When building or buying a commercial building, an infrastructure or even have the idea of making a residential complex for rent or sale, it is of great importance to remember at all times that all construction has a process of deterioration and that, in general, each of the buildings around us needs certain maintenance and checking processes to ensure that it lasts as long as possible over time.
In this sense, you will notice that the price of owning a building increases over time, that is, the expenses do not end when the work and construction of the same culminate, but must comply with a series of controls and costs that are completely necessary to ensure that it can remain habitable.
Although this may seem annoying and is sometimes interpreted as an unnecessary expense, in reality it is indispensable so that we do not have to end up carrying out corrective works and projects that seek to amend problems caused by the deterioration of the building.
Taking all this into account, in this article we will discuss everything you should know about building maintenance and the main benefits you will have when you start acquiring this kind of service.
Types of building maintenance
Clearly the maintenance of a building will depend on the particular conditions that it presents or even the damages in question that can be evidenced. These are also known as maintenance policies and it is important to be able to identify each of these in order to know when it is prudent to apply a particular type of maintenance.
Knowing what type of maintenance you need is the only way to ensure that you are getting the solution to your problems, performing a type of maintenance that is not suitable for the damage or condition of the building in question could end up bringing other problems.
Corrective maintenance
This type of maintenance does not necessarily fall into the emergency category, since it may simply be a matter of correcting a fault that causes the performance of the infrastructure not to be as expected, or restoring the quality of the building in question to its original condition.
As its name suggests, corrective maintenance simply seeks to solve minor problems, such as restoring the performance of the building in some aspects that did not meet the expectations stipulated from the beginning or correcting a fault that although it does not affect the overall operation, it is necessary to solve so that the building is in perfect condition.
Having pointed this out, it is essential to note that this maintenance can be divided into two main types: unplanned corrective maintenance and planned corrective action maintenance.
Unplanned corrective maintenance
Unplanned corrective maintenance is characterized by the fact that it arises in a completely random and unforeseen manner, which is precisely why it has not been planned in advance.
This, in contemporary companies, is usually performed more often than it should be and with greater constancy, mainly due to the fact that businessmen tend to plan corrective maintenance very infrequently and this leads to certain failures or small drops in performance that significantly affect an infrastructure in the long term.
Having to make unplanned corrective maintenance with assiduity can significantly affect the development and growth of a company, can be detrimental to the amount of production and the final quality of the product offered, causing, in addition, major problems in the economic stability of the organization having to deal with extra or unforeseen expenses.
For all this, it should be noted that, as its name suggests, this type of maintenance should only be performed when it is completely unexpected, both for the company that performs the maintenance and for the company that suffers the spontaneous failure in question.
Planned corrective maintenance
The main difference between this type of maintenance and the one mentioned above is that, as a general rule, the poor performance of the infrastructure can be foreseen or previous anomalies have been observed that are clear indications that something is wrong with the building, so that the usual rhythm of work can be maintained and the problem can be solved at the moment in which it occurs.
This work is well planned and thought in advance, which will allow to have a previous diagnosis and will avoid the temporary disabling of the building, so the work and productive performance will be maintained over time and the company will not resent the malfunctioning of the infrastructure.
This type of maintenance can be requested under different situations or due to a great variety of factors, among which we can highlight: better planning and use of basic services, aspects related to labor and structural safety, the failure or inconvenience does not really represent a problem for anyone or is not serious for the general operation of the building, possibility of conciliating and optimizing the performance in the production processes of the company.
Preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance is a type of review that should be done regularly, periodized in time, precisely to take security measures to foresee and minimize the chances of suffering failures or drops in performance unexpectedly, which can undermine the capabilities of the company and represent significant losses at the financial level.
Preventive maintenance must always comply with a certain protocol and the frequency of the same must be stipulated according to the criteria of the company that hires the service.
As it is known that all the elements that are inside a building and even those that make up the same are in constant deterioration, it is mandatory to raise a series of preventive maintenance that can ensure the levels of occupational safety, act to prevent failures that may occur at any time or to check the operation of complex systems or heavy machinery.
Importance of maintenance applied to buildings
The life of a building begins from the moment in which the idea is conceived, and each of the stages through which it must pass until its materialization will have different durations and will have to take into account a great variety of factors that will influence and will be determinant to reach the final point.
However, the most remarkable and long-lived phase in the development of an infrastructure is precisely the moment in which its operations begin, its capabilities are explored and maintenance sessions are stipulated depending on the type of maintenance that is appropriate at the time.
This phase usually has a stipulated duration of about 40 years, provided, of course, that the people in charge of the infrastructure and those responsible for it organize the corresponding maintenance over time.
It is a fact that the constant checking of the building is necessary, not only to ensure that it meets expectations and that it maintains its performance over time, but also so that the working conditions can be as optimal as possible and the staff is in a safe environment.
Now that you know this, it is essential that you can identify when you require one type of maintenance or another, and have stipulated over time and according to the conditions of your infrastructure a series of checks properly periodized.
