COMMERCIAL SERVICE & MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS
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important when creating and executing a plant room maintenance programme. Director Nicole Lester says: “We make it a priority to take the time to identify what the customer wants to achieve in their business. Whether it is to reduce facility downtime, operating costs or energy efficiency. We then match their objectives with a tailored and relevant plant room package.” The company’s client base includes hotel chains, health clubs, public and state pools, NHS and private hospitals and school pools.
THE KEY TO SAFE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT POOL OPERATION Drawing from over 25 years’ of experience in the commercial pool sector, Combined Leisure Solutions (CLS) are fully aware of the challenges faced by pool operators. From national corporate multi-site operations to local community trusts, including hotels, gym spas, schools and healthcare facilities, they appreciate the particular needs of all types of installation and how to get the best out of them.
According to CLS, the key to safe, clean and efficient swimming pool operation is regular structured maintenance.
All pool plants are different with various factors impacting water quality and operational costs, therefore it is imperative that a personalised maintenance schedule is established. CLS can perform detailed analysis of the plant and its operation, taking into account the personal environment of the pool and its facilities.
The company will then construct a personalised maintenance plan/pack that will ensure the highest water quality is achieved. Scheduled checks and tests can be completed by their team at the facility, providing a detailed risk assessment of the health of the
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plant including identification of upcoming maintenance tasks to assist in financial forecasting.
CLS can also complete the day-to-day management of a pool, by outsourcing the operational control of the plant/ tank environments – consolidating all the associated activities (servicing, maintenance, cleaning) often resulting in cost savings in both core services (water, gas, electricity) and chemical orders. CLS can complete seasonal maintenance for a site, which can include winterisation for outdoor pools as well as commissioning and decommission of the plant operations.
The company also highlight that inefficient operation of any commercial pool will result in a loss of profits that can often be higher than operators may realise.
For example, some of the costs of maintaining a pool are obvious and up front. Everyone is used to ‘shopping around’ to getting the best deal possible on things like chemicals, utility bills and parts – it would be crazy not to. But have you considered that inefficient operation – the hidden costs of running a commercial pool – could be costing more than all of those things combined? Poor staffing rotas, irregular maintenance and complacency with suppliers can all add unnecessary costs and undermine good practice in other areas. CLS can help businesses carry out an operational analysis to identify key areas of improvement. By taking an independent, broad view of all aspects of a business – including staffing levels, supply chains, chemical management and working procedures – they will provide an improvement plan designed to identify the areas where a business could be losing profit through ineffective operation. What’s more, they can help to implement it and measure the results.
CLS are also able to work with operators to help identify the most cost efficient upgrades that suit an operation. They can help plan out upgrade options, plot the expected returns and complete a full return on investment evaluation to see when the savings and improvements will be realised.
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND BALANCE TANK SPECIALISTS Pool Maintenance Ltd have been in the water treatment industry for more than 35 years and have accumulated a vast amount of expertise and experience enabling them to guarantee the operational performance and upkeep of even the most demanding water treatment applications.
They deal with swimming, leisure and hydrotherapy pools and as you would expect offer servicing and maintenance contracts, however one of their specialist areas is balance tank cleaning.
Balance tank cleaning along with filtration and chemical dosing is an integral part of keeping the pool water well balanced, making it safe and clean for bathers to use. Body fats, moisturisers, false tans, perfumes, salts, etc are substances which bathers bring into the pool on their person. These substances adhere to the water particles causing bio-films to form on the water’s surface. As the water enters the balance tank (and also the filters) the bio-films form a membrane on the balance tank walls and ceilings giving bacteria, Legionnaires, Pseudomonas and E-Coli a platform on which to grow.
They grow at an alarming rate and thrive in such places as balance tanks and filters. PWTAG advise balance tanks to be cleaned and inspected every 12 months however, due to balance tanks and filters being classed as confined spaces it should be noted that only
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