PPP contracts include for the provision for Project Co to maintain all building plant, fittings and infrastructure to a specific level as set out in the contract. Project Co is also required to replace building fabric, plant and infrastructure when life expired.
The provision for these requirements typically resides within the Project Agreement, specifically within the FM SLS, and falls into three categories:
> Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) - A regime of inspections, checks and maintenance tasks that are undertaken in a scheduled routine. This approach is designed to ensure that building plant, fittings and infrastructure are all maintained at regular intervals and any potential issues are identified early, therefore reducing breakdowns and, in regard to energy, can help to maintain the efficiency of plant.
> Reactive Maintenance - Despite the inclusion of PPM, reactive maintenance, the process of repairing something once it has broken or no longer meets the required standard, remains a requirement.
> Lifecycle Maintenance - A regime of replacing components at end of economic life. This can include replacement of components that are resulting in increased planned maintenance regimes or show increasing trends of short-term failures. Lifecycle maintenance can also include cyclical maintenance tasks such as painting and decorating or replacing floor coverings.
Robust PPM and Lifecycle maintenance regimes will maintain the efficiency of building plant and reduce energy consumption. They also represent potential opportunities for introducing NZ technologies.