OPINION
COMMERCIAL WATER CONTROLS
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This month, the CIBSE LinkedIn group talks about monitoring M&E systems and whether energy-intensive buildings can be effi cient
Since 1928 DELABIE has been designing specialist water controls for the commercial sector.
Electronic mixers, taps and showers Time flow mixers, taps and showers Thermostatic mixing valves WC Frame systems
Steve Munn makes the case for real-time monitoring of M&E systems and data storage over their entire lifetime
Lee P I have a belief that maintenance contracts of many FM companies incentivise plant failure, as unscheduled replacement gives an opportunity to load the costs due to urgent need on the basis that the margins on the tender for the ongoing management were tight. I also believe that the people on
the ground are not incentivised to consistently and continuously maintain equipment as per manufacturers’ recommendations. It seems to me its always about
‘bare minimum to keep it ticking along’ and I think its something endemic in the commercial arrangements rather than down to a culture of the technicians who ‘do the box ticking’.
delabie.co.uk 26 CIBSE Journal March 2014
Andrew Wolstenholme Maintenance is about controlled depreciation of the asset. If you
don’t know how long the kit will last, how do you plan for the capital cost of replacement? Tenants keep everything going
as they don’t see why they should cop for their predecessors’ neglect, so it becomes a game of musical chairs. I can understand the landlord/tenant reluctance, but there’s no excuse for the owner not to look after their asset.
Eric Asquith Surely the answer here is to use a company that has all the qualifi cations and health and safety packages, and is honest and reliable, and has a passion for knowing that what they do will be done correctly and professionally! Yes, before you decry those sentiments, there are companies that still hold this code of honour, but it is so easy for building owners and their procurement chain to look at low -cost solutions. Until we can get back to a code
of practi ce that allows companies to be paid their worth and the bond of trust to be reinstalled between the building owner, consultant and contractor, there will be more cases of malpractice reported .
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