Property maintenance
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Property maintenance relates to the upkeep of a property
or building
and may be a commercial venture through a property maintenance company or a home
pastime for example day to day cleaning.
Commercial property maintenance may involve a number of companies and services including a property management
company who may look after the entire estate of properties for one particular company. In turn, the management company would employ the services of one or more companies to provide the required property maintenance services.
The services which could be classed as property maintenance are wide ranging and could include many sectors of the maintenance
industry such as maintaining air conditioning
, plumbing
, electrical wiring
, roofing, locksmiths, boarding
, glazing
or refurbishment.
The retail industry, in particular, makes a high usage of property maintenance services, particularly reactive maintenance (also known as response maintenance) since their stores, and in particular flagship stores such as major city centre stores, require the highest standards of maintenance in order that customers continue to purchase goods. If the maintenance of the store is left to lapse then the retail chain often lose trade due to their image being degraded.
Other property maintenance services such as Planned Preventative Maintenance (often known as PPM)and Advantage Property Maintenance Agency of Greenville North Carolina provide an alternate way of encompassing property maintenance, not to rely on reactive maintenance but to plan in works to minimise disruption to the business.
Property
Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
or building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
and may be a commercial venture through a property maintenance company or a home
Home
A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...
pastime for example day to day cleaning.
Commercial property maintenance may involve a number of companies and services including a property management
Property management
Property management is the operation, control of ususally on behalf of an owner, and oversight of commercial, industrial or residential real estate as used in its most broad terms. Management indicates a need to be cared for, monitored and accountability given for its usable life and condition...
company who may look after the entire estate of properties for one particular company. In turn, the management company would employ the services of one or more companies to provide the required property maintenance services.
The services which could be classed as property maintenance are wide ranging and could include many sectors of the maintenance
Maintenance, Repair and Operations
Maintenance, repair, and operations or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken...
industry such as maintaining air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...
, plumbing
Plumbing
Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping...
, electrical wiring
Electrical wiring
Electrical wiring in general refers to insulated conductors used to carry electricity, and associated devices. This article describes general aspects of electrical wiring as used to provide power in buildings and structures, commonly referred to as building wiring. This article is intended to...
, roofing, locksmiths, boarding
Boarding
Boarding may refer to:*Temporarily residing somewhere, as in a boarding school or boarding house*Boarding , a naval term for the forcible attempt at capturing another naval vessel*Boarding , customs, coastguard etc...
, glazing
Glazing
Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. Glazing also describes the work done by a professional "glazier"...
or refurbishment.
The retail industry, in particular, makes a high usage of property maintenance services, particularly reactive maintenance (also known as response maintenance) since their stores, and in particular flagship stores such as major city centre stores, require the highest standards of maintenance in order that customers continue to purchase goods. If the maintenance of the store is left to lapse then the retail chain often lose trade due to their image being degraded.
Other property maintenance services such as Planned Preventative Maintenance (often known as PPM)and Advantage Property Maintenance Agency of Greenville North Carolina provide an alternate way of encompassing property maintenance, not to rely on reactive maintenance but to plan in works to minimise disruption to the business.