Building services: The components of the building services and the management
by Sarah Peter ContributorIn a lot of innovation and technological era, the high rise and
skyscrapers building are commonly seen. The huge building or tower has multiple
component integrated that demand for maintenance. There are companies that
provide the building services in north Somerset. The services also possess too many
expertise for maintenance from different discipline of studies.
Building Management System
It’s a daily
routine work where teams are monitoring the building equipment functions
through computer. The complete control of the BMS is optimized and adjustable
to maintain the performance. The data is received in pictorial and visuals
making it more user friendly. A report is also generated and in case of
failure, the alarms or alerts are rung.
Energy generation, distribution and
supply
The energy
is produced in different form to supply the building. The generators and
transmission requires maintenance. There are different types of energy
producing technique:
1.
Furnace Oil generators
2.
Thermal power generation
3.
Hydroelectricity
4.
Biomass power generation
5.
Solar panel
6.
Wind power
Any of the producing technique require engineers for building services in north Somerset.
The technical department is deployed every time.
Escalators
and lifts
A lift is a vertical transportation between the building floors to
bypass the stairs. It’s used in multi-storey buildings to have an ease for the
people. Lifts are also used for evacuation and firefighting purposes. On the
other hand, escalator are mechanical machine also transports vertical but it
only move to the next level and only moves in a single direction.
Facade
engineering
The vertical face of the building is known as façade. Developing a
high quality façade improves energy efficiency and durability of the building.
The face of building needs to have attraction.
Fire
safety, detection and protection
There are various equipment to prevent from fire and detection to evacuate
the people inside.
·
Smoke detector
·
Heat alarm
·
Ionization smoke alarm
·
Sprinkles
Information
Technology and communication
The significant component for BMS to communicate for the storage,
retrieval, transmittal and manipulating data to manage according to the
requirement, if needed.
Heating,
ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
This section deals with:
·
Regulate internal humidity
·
Regulate internal temperatures
·
Maintain internal air quality
It’s a central system of a building. It manages the above mentioned
system that includes air handling units (AHU). The automated system simply
calibrate the temperature so that the people inside don’t feel suffocated.
Refrigeration
It includes the following apparatus:
·
HVAC
·
Cooling for industrial processes and
refrigeration
Lightning
protection
It protects the lights from getting short or fused. For example
conductor cables and ground rods in the system keeps the light protected.
Security
and alarm systems
The protection of physical apparatus and visitors is also important.
Security has different components that includes:
·
CCTV
·
Access Control
·
Intruder alarm
·
Fire detection system
·
Perimeter security
·
Integrated systems
Water,
drainage and plumbing
Sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) is efficiently designed by
the engineers to manage the system so that it doesn’t cause seepage or any
drainage problem. The work requires plumbing that involves typically pipes,
valves and tanks.
1.
Cooling and heating
2.
Cold and hot water supply
3.
Water recovery and treatment plant
4.
Rainwater and subsurface water drain
5.
Waste removal
6.
Fuel gas piping
Conclusion
The extensively explained above components include in building services in north Somerset.
Apart from the buildings or tower, the residencies also require the building
services because a lot of things are installed in the home. The building
services require specialists for the management and maintenance. Individual
specialists are hired by different project management companies or contractors
to tackle the cliental issues. For example, the electrical engineer will have
command over lighting and electrical wiring, the power generation will be
looked after power engineer and so on and so forth.
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