Preventative / Corrective Maintenance

Preventative maintenance is maintenance which is carried out to prevent an item failing or wearing out by providing systematic inspection, detection and prevention of incipient failure.

Resolve FM’s preventative maintenance program will be used to manage scheduled maintenance performed at specific intervals. Resolve FM uses preventative maintenance tasks to sustain the functional and operational capabilities of equipment or systems. The preventative maintenance efforts are aimed at preserving the useful life of equipment and avoiding premature equipment failures, minimising any impact on operational requirements. In addition to the routine aspects of cleaning, adjusting, lubricating and testing, Resolve FM performs inspections to identify impending problems and schedule repairs prior to equipment failure and/or further degradation.

Preventative maintenance is carried out only on those items where a failure would have expensive or unacceptable consequences e.g. lifts, fire alarms, electricity supply and gas supply. Many of these items are also subject to a statutory requirement for inspection and preventive maintenance.

Corrective maintenance can be defined as the maintenance which is required when an item has failed or worn out, to bring it back to working order. Corrective maintenance is carried out on all items where the consequences of failure or wearing out are not significant and the cost of this maintenance is not greater than preventative maintenance.

Corrective Maintenance activity may conist of repair, restoration or replacement of equipment. This activity will be the result of a regular inspection, which identifies the failure in time for corrective maintenance to be planned and scheduled, then performed during a routine maintenance shutdown.