Essential Safety Measures
Maintaining Essential Safety Measures in an Empty Building!
Recently I received an email from a customer who instructed us to stop maintaining the essential safety measures in his building.
The customer was under the wrong impression that because the building was not occupied that it did not need to be maintained.
The reality is that Part 12 of the Building Regulations 2006 (Vic) do not distinguish between empty and occupied buildings and structures.
9-Step Process for Maintaining Essential Safety Measures
The following process is a list of items that we have developed to help building owners, and managers have a simple process to follow to ensure they have everything necessary and in place to help ensure they can satisfy the requirements for essential safety measures compliance.
This list is a summary taken from our introduction (1-Hour) public workshop and is intended to provide a general overview of the process.
Essential Safety Measures Manual Review
The new Victorian Building Regulations 2006 are now in force and feature important changes for the Victorian building industry including changes to;
- Essential safety measures
- Legislative changes to essential safety measures
- Smoke alarm and sprinkler provisions
- Annual safety measures report
As a result of these changes, the Building Commission are seeking public comment on the proposed changes to the proposed Essential Safety Measures Manual.
