Painting as Preventative Maintenance

For many building managers, balancing the daily operations and cost expenditures of maintaining a building can be challenging. Oftentimes, there are a variety of maintenance issues that arise, requiring projects to be prioritized. Plumbing issues are typically addressed because of an immediate situation. Elevators and fire systems are high on the priority list, understandably, due to safety concerns. Air-conditioning upgrades are budgeted for retrofit due to necessity. Painting, unfortunately, is primarily viewed by many as a cosmetic nicety and, as such, deferred year after year until problems persist and eventually become visibly evident.

Read more of this article at Building Management Hawaii – October/November 2018.