Artificial Surfaces
ordinarily be known as housekeeping and this can include litter picking and general tidying of the surface, moving furniture etc. Ordinarily, maintenance will also include some sort of operation on the surface. With a good understanding of the surface type, and any governing body and warranty requirements, a maintenance plan can be put together to include frequencies, type of operation, machinery type and a record log of the operation having been executed by a trained member of staff. I know this is not always easy with time constraints placed on groundstaff, but sometimes a formal record will have to be kept and it can be useful from a safety perspective as well. When each identified objective is
considered, and the market investigated for equipment etc. - including talks to suppliers and manufacturers, a plan of action can be put together. The weather can play an important part in timings of operations and, occasonally, frequencies and this too should be considered as part of the overall plan. When maintaining a new area, you start to get an appreciation of good design principles and, hopefully with a sound design, you will have already considered and installed appropriate access paths, detox area, access gates and maintenance storage. An existing facility may well share storage and such like with the wider plant and equipment on site, but this can be developed as time goes on. As already mentioned, some people like
onsite performance evaluations and testing to understand the outcomes of maintenance. This is no bad thing as it can guide you in
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terms of frequencies and specific tasks over time. This all develops a sound knowledge base from which to work, but it needs to be cost effective. As well as aesthetics, it goes without
saying that maintenance has a direct impact on surface quality and user safety and, as a result, user performance. This is why maintenance should be planned rather than randomly undertaken. Make sure, as a manager, you walk around and across the site on a regular basis to understand any temporary defects that may become
apparent and chat to staff regarding maintenance outcomes to pre-empt any issues that may arise. It is worth bearing in mind that maintenance may not just involve the surface; it could relate to infrastructure, fencing, floodlighting etc. as well. Principally though, this article focuses on surface maintenance. Sometimes, maintenance contracts need
to be entered into whereby an external contractor will advise and recommend operations, including frequencies and costs, to optimise a surface condition utilising
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