Maintenance

AS1851-2005 Amendment No 2 DRAFT

rporteous — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:04:53 +1100

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

rporteous — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:21:30 +1100

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.

Identifying Failure Modes Retrospectively Using RCM Data

rporteous — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:47:10 +1100

In the paper titled Identifying Failure Modes Retrospectively Using RCM Data, by J. Sikorska (Imes Australia Pty Ltd), L. Hammond (DSTO) and P. Kelly (CASWA Pty Ltd) show that it is possible to retrospectively improve the quality of failure histories stored in computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS). Here is a copy of the summary from the paper;

Sprinkler Block Plans

admin — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:03:05 +1000

A plan of the risk (block plan) with the position of the main stop valves clearly indicated thereon shall be placed adjacent to each set of installation control assemblies or group of valves where it can be readily seen by fire-fighters and others responding to the alarm. The plan of the risk shall be in the form of a permanent diagram, which is water-resistant, fade-resistant and shall include;

Technical Bulletin TB-011: Update for AS1851-2005 Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment

rporteous — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:01:03 +1000

The Fire Protection Association of Australia has produced a new Technical Bulletin TB-011: Update for AS1851-2005 Maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment. The bulletin provides discussion directed to FPA members, building owners, managers, tenants, maintenance companies, fire services, insurers and consultants and was designed to identify the ''key benefits'' of AS1851-2005 and highlight future refinements to the standard.

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