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Planned Maintenance Programme for 400 Flats - Docklands

This prestigious property in Docklands is a modern apartment complex with in excess of 400 flats.  It has brickwork elevations, flat roofs and powder coated aluminium windows, doors and trims.  The internal common parts are extensive but are similarly unfussy.  As would be expected in such a building there is a substantial amount of M&E. It could be assumed that there is little to be done to maintain such a building. 

This prestigious property in London Docklands is a modern apartment complex with in excess of 400 flats.  It has brickwork elevations, flat roofs and powder coated aluminium windows, doors and trims.  The internal common parts are extensive but are similarly unfussy.  As would be expected in such a building there is a substantial amount of M&E. It could be assumed that there is little to be done to maintain such a building. 

Our client required a long term Asset Management Plan for future annual budgeting. They also wanted a definitive document that would be used to realise a maintenance work programme year by year.

Having surveyed the buildings Metcalfe Briggs produced a PMP schedule by building element each with a budget cost for maintenance identified by year.  Other than M&E items which have prescribed maintenance and replacement periods there were many small, relatively standard items that need regular maintenance and eventual renewal in order to keep the building in good order.

The PMP has already been used to identify and complete the first year of maintenance and decorations required which included a catch up of the backlog of maintenance not previously done.

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Budget-Tailored Planned Maintenance Programme - Enfield

Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors completed a Condition Survey and compiled a detailed ten year Asset Management Plan for this major further education college with an estate ranging from the Grade II listed main building to 1950’s and 70’s multi storey buildings and a new wing constructed in 2002.

Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors completed a Condition Survey and compiled a detailed ten year Asset Management Plan for a North East London further education college with an estate ranging from the Grade II listed main building to 1950’s and 70’s multi storey buildings and a new wing constructed in 2002.

The programme is used as a tool each year to plan maintenance in detail maximising economies of scale and tailoring the programme to suit available budget and curriculum requirements.

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Planned Maintenance Cost into Annual Budget - Docklands

A very large apartment block in Docklands has a considerable amount of rainscreen cladding to the elevations.  This type of cladding has powder coated surfaces and many seams, mastic joint seals, gaskets, pop rivets and weep holes all of which have periodic maintenance and renewal needs.  Metcalfe Briggs used a large cherry picker to reach the ‘nooks and crannies’ of each elevation so that all building elements could be identified, the quantity accurately assessed and the maintenance regime defined.

A very large apartment block in the London Docklands area has a considerable amount of rainscreen cladding to the elevations.  This type of cladding has powder coated surfaces and many seams, mastic joint seals, gaskets, pop rivets and weep holes all of which have periodic maintenance and renewal needs.  Metcalfe Briggs used a large cherry picker to reach the ‘nooks and crannies’ of each elevation so that all building elements could be identified, the quantity accurately assessed and the maintenance regime defined.

Completing the Asset Management Plan needed a detailed, methodical approach as the building is not repetitive.  Nonetheless the resultant PMP schedule captured the information necessary for annual budgeting.  It has also proved invaluable for cyclical maintenance procurement where quantities are key when tendering for the works.

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High-Rise Survey and Planned Maintenance - East London

A high rise apartment complex in Docklands presented particular difficulties to survey and complete a Asset Management Plan.  Tiered roof balconies and rising to 16 storeys meant external access using scaffold or a cherry picker was physically and economically impossible.  Instead rope access was chosen to get close to the elevations to understand the building’s construction and condition.

A high rise apartment complex in Docklands presented particular difficulties to survey and complete a Asset Management Plan.  Tiered roof balconies and rising to 16 storeys meant external access using scaffold or a cherry picker was physically and economically impossible.  Instead rope access was chosen to get close to the elevations to understand the building’s construction and condition.

With the resultant survey information Metcalfe Briggs consulted building manufacturer’s information to specify the procedure and frequency of maintenance required for the render found on the elevations.  This allowed us to build up a detailed PMP which defined costs at building element level.  It also identified some regular maintenance items that had not been realised as necessary by our client. 

The resultant PMP schedule is a complete reference document that can be used with confidence to budget and specify maintenance work by year.

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College Planned Maintenance Programme Costed - Worthing

This important Further Education College was considering selling its site within three years but needed to maintain its estate in the meantime without unnecessary expenditure.

This important Further Education College was considering selling its site within three years but needed to maintain its estate in the meantime without unnecessary expenditure.

Having surveyed the condition of the buildings Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors prepared a Asset Management Plan for Worthing College concentrating on the exterior fabric.

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Lead Roof Planned Maintenance Programmes - High Barnet

The roofs of this Grade II* listed mansion were of very high specification but the leadwork had reached the end of its useful life and had been patched numerous times. The future of the building was uncertain so Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors produced a minimum expenditure maintenance.

The roofs of this Grade II* listed mansion were of very high specification but the leadwork had reached the end of its useful life and had been patched numerous times.

The future of the building was uncertain so Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors produced a minimum expenditure maintenance plan taking account of the uncertainties whilst recognising the importance of the building’s II* listing.

Work was completed by request of Southgate College.

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