Building maintenance management is the coordination of maintenance activities designed to maintain, repair, and improve buildings and their related systems and provide a safe, habitable, comfortable, and functional environment in a cost effective manner. It encompasses all tasks that make a space “livable” and ensures that major building systems, such as electrical, plumbing, fire prevention, and HVAC, are working efficiently.

Building maintenance management also includes a building’s structure including flooring, walls, ceilings, roofs, and fixtures. In addition, building maintenance may extend to building exteriors and include painting, cleaning, landscaping, and groundskeeping.

Why Building Maintenance Management is Important

• Safety and Comfort : Proper building maintenance management is important for the safety and comfort of building occupants – whether residents, employees, or commercial tenants.
• Money-Saving : For building owners, it is much easier to manage a maintenance budget with predictable costs, rather than try to find the money whenever issues occur.
• Compliance : Adequate maintenance is essential to staying in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, such as those imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the International Code Council (ICC).
• Functionality : Without regular maintenance, buildings deteriorate and are more likely to cause disruptions to those inside.
• Profitability : Effective building maintenance management not only saves building owners money, but helps owners maintain or increase their property value. Buildings kept in good repair have the potential to earn more income from lessees, tenants, and buyers.

Types of Building Maintenance

• Preventive Maintenance
• Corrective Maintenance
• Protective Maintenance