Maintenance Essentials

There is a legal obligation to maintain gas fittings in commercial properties and to have an annual check carried out by a Gas Safe engineer.

If you’re responsible for a commercial building with air conditioning, then you need to be aware of the regulations that are in place to ensure these systems are safe and compliant. As F-Gases can have a devastating greenhouse effect, it’s good to know that the most damaging of them are being phased out over the...

The disorientation and potential distress caused by sudden darkness is a genuine health and safety concern as is the need to provide adequate lighting for safe evacuation. The provision and maintenance of emergency lighting is therefore a legal requirement in all commercial buildings.

Commercial landlords and property owners have a duty of care and are legally required to ensure that the electrics in the buildings are not a danger to occupiers and visitors.

If you’re responsible for a commercial property and you fail to maintain boilers and heating systems correctly your tenants could be at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning or gas explosions. Find out your obligations.

Last year alone fires in non residential premises in the UK resulted in 17 fatalities and 1061 non-fatal casualties. If you’re responsible for a commercial property it could be you who needs to meet the various obligations of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to ensure the safety of anyone using the building.

If you’re responsible for the maintenance of commercial premises where asbestos is present, even those that are vacant or derelict, you have a ‘duty to manage’ it, failure to do so could result in a significant fine or prison sentence.