with definitions and differences, similarities and relationship between a survey and an audit as described in each of the Australian Standards AS1851-2005 and AS4655-2005.
AS1851-2005 Amendment No 2 DRAFT
Well its out today, the first public draft of Amendment No. 2 of Australian Standard AS1851-2005.
This draft is 18 pages long and includes many changes that people involved in the Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment should consider carefully.
The summary of the draft reads as follows;
Designing for the Care and Maintenance of Buildings
I stumbled across an interesting November 2007 article from the USA that discusses building design from an ongoing maintenance perspective.
Written by authors Stephen Schrag, Karen Smith, and Brett Stollenwerk, the article seeks to consider the various stakeholders involved in the design and construction of community facilities (such as architects, engineers, maintenance professionals, and occupants) to better understand each other's perspectives and to achieve an improved project outcome. There is no intent to pinpoint specific building deficiencies, but to illustrate - in general terms - past deficiencies and to encourage thought as to how these and other deficiencies can be reduced.
