Maintenance and FM guides

- - Building Manuals and Building User Guides - Guidance and worked examples (BG 26/2011)
  - by Deramchi S, Harris J & Wilson A (July 2011)
  - BSRIA's latest guidance aims to help those responsible for creating the building log book and the building user guides. The complexity of modern buildings demands that we all have a greater understanding of how to operate buildings to achieve the optimum benefits and cost...
- - Soft Landings for Schools Case studies (BG 9/2010)
  - by Bunn R & Usable Building Trust (October 2010)
  - There is a major policy imperative to make buildings perform radically better and much more sustainably. It will be impossible to meet these expectations reliably unless the service given by the construction industry also changes, with more focus on actual performance in use....
- - Handover, O&M Manuals, and Project Feedback (Superseded) (BG1/2007)
  - by Bunn, Hastings & Pennycook K (October 2007)
  - This publication has been superseded by BG 79/2020 Handover information and O&M manuals
- - Computer-based operating and maintenance manuals - Options and procurement guidance (Withdrawn) (BG 2/2004)
  - by De Saulles T. (June 2004)
  - The guide is aimed at engineers involved in the procurement and use of computer-based O&M manuals for building services. It is intended to help procure and implement the most appropriate computerised O&M systems. The guide is in two parts: Part one - Guidance to using...
- - BMS Maintenance Guide - Plus a model maintenance specification (BG 4/2003)
  - by Martin A. (May 2003)
  - This guide details the issues involved in BMS maintenance and provides specification clauses to assist the procurement of a BMS maintenance service. It is aimed at facilities managers and others responsible for procuring BMS maintenance support services.
- - Condition-Based Maintenance: Using Non-Destructive Testing (AG 1/2003)
  - by Pearson C. Seaman A. (January 2003)
  - Presents a guide to the application of non-destructive testing (NDT) in condition monitoring regimes. Examines six, established NDT techniques, describing the testing methods and the effectiveness of each method in detecting faults in different types of building services plant....
- - Building-related sickness: Causes, effects, and ways to avoid it (TN 2/2002)
  - by Palmer A. & Rawlings R. (August 2002)
  - Identifies the parameters most likely to play a role in building-related sickness. Also provides a discussion and guidelines on good practice for all significant aspects of building-related sickness. Provides a checklist that addresses the adequacy of the working environment...
- - Effective BMS - A guide to improving system performance (AG 10/2001)
  - by Pennycook K. (August 2001)
  - Writes for facilities management/maintenance staff along with staff employed by companies providing BMS (building management system) support services. Provides guidance on how to improve the effectiveness of BMS. States that in particular the guidance will help determine whether...
- - Condition based maintenance - An evaluation guide for building services (AG 5/2001)
  - by Seaman A. (May 2001)
  - Notes that building services maintenance is predominantly based on a breakdown or time-based strategy, which do not always provide the plant reliability required in critical business environments. States that condition based maintenance (CBM) provides a means of improving the...
- - BSRIA Power quality guide (AG 2/2000)
  - by Pearson CC. (July 2000)
  - States that a number of high profile electrical failures have highlighted the importance of quality, in the electrical power delivered to equipment in commercial and industrial buildings. Power quality depends on at least a dozen key features of the electrical supply, including...
- - Making natural ventilation work (GN 7/2000)
  - by Fitzsimmons J. & Martin A. (June 2000)
  - Notes the operational, environmental and cost benefits provided by natural ventilation for non-domestic buildings, but points out that the increased implementation of natural ventilation is threatened by poor management and operation in the use of natural ventilation strategies....
- - HVAC Troubleshooting - a guide to solving indoor environmental and energy consumption problems (AG13/99) (Withdrawn)
  - by Fletcher J (September 1999)
  - This document is an HVAC troubleshooting guide to help facilities managers and maintenance personnel solve indoor environment and energy or water consumption problems. This is a withdrawn document.
- - Building control and indoor environmental quality - a best practice guide (TN 9/98)
  - by Fletcher J. (March 1998)
  - Writes to enable building operators 1) to compare their building with current recommended practice, 2) to identify whether occupant complaints are caused by poor control and 3) to rectify controls-related problems. Demonstrates the influence of building controls on indoor...
- - BEMS as condition based maintenance tools (TN 4/95)
  - by Barnard N. & Starr A. (January 1995)
  - Publication outlining the results of research into the applicability of condition monitoring techniques to the maintenance of building services. Notes the drawbacks of breakdown maintenance and time- based maintenance and states that condition based maintenance (CBM) has the...
- - Operating and maintenance manuals for building services installations (AG 1/87.1) (Superseded)
  - by Armstrong J (January 1990)
  - This document aims to improve the standard of operating and maintenance manuals available within the building services industry by providing a structured guide to their preparation. Superseded by BG 1/2007.
- - Coordination of building services (TN 3/77)
  - by Butler H (January 1977)
  - Reports BSRIA and others' research results indicating definite need for coordination in design and installation of building services. Considers areas where coordinati...
- - Operating and maintenance manuals for building services installations (AG 1/87) (Superseded)
  - by Armstrong J
  - This document was published to improve the standard of operating and maintenance (0 & M) manuals available within the building services industry. It has been deliberately written in direct terms and makes positive recommendations concerning manual content and the procedures by which manuals should be obtained. Superseded by AG 1/87.1

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