Building management is a sub branch that falls under property management. The work of a building manager is to supervise the hard and soft structures of a built structure ensuring security, health, safety and maintenance of the structure are at a satisfactory level. Thus, a building manager has many roles and responsibilities.
Among the important responsibilities is to cater for occupants and visitor safety. He makes sure disability access requirements are in place and ensures emergency doors are visible and exits are always lit. He also has to check if posted maps and signs contain the necessary and appropriate information and evacuation procedures. He also makes sure the interior floors are clean during winter by custodians to keep visitors and occupants safe.
The building manager also has to check if the security and fire systems are in place. This means the security systems, security staff and fire preventions systems should be in place. Security staff can be supervised directly or indirectly through their security chief of staff. In addition, the security and fire systems are checked to be operational and experts are hired to evaluate their conditions regularly and can recommend necessary changes.
Electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems must also be operational. A building manager will work with relevant staff members in ensuring that the necessary repairs are undertaken. For a residential building, the manager is in ensuring that any problems tenants are addressed and repaired as soon as possible.
The building manage also has to cater for janitorial services as well as landscaping. He supervises the janitorial staff that does daily cleaning. This may include groundskeepers for building grounds and landscaping maintenance. In addition, this includes employees who wash and wax floors and cleans bathrooms. If there is no staff, it is upon him to contact the necessary service.
Investigation following the event of an accident is another duty of the building manager. He may call upon experts to give him detailed accounts of the accident and the probable causes. Then the manager can decide the appropriate measures that may need to be implemented. To add to that, if the building is obsolete, it is upon him to install the required upgrades.
The number of staff has to be adequate and well trained if emergencies should they occur. Sufficient fire wardens and evacuation officers are appointed to ensure emergency drills are undertaken. All this is done by the building manager. They also make changes in staff such as firing incompetent people and hiring to inadequately staffed departments. In case of an emergency, the manager should also ensure sufficient first-aiders are around.
Appointments for inspections of the building are a key responsibility. The safety of the building is determined by the control and safety inspections. Additionally, for a departmental plant, engineering insurance inspections are carried out to establish the eligibility for an insurance cover. Hence a building manager has his hands full to ensure the safety of the building they manage.
Among the important responsibilities is to cater for occupants and visitor safety. He makes sure disability access requirements are in place and ensures emergency doors are visible and exits are always lit. He also has to check if posted maps and signs contain the necessary and appropriate information and evacuation procedures. He also makes sure the interior floors are clean during winter by custodians to keep visitors and occupants safe.
The building manager also has to check if the security and fire systems are in place. This means the security systems, security staff and fire preventions systems should be in place. Security staff can be supervised directly or indirectly through their security chief of staff. In addition, the security and fire systems are checked to be operational and experts are hired to evaluate their conditions regularly and can recommend necessary changes.
Electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems must also be operational. A building manager will work with relevant staff members in ensuring that the necessary repairs are undertaken. For a residential building, the manager is in ensuring that any problems tenants are addressed and repaired as soon as possible.
The building manage also has to cater for janitorial services as well as landscaping. He supervises the janitorial staff that does daily cleaning. This may include groundskeepers for building grounds and landscaping maintenance. In addition, this includes employees who wash and wax floors and cleans bathrooms. If there is no staff, it is upon him to contact the necessary service.
Investigation following the event of an accident is another duty of the building manager. He may call upon experts to give him detailed accounts of the accident and the probable causes. Then the manager can decide the appropriate measures that may need to be implemented. To add to that, if the building is obsolete, it is upon him to install the required upgrades.
The number of staff has to be adequate and well trained if emergencies should they occur. Sufficient fire wardens and evacuation officers are appointed to ensure emergency drills are undertaken. All this is done by the building manager. They also make changes in staff such as firing incompetent people and hiring to inadequately staffed departments. In case of an emergency, the manager should also ensure sufficient first-aiders are around.
Appointments for inspections of the building are a key responsibility. The safety of the building is determined by the control and safety inspections. Additionally, for a departmental plant, engineering insurance inspections are carried out to establish the eligibility for an insurance cover. Hence a building manager has his hands full to ensure the safety of the building they manage.
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