Course Outline
Session 1 - Building surveys & inspections
- Why building surveys are important
- Types of surveys and when they are commissioned
- How to organise and manage a survey
- How is a survey carried out
- Report writing skills
- How sustainable construction impacts maintenance
Session 2 - Investigating and diagnosing common defects
- Survey and inspection skills
- Undertaking investigations
- Diagnostic tools and techniques
- Causes of typical defects and mechanisms of failure
- Dampness, movement, corrosion & decay
Session 3 - Maintaining roofs and building facades
- Flat and pitched roofs
- Wall cladding & curtain walling
- Windows
- Concrete structures
- Painted & plastered finishes
Session 4 - Maintaining architectural finishes and basements
- Internal wet areas and floor finishes
- Wall & ceiling finishes
- Basements & drainage
- Building service installations
Session 5 - Reducing the environmental impact of buildings in use
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable low carbon energy
- Green specification
- Sustainable building design
- Effects on reactive & planned maintenance & servicing
Session 6 - Strategies to prevent & minimise the effects of defects
- Importance of initial design and specification
- Getting the construction right
- Maintenance inspection routines & condition surveys
- Access for maintenance
- Risk assessments to help avoid defects
- Building maintenance log books & asset registers
Session 7 - Procuring repairs and maintenance work
- Specification and design
- Sustainable maintenance policies and practices
- Smart ways to procure repairs and maintenance
- A critique of relying on contractors to diagnose & remedy
- Selecting appropriate forms of contract
Session 8 - Planned building maintenance
- Effective maintenance
- Planned maintenance strategy and policy
- Asset management plans
- How to prepare a maintenance plan
- Software for maintenance planning
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