Engineering and Construction

Ongoing and long term cleaning and maintenance will be required and may impact on the design. Ongoing work will require a simple safe means of access. It will be necessary to account for the loading and connection of gantries, walkways, harness points, etc., in the design of the primary structure.

Long term maintenance could be facilitated by independent access systems such as scaffolding. The main impact on the design of the structure will be the quality of the specification. The life to first maintenance of the finishes and components will increase with initial cost.This needs to be balanced by the costs of the maintenance activity.The client should be consulted on the options available and choose the most appropriate option. This will depend on his/her long term interest in the building fabric.