OBO - Mechanical Equipment And Systems Maintenance

Annually, the structural inspector should perform a complete structural envelope inspection using a checklist and a set of instructions.

Annually, a roof inspector should perform a complete roof inspection on each building. The roof inspector should submit inspection forms, complete with findings and repair cost estimates to the director, FMD, for approval and subsequent actions.

Every other year, moisture meter tests should be performed on each major flat roof. These tests are performed to establish benchmark data and to pinpoint problem before break-downs.

Quarterly, in-house personnel should perform sprinkler inspections entailing complete checks of flow and tamper switches, alarms, etc. The discovered problems should be reported and processed as "emergencies" in the maintenance management system.

Performed, as required on a case-by-case basis, using in-house personnel.

Every 3 years, contract personnel perform switch-board inspections on systems over 1000 A. The inspections should be controlled by FMD documents.

Performed every 3 years by contract personnel, testing and maintaining contacts and heat sensors. The testing and maintaining should be controlled by FMD documents.

Weekly: check all gauges, connections, batteries and fluids

Monthly: perform a complete operational check under load

Weekly, in-house personnel, controlled by check-lists, perform complete system checks on gasoline generators.

Monthly, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, test and check for voltage and specific gravity.

Quarterly, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, test and repair trash chutes.

Annually, in-house and erroneous, controlled by FMD documents, test and repair fire alarm systems by activating each station and monitoring alarms, bells, and panels. Necessary repairs are performed as follow-ups on an emergency basis.

Weekly, biweekly, or monthly, contract personnel, controlled by FMD documents and specifications, perform maintenance and/or repairs as needed.

Monthly, in-house personnel test each burglar system and perform repairs as needed.

Annually, contractor personnel test and certify all fume hoods and exhaust systems for proper velocity and pressure.

Semiannually, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, inspect, test, or repair smoke detectors as required.

Monthly, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, perform preventive maintenance on wet systems and water motor gongs. Weekly (twice a week in freezing weather) on dry systems.

Twice a year, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, inspect and repair irrigation systems. Systems should be charged in the spring and made ready for the watering season and winterized in the fall.

Annually, contract personnel with in-house assistance maintain Halon systems.

On a recurring 5-year basis, paint all buildings.

In-house personnel reset clocks in April and November to reflect the changes from EST to DST.

Quarterly, using in-house personnel, inspect and clean, as necessary, site drains.

Annually, in-house personnel perform routine maintenance on large-capacity gas-fired water heaters.

As required, contract personnel maintains uninterruptible power supplies in PBX rooms.

Three times a year, in-house personnel, directed and controlled by checklists, inspect and repair building interiors.

Twice a year, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, inspect Eyewashes and safety showers for pressure and water volume.

Annually, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, inspect lightning-suppression systems for ground and continuity.

Twice a year, in-house personnel, controlled by checklists, inspect and repair acid neutralizing tanks.