Further information on planned maintenance
Publications and organisations
Maintenance generally
Chanter, B. and Swallow, P., Build Maintenance Management (2nd edition), WileyBlackwell, 2007
Wordsworth, P., Lee's Building Maintenance Management, Blackwell Science, 2001
Blacker, J., The Building Centre Maintenance Manual and Health and Safety File, 1997
RICS, Building Maintenance: Strategy, Planning and Procurement, RICS Guidance Note, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London, 2000 (note, no longer published and somewhat dated, however, available from libraries)
Mills, E., Building Maintenance and Preservation: A Guide to Design and Management, Butterworth Heinemann, 1994
Historic buildings
English Heritage, Maintenance Plans, English Heritage, London, 2004
Brereton, C., The Repair of Historic Buildings, English Heritage, London, 1991
Building services
Johansson, M., Building Services Legislation, Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), Bracknell, 2000
CIBSE, Guide M maintenance engineering and management, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London, 2008
King, A. and Samuelsson-Brown, G., The Building Services Report Special Report, BSRIA SR 5/2004, Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), Bracknell, 2004
De Saulles, T., Computer-based Operating and Maintenance Manuals, BSRIA Guide BG2/2004, Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), Bracknell, 2004
Smith, M., Maintenance Contracts for Building Services, BSRIA Applications Guide AG4/89.2 Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), Bracknell, 1992
CIBSE, Building Services Maintenance Management, CIBSE Technical Memorandum TM17, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London, 1994
HVCA, Standard Maintenance Specifications for Mechanical Services in Buildings, Heating and Ventilation Contractors' Association, 2000
Housing
ODPM, Estimation of the need to spend on maintenance and management in the Local Authority housing stock, BRE Construction Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London, 2003
ODPM, A Decent Home: The revised definition and guidance for implementation, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London, 2002
Audit Commission, Towards Housing Excellence Report, Housing Best Value Inspection Service part of the Audit Commission, 2001
DOE, Local Government and Housing Act 1989: Area Renewal, Unfitness, Slum Clearance and Enforcement Action, DOE Circular 6/90, Department of the Environment, 1990
Larkin, A., Strategies for Asset Management, National Housing Federation, London, 2001
Gibson, A., Maintenance and the Law: A Basic Guide for Housing Associations, National Federation of Housing Associations, London, 1996
Cope, H., Nicholls, B., Simpson, K. and Tait, K., Best Practice in Maintenance, National Housing Federation, 2004 (ISBN 0 86297 505 0)
Component durability - service lives
Building LifePLans (BLP), Construction Durability Database. The BLP Construction Durability Database web-based component durability database includes maintenance requirements as well as providing a basis for component specification based on durability criteria.
BMI, Life expectancy of building components, BCIS Ltd
BRE, Whole-life costing and life-cycle assessment for sustainable building design, BRE Digest 452, Building Research Establishment, Garston, 2000
CIBSE, Appendix 14.A1 CIBSE economic life factor codes and schedules in Guide to Ownership, Operation and Maintenance of Building Services, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London, 2000
Building Surveying Division Research Group, Life expectancies of building components, RICS, London, 1992
Maintenance costs
BMI, The Economic Significance of Maintenance: Maintenance Expenditure 1993-2002, BMI Special Report 328, Building Maintenance Information, London, 2004
BMI, Building Maintenance Costs, BMI Quarterly Cost Briefing Report 333 June 2004, Building Maintenance Information, London, 2004
HM Revenue and Customs, VAT Reliefs for Disabled People, Notice 701/7
National Housing Federation, NHF Schedule of Rates, NHF, 2005
Organisations
National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF) - promotes best practice in maintenance, includes useful papers and information online
Contracts
JCT, Joint Contracts Tribunal - includes brief descriptions of the expected use for contracts online
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the IET issue a range of model forms of general conditions of contract information online
ICE Conditions of Contract, a set of contracts for civil engineering works information online
GC/Works Contracts, contracts for government construction works information online at TSO
See also
BSI, Glossary of terms used in terotechnology, BS 3811:1993, British Standards Institution, London, 1993
BSI, Buildings and constructed assets - service life planning: General principles, BS ISO 15686-1:2000, British Standards Institution, London, 2000
BSI, Buildings and constructed assets - service life planning. Service life prediction procedures. BS ISO 15686-2:2001, British Standards Institution, London, 2001
BSI, Guide to building maintenance management, BS 8210:1986, British Standards Institution, London, 1986
BSI, Guide to the principles of the conservation of historic buildings, BS 7913:1998, British Standards Institution, London, 1998
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
Managing Health and Safety in Construction: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, Approved Code of Practice HSE L144, Health and Safety Executive, 2007
Building (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Approved Documents L1A, L1B, L2A, L2B: Conservation of fuel and power
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