By planning ahead and predicting when your site infrastructure needs maintenance can save industrial and commercial sites a fortune on downtime. Being prepared with your site maintenance also means that you can schedule ahead, slotting the appropriate maintenance in at quiet times of the year, or planning it at night when it is less likely to impact the productivity of your operation.
Predictive maintenance should not only consider previous experiences and data, it’s also a good idea to allow for scaling. Is your operation manufacturing 10% more every year? Well, the chances are then, that you’ll have 10% more trucks transporting your goods offsite, and likely your asphalt will need resurfacing 10% sooner than when you produced less and freighted less frequently.
The same site maintenance scaling concept applies for retail. If you’re a Shopping Centre or Home Maker’s Centre who is responsible for keeping hashings, carpark markings, and non-slip surfaces intact for the safety of customers, predicting your linemarking or resurfacing activities based on quiet retail months could leave you in the lurch!
We’ve all seen the darker side of humanity when drivers are unable to navigate their way out of carpark gridlock quickly due to emergency maintenance at Christmas time. Predicting likely wear ahead of busy times helps you prepare for those demanding times, ensuring your maintenance is carried out before it becomes an emergency repair.
Predicting site maintenance needs based on weather and seasons is another incredibly beneficial way to ensure you’re not paying extra to have work done as a matter of urgency. Here are some seasonal considerations that could save you time, expense, and trouble heading into summer:
If you’d like a more exhaustive checklist of suggested regular Site Maintenance activities, we have a free downloadable site maintenance checklist.
To find out more about how we can help your site stay on top of operations though providing quality, reliable site maintenance support, chat to John on 0448 860 045 or fill complete our enquiry form.
Apart from obvious drainage problems like flooding, there are serious ongoing issues caused from poor drainage. If water is sitting around the base of buildings and fixed plant, it can cause very expensive long-term damage through rust, rotting and softening of the sub surface. Stagnant water can also lead to rising damp inside buildings causing mould, mildew, and rot. Inadequate drainage can lead to erosion of soil, gravel and even roads, paths, slabs and driveways.
Water pooling above ground is usually easy enough to spot, but sub surface drainage problems can still be serious without being as quickly and easily detected. It’s important to plan good drainage systems right from the setup of your commercial or industrial property from underground trenches to the slope of the land and inclusions of elements like v drains, gutter drains and absorption pits where needed.
In many cases drainage needs to be planned by an engineer and approved by your local council. Here are some of the drainage solutions that you may be asked to implement.
V drains are most commonly used to the side of paths and driveways. It’s important that the road is sloped towards the v drain which will then take the runoff to an area for holding or dispersal.
Water can also sit below the ground where it can cause sinkage. Sub Surface Drainage aims to take the water to a more suitable place or disperse it. Sub Surface draining is commonly achieved through trenches lined with Geotech fabric, gravel, and perforated pipe (ag pipe).
At times collected water can be drained into a pit filled with aggregate, allowing it to sit and eventually seep back into the surrounding area once the initial overland flow has dissipated.
Whatever type of drainage is deemed necessary, we can help you install. We’ve got the machines and the experience to install your drainage requirements to your specifications.
To discuss your project please get in touch.