BS 8210:1986

Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
Section one. General
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.1.1 General
1.1.2 Exclusions
1.2 Definitions
Section two. Owners
2.1 General
2.2 The value of buildings to an owner
2.3 Maintenance finance
2.4 Statutory or legal liabilities
2.5 Specific items with which owners should be
       concerned
2.6 Maintenance policies
2.7 Maintenance work programmes
2.8 Access equipment
Section three. General guidance
3.1 Materials, components and elements of construction
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Specialist advice
3.1.3 Hazardous materials
3.2 Environment and intensity of use
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Situation
3.2.3 Internal environment
3.2.4 User factor
3.3 Building records: general
3.3.1 General factors
3.3.2 Types of records
3.3.3 Preparation of records
3.3.4 Use of building records
3.3.5 Form of record
3.3.6 Place of storage
3.3.7 Contents of record
3.4 Maintenance guides
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Division into parts
3.4.3 Preparation of guides
3.4.4 Up-dating of guides
3.5 Inspection reports and planning of work
3.5.1 Introduction
3.5.2 Reports to clients
3.5.3 Planning and timing of maintenance work
3.5.4 Efficiency
3.6 Access
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Access equipment
3.6.3 Work on roofs
3.6.4 Access to confined spaces
3.6.5 Safety signs
3.6.6 Adjoining properties
3.7 Health and safety; safe working practices
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Dust
3.7.3 Flammable and toxic hazards
3.7.4 Temporary electrical installations
3.7.5 Fire risk and operations using heat
3.7.6 Plant and powered equipment
3.7.7 Noise
3.7.8 Building structure
3.7.9 Services
3.7.10 Effects of maintenance work upon health and
       safety in other parts of buildings
3.7.11 Guarding of openings
3.8 Arrangements for the carrying out of repair and
       maintenance work
3.8.1 Responsibility
3.8.2 Employment of operatives
3.8.3 Selection of contractor
3.8.4 Insurances
3.8.5 Initiation of work
3.8.6 Programming of work
3.8.7 Security
3.8.8 Inspection
3.8.9 Records
3.8.10 Small properties
Section four. Building fabric
4.1 Records
4.1.1 Drawings of buildings 'as built' and as
       subsequently altered
4.1.2 Specifications and schedules
4.1.3 Fire
4.1.4 Security
4.2 Inspection of and reporting on buildings
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Environmental factors
4.2.3 Frequency of inspection
4.2.4 Method of inspection
4.2.5 Inspection schedules for specific building
Section five. Engineering services
5.1 Mechanical and electrical services generally
5.2 Mechanical records
5.2.1 Documentation
5.2.2 Drawings
5.3 Electrical records
5.4 Communication systems records
5.4.1 Application
5.4.2 Drawings
5.4.3 Schedule of telephone extensions
5.4.4 Schedule of radio paging systems
5.5 Operating and maintenance manuals
5.6 Inspection and reporting of engineering services
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Frequency of inspections
5.6.3 Inspectors
5.6.4 Method of inspection
5.6.5 Safety, means of escape, fire fighting
Appendices
A. Checklist of building elements together with
     examples of some common causes of failure
B. Environmental categories; extract from table 9
     in BS 6150: 1982
C. Temporary access equipment
D. Example pro-forma for use in the visual inspection
     process
E. Example of an inspection check list for engineering
     services
F. Example of maintenance documentation for engineering
     services
G. Notes on particular engineering services
H. Bibliography
Index

Gives guidance on a systematic approach to the management of building maintenance in the UK. It: stresses the advantages of economy and conveniency which may result from the regular and planned maintenance, provides a check list of types of construction, considers the bearing that the external and internal environments will have, stresses the importance of up-to-date building fabric records and engineering services records, considers the advantages of maintenance guides, recommends frequency of inspection, draws attention to the need for safe access and discusses health and safety requirements.