Repair and Maintenance

Identification of building defect, repair specifications and maintenance advice.

Commercial buildings, like all objects utilised for a purpose, require repair and maintenance to ensure their continued use.

Defects and damage can occur through the natural process of wear and tear or weathering, or due to the failure of components.

Many building elements have a finite lifecycle and require upgrade or replacement during the lifespan of a building.

Our repair and maintenance reports will assist you in quantifying the repairs and planning for future maintenance.

Planned Preventative Maintenance

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) is an essential property management tool, applicable to single buildings, estates or portfolios. PPM reports provide clients with details of immediate and forecast maintenance tasks or repairs.

This enables clients to plan and undertake works to prevent deterioration of their buildings and to avoid major disruption of the businesses within those buildings.

The PPM report provides budget cost information to enable clients to prepare accurate financial plans for investment in the building assets.

This includes assessment of provisional budgets for unforeseen repairs, based upon the condition of the building and capital investment for lifecycle replacement of major parts of the building fabric.

The PPM report is an essential tool in making informed expenditure decisions for the real estate.

Once the PPM report is in place, it can be routinely updated to reflect works completed, incorporate new forecast works and to accommodate the deferral or acceleration of works to meet the needs of the occupiers.

Our vast experience in all types of commercial buildings provides CH Building Consultants with the capability to provide concise and accurate PPM reports that are tailored to your type of building or your organisation.

The focus may be on front of house areas to generate business, for other organisations business continuity is critical and for some works can only take place in certain periods of the year.

Our reports identify each element of work, provide condition and risk assessment and provide context to the maintenance task so that decisions on deferment can be made in full confidence.

Defect Analysis

We also provide investigation surveys to resolve specific or individual problems in buildings. There are many differing types of construction, both modern and traditional, and defects can be frustrating, disruptive and difficult to resolve.

Our surveys will assess the problems, identify the causes of the defects and recommend remedies, including timescales and budget costs.

Our defect analysis reports will clearly explain the issues and provide pragmatic, cost effective solutions that fit the character of the building and the type of construction.

Our report will also explain any consequential issues to consider in completion of the works, such as disruption to the occupiers, and advise on any follow up actions.

Diagnosing building defects is the core skill of building surveyors and with over 30 years’ experience, you can be assured of our reliable and comprehensive advice.

Repair and Maintenance FAQs

Here are some of the most common questions we hear from our clientele.

Why do I need a Planned Preventative Maintenance Report?

The report is an invaluable tool to manage estate or property budgets and allows property owners to plan their expenditure, rather than facing unforeseen costs that may depreciate funds from other business budgets.

It enables clients to avoid huge variance in capital expenditure from year to year, which is particularly important where service charge is recovered from tenants, by scheduling major works over a reasonable period of time. The report can also provide clear justification for the application for funding within various types of organisation.

What is the benefit of a Planned Preventative Maintenance Report?

The report will enable the client to prioritise the parts of the building maintenance that are crucial to business continuity and the longevity of the asset. For example, the functionality of specific building services or the requirements to maintain the integrity of the building roofs and gutters may be essential to the business activities in the building.

Our report is the tool that will enable the maintenance or upgrades to be properly funded.

Why do I need a Defect Analysis Report?

The Defect Analysis report will provide you with an independent, unbiased assessment of the cause of the defect and method or option of repair. Contractors and manufacturers can have a vested interest in promoting or recommending specific repairs or works, or their scope of experience may be limited to a certain type of construction.

If the scenario includes an insurance claim, a professional assessment of the work is often required to progress the claim and it is important to include consequential work that may arise from the repair, for example replacement of finishes after a leak is stopped.

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