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.
It is important for electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems are fully operational. A building manager thus has maintenance staff who undertake the necessary repairs of the building. If it is a residential building, the manager is inclined to respond to the requests made by tenants for the repair of various things within the building.
The building manager has to supervise the janitorial and landscape staff. The janitorial staff that does daily cleaning plus the groundskeepers for landscape maintenance are supervised by the building manager. This also includes those who wash and wax floors and clean bathrooms. If there is no staff the manager has to call the companies that offer the 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 To add to that, if the building is obsolete, it is upon him to install the required upgrades.
In addition, he has to ensure that he has an adequate number of staff in the building who are well trained in emergencies should they occur. He has to ensure sufficient fire evacuation officers and fire wardens are appointed and ensure emergency drills are undertaken. It also lies within their power to fire employees who seem incompetent and hire appropriate staff members. He should also ensure adequate numbers of first-aiders are nearby in the occurrence of an emergency.
The building manager also has to make appointments for inspection of the building. Control and safety inspections are carried out to determine the safety of the building. In addition, engineering insurance inspections of a departmental plant can be undertaken to verify if it is eligible for an insurance cover. Building managers have thus got their work cut out for them to ensure safety of a building
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.
It is important for electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems are fully operational. A building manager thus has maintenance staff who undertake the necessary repairs of the building. If it is a residential building, the manager is inclined to respond to the requests made by tenants for the repair of various things within the building.
The building manager has to supervise the janitorial and landscape staff. The janitorial staff that does daily cleaning plus the groundskeepers for landscape maintenance are supervised by the building manager. This also includes those who wash and wax floors and clean bathrooms. If there is no staff the manager has to call the companies that offer the 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.
In addition, he has to ensure that he has an adequate number of staff in the building who are well trained in emergencies should they occur. He has to ensure sufficient fire evacuation officers and fire wardens are appointed and ensure emergency drills are undertaken. It also lies within their power to fire employees who seem incompetent and hire appropriate staff members. He should also ensure adequate numbers of first-aiders are nearby in the occurrence of an emergency.
The building manager also has to make appointments for inspection of the building. Control and safety inspections are carried out to determine the safety of the building. In addition, engineering insurance inspections of a departmental plant can be undertaken to verify if it is eligible for an insurance cover. Building managers have thus got their work cut out for them to ensure safety of a building