by Fabian | Nov 14, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria
🏢 🏨 A skilled Building Facilities Manager is essential to maximising the value and efficiency of any property. 🏨 🏢 From reducing operational costs to ensuring compliance with safety regulations, facility managers play a critical role in enhancing the overall...
by Fab Segi | Oct 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria
Does Your OC Manager Property Manager Understand AS1851 and AS3000? Ensuring the safety and compliance of your building starts with understanding key standards like AS1851 (routine service of fire protection systems) and AS3000 (the Australian electrical wiring...
by Fab Segi | Sep 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria, Contractor, Life Safety
An AESMR might say a building is compliant— but how genuinely compliant is it? Contractors tick sheets: The fire contractor confirms the sprinklers are working. The door inspection contractor checks that the doors meet safety standards. The emergency exit and...
by Fab Segi | Aug 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria, Contractor, Life Safety
Kitchen Exhaust 🏬🏣Thorough cleaning of kitchen exhaust systems is an often-overlooked but crucial task for maintaining safety and efficiency in commercial kitchens.🏣🏬 The increased risk of 🔥fires is due to the build-up of grease and other flammable substances in...
by Fab Segi | Jul 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria, Contractor, Life Safety
🏬🏣 A Question 🏣🏬 If the ⚡power trips out, would you put duct tape on the switch to keep it going? There are other things that can be done with duct tape. If sewage was leaking all over your food retail floor, would you buy more Glen 20 and keep mopping it up? Right or...
by Fab Segi | Jun 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria, Contractor, Life Safety
🏬🏣Over the years, I’ve had several Contractors price for annual maintenance of different services. that ends up being a Contractors race to the bottom.🏣🏬 We often receive annual prices from contractors of around $1,500 annually for 12 monthly services. 8 hours X...
by Fab Segi | May 1, 2024 | Contractor
🏬🏣Several years ago, a tenant was organising a fitout for their new tenancy; they had engaged a mechanical engineer to design their cooling needs in the new space.🏣🏬 The enthusiastic engineer had pulled out the reasonably new existing AC unit, claiming it...
by Fab Segi | Apr 1, 2024 | Contractor, Life Safety
I have walked through several 🏬🏣 buildings that have not had the correct or any maintenance conducted over their life. 🔥Did you know the life safety maintenance standard (AS1851) has a requirement Annual, 5 yearly, of a 25-yearly inspection? This is a stress test on...
by Fab Segi | Mar 1, 2024 | Building Facilities Victoria, Contractor
🏬🏣 Contractor management 🏣🏬 Over the years, we have encountered several contractors not doing as they were contracted to do. Cleaners not cleaning, 🔥Fire contractors doing a 👀”visual inspection”, missing the fire pumps that have tripped off, or missing...
by Fab Segi | Feb 1, 2024 | Life Safety
A question: Your building’s AESMR says your building is compliant. (Annual Essential Safety Measure Report) How compliant is it? The fire contractor ticks a sheet that your sprinklers are fine. The door inspection contractor is ticking a sheet, and things are...
