FOCUS MAINTENANCE
These spaces require high air re-circulation
rates to provide the cooling to IT equipment and
electrical plant such as UPS’s (Uninterruptable
Power Systems). Once again referring to the
REHVA COVID-19 guidance document it could be
deduced that an enclosed space with high air
turbulence and low ventilation rates would create
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an environment with increased risk of aerosol
transmission. As such we made it mandatory that
engineers operating in environments such as these
did so wearing FFP2 grade face masks(vi), based
on an altruistic approach, trying to prevent the
release of airborne viruses within the turbulent air
streams.
The closing and reopening of commercial
o ices represented challenges, but there was at
least a degree of time available to develop and
stress test the necessary strategies. As a multifaceted
engineering company providing design
consultancy, project delivery and maintenance
services we work across a range of industry
sectors, including healthcare, life sciences and
data centres. For our engagements with our clients
in these sectors the opportunity to pause, reflect
and plan did not exist. From our 40+ key workers
maintaining a major London hospital, to our design
team overseeing the commissioning stages of a 64
bed intensive care unit the demand for their time,
commitment and professionalism could not have
been greater. We had significant design and build
data centre upgrade/expansion projects ongoing,
the timely completion of which was required to
maintain the increasingly vital digital infrastructure
that was sustaining a population many of whom
were working, or schooling, from home.
Collectively we have risen to the many challenges
that COVID-19 presents, every member of the
team and our trusted supply chain performed, and
continues to perform, fantastically. To continue
to o er a high-quality service to our clients we
didn’t lose service on any critical facilities and
many strategies that we deployed initially in
response to the virus will be accommodated
into our daily working practices. Necessity has
certainly driven innovation in operations and for
all the obvious downside from the pandemic it has
helped to highlight the importance of the building
services sector to industry at large, something
we should capitalise on and utilise to encourage
young engineers to pursue a career in building
engineering services.
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REFERENCE NOTES
(i) www.fmj.co.uk/sfg20-defi nitive-standard-buildingmaintenance/
(ii) www.thebesa.com/knowledge/shop/products/sfg30-
maintenance-task-schedules-mothballing-and-reactivation/
(iii) www.thebesa.com/
(iv) www.rehva.eu/activities/covid-19-guidance
(v) https://jca.co.uk/fi t-out/cat-a-b/
(vi) www.healtheuropa.eu/are-face-masks-useful-for-stoppingthe
spread-of-covid-19/99087/
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/covid-19-guidance
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