Water is a critical resource within buildings; we need it for drinking, washing, heating and sanitation. Then there is cleaning and cooking. It is, therefore, essential that all pump systems associated with water services operate at 100% availability - a tall order, but one that many facilities and building services managers have to deal with. A pumping infrastructure can be complex and contain many single points of failure, which makes condition monitoring and ongoing maintenance essential. It is not uncommon for the failure of the pump system to be caused by other factors, such as contaminated water, control failures and operator error through lack of knowledge. Regular inspection and maintenance of this equipment is not always given the level of priority that it requires. Typical excuses are cost and the pressure to allocate resources to higher profile projects. Because building services equipment encompasses several different engineering and consulting disciplines, they all demand the attention of appropriately qualified professionals.
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