Discussions around Building Maintenance Unit services very often focus on the design and manufacturing stages of the process, and for good reason. It is important to factor in the initial challenges presented by each building access project, dealing with a wide range of barriers to deliver effective building access solutions, from navigating around architectural features and deploying BMUs in limited spaces to minimising visual impact and providing access to hard-to-reach areas.
CoxGomyl’s comprehensive building access solutions take a much broader view than this and are developed to meet the cleaning and maintenance needs of each structure day in and day out, helping to keep buildings in excellent condition for years to come.
Bearing that in mind, it is worth looking in greater depth at how one of CoxGomyl’s most well-known building access systems operates on a daily basis to complete the required cleaning cycles across all facade surfaces and provide operators with the means to safely and efficiently complete a range of maintenance tasks.
The scale and complexity of the 492-metre-tall Shanghai World Financial Center and its 474-metre-high observation deck required a comparably intricate building access system. No fewer than 20 BMUs were deployed with a range of features to provide 100% coverage while also retracting inside the building itself to conceal the machines from view when not in use.
The impressive scale of this complete building access system calls for a total of 26 staff members to operate all the BMUs. The entire facade of this massive supertall skyscraper can be cleaned within a period of approximately three months.
In practice, the building’s cleaning cycles are organised and staggered to allow for the varied purposes and uses of each part of the building. The quality of the views from the observation deck is a primary concern, and this area is therefore cleaned twice every month to maintain optimum levels of transparency and visitor enjoyment. The hotel and office areas, meanwhile, are cleaned once a month and once every three months respectively. This programme of targeted maintenance provides a minimum of four complete cleaning cycles each year.
In addition to facade cleaning, operators are also able to use the BMUs to safely and efficiently replace glass panels and LED lights, along with carrying out a range of other maintenance tasks as required.
A straightforward five-step procedure allows operators to safely and reliably use the automated system to launch the BMUs from within the building and reverse the steps to retract them back into their parked positions.
CoxGomyl’s dedicated team works in close consultation with clients to deliver a long-term investment, ensuring that every system provided meets the particular building access requirements of the project and remains a valuable part of the building for years to come.
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