Policy 14 Maintenance planning and worksPolicy 14 Maintenance planning and works

Policy 14 Maintenance planning and works

The Library shall be well maintained and all maintenance and repair work will respect the significance of the place. Maintenance and repair will be based on a maintenance plan that is informed by:

• a sound knowledge of each part of the building, its materials and services and their heritage significance; and
• regular inspection/monitoring (see Policy 15).

It will also include provision for timely preventive maintenance and prompt repair in the event of breakdown.

Implementation strategies

14.1 The National Library of Australia will review existing maintenance planning to ensure consistency with the conservation management plan.

14.2 The National Library of Australia will ensure maintenance planning is periodically informed by a monitoring program (refer to Policy 15).

14.3 The National Library of Australia will maintain a life-cycle maintenance plan for the place, complementing the suite of maintenance planning.

Commentary: The current Library life-cycle maintenance plan was prepared in 2016. It provides an annual schedule of ongoing building maintenance, including maintenance of heritage building fabric. The plan will next be reviewed in 2019.

Policy 15 Monitoring the condition of significant attributes

The National Library of Australia shall adopt a program to periodically monitor the condition of significant attributes (eg. the building), and address any problems identified with a priority related to the nature and consequences of the problem.

Commentary: Significant attributes are those which embody or convey heritage values, as listed in Section 4.2.

Implementation strategies

15.1 The National Library of Australia will develop and adopt a condition monitoring program covering all significant attributes. This will specify a monitoring timetable. Existing audits and maintenance programs, supplemented or coordinated as necessary, could form the basis for this program.

15.2 The National Library of Australia will seek to ensure that a formal link is established between the outcome of monitoring and prioritising of remedial works and maintenance programs, to ensure problems are addressed in a timely fashion. (See also Policy 14)

15.3 Monitoring of the condition of the significant attributes, the development of the monitoring program, and the prioritisation and implementation of remedial actions, will be the responsibility of the Director, Building and Security Services.