Smart Maintenance
Smart Maintenance is all about using maintenance budgets more effectively by optimising planning and using the most appropriate and cost-effective materials and systems. We have found this system is must applicable to our customers who have long term ownership of their housing stock (five years or greater).
Even seemingly insignificant modifications to maintenance can lead to big cost savings over the lifetime of a building. To achieve these savings it is necessary to gain a complete understanding of the performance characteristics of all materials involved.
The philosophy of Smart Maintenance, effectively applied, enables the achievement of €Best Value€ on any cyclical maintenance programme. It is a tailored process which acknowledges that each site will require a specific approach according to aspect, building use, traffic flow and other factors.
Smart Maintenance is a calculated balance between quality and cost. Product quality alone is not necessarily the means to achieve €Best Value€. Where two products have broadly similar performance characteristics and life expectancy, price becomes an important criterion, as does ease of application and the consequent reduction of labour time.
The life cycle of a building and its maintenance needs form the basis of Crown Paint's Smart Maintenance programmes, which provide an innovative and practical approach to cyclical maintenance. Smart Maintenance specifications incorporate the most appropriate and cost effective coating systems.
We have worked with the Crown Paint's Smart Maintenance programme since 2004 and the benefits to the properties are self evident when viewing properties which were decorated in 2004.