Computer Air Services Essential Services Compliance

Building owners, managers and building services staff should ask themselves a couple of key questions:

Is the essential services maintenance being done properly?
Would the occupants be able to evacuate safely in the event of a fire or power outage?

Current legislation requires all building owners to maintain equipment and services to Australian Standards and provide annual certification. This certification details the acceptable performance of the services to either design intent or maintenance standards (depending on the State requirements).

Items covered under this compliance may include, but is not limited to:

Portable fire extinguishers
Fire hose reels
Fire hydrants & booster pumps
Fire panels and detectors
Emergency lighting
Exit signs
Stair pressurisation fans
Smoke systems
Paths of travel
Fire dampers

The consequences of not properly maintaining these systems are severe and the financial burdens could cause the collapse of your business.

Computer Air Services can tailor a program of works to ensure all your essential services are properly maintained and kept in compliance with statutory regulations. This can even include equipment maintained by other contractors so that you have one point of communication to simplify the task of managing this requirement.

Some of the relevant legislation includes (but is not limited to):

NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and Regulations issued from time to time.
NSW Local Government Act 1993 and Regulations issued from time to time.
NSW Code of Practice - Plumbing and Drainage Edition No 2 July 1999
Building Code of Australia 1996 as amended from time to time
AS 1359 Rotating electrical machines – General requirements.
AS 1530 Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures.
AS 1603 Automatic fire detection and alarm systems.
AS 1670 Fire detection, warning, control and intercom systems – System design, installation and commissioning.
AS/NZS 1668 The Use of Ventilation & Air Conditioning in Buildings
AS/NZS 1677 Refrigerating Systems
AS 1682 Fire dampers
AS 1851-2005 Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems & Equipment
AS/NZS 1905 Components for the Protection of Openings in Fire-Resistant Walls
AS 2118 Automatic fire sprinkler systems.
AS 2220 Emergency warning and intercommunications systems in buildings.
AS/NZS 2293 Emergency evacuation lighting for buildings.
AS 2419 Fire hydrant installations.
AS 2441:1988 Installation of hose reels.
AS 2444 Portable fire extinguishers and fire blankets.
AS 2467:1981 Maintenance of electrical switchgear.
AS/NZS 3000 Electrical installations.
AS/NZS 3500 National Plumbing and Drainage Code.
AS/NZS 3504:1995 Fire blankets.
AS/NZS 3666.1-2002 Air Handling & Water Systems of Buildings – Microbial Control (Design, Installation & Commissioning)
AS/NZS 3666.2-2002 Air Handling & Water Systems of Buildings – Microbial Control (Operation & Maintenance)
AS/NZS 3666.3-2002 Air Handling & Water Systems of Buildings – Microbial Control (Performance-Based Maintenance)
AS/NZS 3760-2003 In-Service Safety Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment
AS/NZS 3947 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear.
AS 4072 Components for the protection of openings in fire-resistant separating elements.
AS 4214:2002 Gaseous fire extinguishing systems.
NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and Regulation issued from time to time.
Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Qld) and Regulation issued from time to time.
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 Act No 107/2004 (Vic) and Regulation issued from time to time.
NSW Public Health Act 1991 and Regulations issued from time to time.
Queensland Public Health Act 2005 and Regulations issued from time to time.
ACT Public Health Act 1997 and Regulations issued from time to time.
Tasmania Public Health Act 1997 and Regulations issued from time to time.

Let Computer Air Services put the risk of compliance failure out of your mind in the comforting assurance that a dedicated professional is responsibly managing the work for you.