What is BS 8210:2020 about?
This British Standard provides recommendations on how to manage facilities maintenance and doesn’t cover how to carry out maintenance. BS 8210:2020 is targeted at top management wishing to understand the impact on the organization of different facilities maintenance choices. This revision has converted a guidance standard into a code of practice to help more organizations apply it.
Who is BS 8210:2020 for?
- Building owners and their advisors
- Facilities management professionals
- Facilities management service providers
- Facilities management product organizations
- Facilities managers in organizations of any size include those with multi-site estates
Why should you use BS 8210:2020?
This standard will help facility owners and operators, or those acting on their behalf, to align the formulation and implementation of maintenance strategies and policies to the core objectives of the organization in the most efficient and effective way.
Specifically, it gives recommendations on how to manage facilities maintenance by:
- Outlining a business-focused or risk-based process approach to maintenance management at the strategic and tactical levels, with links to operational activities
- Helping organizations and individuals formulate strategies and policies for maintenance management
- Assisting those responsible for ensuring that facility assets continue to perform as intended, retaining their asset value at minimum cost
- Highlighting the importance of regular and planned maintenance as a value-adding activity
- Highlighting relevant areas of importance with regard to occupational health and safety and information management
BS 8210:2020 applies to most types of building-related facilities, for example, those for health care, education, housing, manufacturing and distribution, commerce, retailing, utilities, communication and transportation.
NOTE: This British Standard does not give recommendations on:
- The procurement of services for maintenance (see BS 8572)
- How to carry out different types of maintenance
- Any improvements, additions or alterations to a facility that would make it suitable for a purpose other than that for which it was designed (see BS 8536-1)
- Cleaning facilities (see BS 6270-3)
- Maintenance of engineering infrastructure
What’s new about BS 8210:2020?
This is a full revision of the standard introducing the following principal changes:
- The incorporation of practices based upon a business-focused or risk-based process for determining maintenance recommendations, changing this British Standard from a Guide to a Code of Practice
- Greater consideration of environmental factors and how these might impact maintenance strategies, policies and plans
Further guidance arising from developments in technology affecting the nature of facility assets and the maintenance management process, in particular the use of information and communications technology (ICT) and smart systems, have been taken into account.
