BS 8210:2012 pdf download
BS 8210:2012 pdf download.Guide to facilities maintenance management.
An organization should formulate a facilities maintenance strategy and policy that meets its current and likely future needs. The strategy and policy should be reviewed, at least annually, to ensure that it continues to be aligned to the organization’s core business and primary processes (see 8.1). An organization should ensure that the needs of its stakeholders are identified and the impact of those needs is assessed and taken into account when formulating the strategy and policy. A communication plan to disseminate the strategy and policy, as well as tactical and operational actions, to stakeholders should be prepared by the organization. Details of annual, or more frequent, reviews to check on the alignment between actions and the organization’s facilities maintenance strategy should be included in the plan,
NOTE 1 85 60 55001” gives guidance of the high level approach to the maintenance of assets including those related to constructed facilities. 85 8544 provides guidance on the life cycle costing of maintenance,
Where a new facility is being procured, the organization should ensure that operational requirements, including those concerning maintenance, are taken into account during design bciefing.
NOTE 2 858536 gives recommendations on an appropriate approach for organizations and their designers.
4.2 Maintenance strategy
NOTE Facilities maintenance strategies can embody different methods of maintenance, e.g. corrective, preventive, condition-based or a combination of these and other methods (see Clause 6 and Annex A.).
The facilities maintenance strategy should define the criteria by which an appropriate method or combination of methods of maintenance can be assessed (see Clause 6 and Annex A). This strategy should form an integral part of the organization’s facilities management strategy. Where no facilities management strategy exists, such a strategy should be prepared to support the organization’s core business and primary processes (see BS EN 15221-5).
4.3 Maintenance policy
4.3.1 General
COMMENTARY ON 4.3.1
Facility assets need to be maintained to enwre that:
a) they are suitable for their intended purpose;
b) they continue to perform their function throughout their useful life in a safe and efficient way;
C) their value is protected,
Ignoring maintenance risks the failure of systems and components and incurs needless additional cost as well as threatening business continuity Lack of maintenance can arise, in part from a belief that a facility is a long-lived asset that deteriorates gradually. Even so. failure to maintain the structure and fabric can affect its function and presents safety risks in addition to reducing the value of the facility as an asset.
Requirements for the health and safety of persons in and around a facility, coupled with the need to discharge the responsibilities of ownership, mean that an organization would benefit from adopting a proactive approach to its facilities maintenance management The maintenance requirements of a facility are, to a large extent, a consequence of its original design and construction. Inefficient design, inappropriate specifications and poor quality work can result in faults that are subsequently difficult and expensive to diagnose and remedy. Inappropriate maintenance and repairs amount to unnecessary cost and inconvenience, which can be compounded by further attempts to remedy faults.
A policy should be developed to support the preparation of operational plans in accordance with the maintenance strategy. The policy should outline the scope (see 4.3.2) and course(s) of action that should be taken to achieve an organization’s goals (see 4.1). Organizations should ensure that suitable expertise is available for maintenance and its management at all levels within the organization. Where this expertise is not available in an organization, external resources should be employed instead. Persons responsible for managing the maintenance of facilities, including engineering installations, should possess appropriate management ability and technical competence.
4.3.2 Scope of policy
The maintenance policy should embody the principle of best value for money (see BS 8572) to protect both the asset value and the resource value of the facility. The policy should cover:
a) the organization’s anticipated future requirements for the facility taking into account the facility’s physical performance and functional suitability, for example:
I) the use of the facility, i.e. anticipating likely upgrades and the effect on the life cycles of existing materials, components and engineering installations;
2) a change of use for the facility and the effect of any conversion work on the life cycles of existing materials, components and engineering installations;
3) the anticipated date of conversion, renovation or refurbishment work.
