B2 Architecture: Strategic building and facility maintenance

A Building & Facility Maintenance Plan & Schedule allows schools and educational institutions to take a proactive, planned, and strategic approach to maintenance.

or Principals, CEOs, Directors, Vice-Chancellors, Boards and Councils who have a legal duty to actively identify, assess and manage risks relating to the safety and compliance of the institutions’ buildings, grounds and infrastructure, a Building & Facility Maintenance Plan & Schedule is an important management tool that:

• Details and prioritises the required repair, routine and preventative maintenance works of:
  • Buildings, structures and facilities
  • Services, plumbing, plant and electrical equipment
  • Grounds and infrastructure
• Allows works to be planned, budgeted for and undertaken in a systematic and strategic manner. 
• Ensures current or potential safety risks and hazards are identified, assessed, managed and rectified appropriately. 
• Adds strength to funding or grant applications for repair and maintenance works. 

Development

As education architects, Supplier B2 Architecture partners with schools and institutions to prepare, maintain, and manage their Building & Facility Maintenance Plans & Schedules. 

Their strategic approach ensures duty holders are proactive, rather than reactive, in managing risks and hazards, and prevents potentially costly and disruptive rectification works in the future. 

Tailored to the unique needs, objectives, requirements, facilities and structures of each school or institution, the plan and schedule development typically involves:

1. Site inspection, audit and inspection of:

• All buildings and structures
• External and internal fabric and finishes
• Fixed furniture and fittings
• Electrical – light fittings, switchboards.
• Hydraulics – storage units, boilers.
• Mechanical services
• Plumbing fixtures
• Roads, footpaths, fencing, shade structures, decks, outbuildings etc
• Facilities – pools, sporting grounds etc

2. Report and recommendations detailing:

• Overall condition of facilities, individual buildings, and assets.
• Defects and repairs (with images), including:
  • Intervention priority – 6/12 months, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ years.
  • Health and Safety considerations.
  • Recommended intervention timing. 
  • Works, trades, and/or specialists required to rectify. 
• Any further assessments required by specialist consultants (structural engineer, plumbing, electrical, etc.), including a brief for the consultant. 

3. Live maintenance plan and schedule, that prioritises and provides budgets for:

• Repair works
• Routine and preventative maintenance activities
• Further investigations
• Routine inspections

Implementation 

Once complete, the schedule serves as a live management tool for repair and maintenance activities. Depending on the complexity and scope of the works and activities, along with the organisation’s internal resources, schools and institutions will typically either:

• Manage and oversee the implementation of the plan, schedule and works internally.
  • Engage a partner, such as B2 Architecture, to:
    Prepare documentation and specifications
  • Engage specialist consultants and providers as required

Advantages

For Principals, CEOs, Directors, Vice-Chancellors, Boards, Councils and duty holders, an audit, plan and schedule prepared by a specialist like B2 Architecture: 

• Allows maintenance and repair works to be forecast, planned, and budgeted for.
• Extends the lifespan of buildings and structures. 
• Prevents costly repairs, rectification, and demolition works.
• Strengthens grant and funding applications.

Contact B2 Architecture 
As an Education Australian Preferred Supplier, B2 is here to support and guide you in applying for grants and funding and creating spaces, places and environments that help students, educators and communities thrive.

Successfully delivering 500+ projects, ranging in value from $100,000 to $40 million, over the last three decades, B2’s expertise and experience span all facets of education architecture – from Master Planning, to new building projects, refurbishments, design and development of new campuses and everything in between.

Brent Tullio, Director: +61394294255, [email protected]
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