Brief About Building Maintenance Directorate and Types of Provided Maintenance 
                                                                        
               The Building Maintenance Directorate is one of the Directorates under Projects and Maintenance 
               Sector  in  the  Ministry  of  Works,  Municipalities  Affairs  and  Urban  Planning.  Since  2013, 
               Engineer Huda Mirza Abbas is the Director of BMD and this Directorate consist of two main 
               sections as follow: 
                    •   Planning and Engineering Section 
                    •   Maintenance Supervision Section 
                   
               The  Building  Maintenance  Directorate  is  responsible  for  maintaining  the  most  of  the 
               Government  Owned  Buildings  that  belong  to  Government  Entities  which  doesn’t  have  an 
               allocated maintenance budget and technical team, all of that is reflecting the government strategy 
               that gives a significant interest to building maintenance in line with Bahrain’s economic vision 
               and the achievement of sustainable development goals, which provide social, economic and 
               environmental needs to the community. 
                
               The Directorate carries out the required maintenance works in order to maintain the safety of 
               these buildings, prolong their life span, ensure their sustainability and increase their operational 
               efficiency, this accomplished through the implementation of comprehensive cyclic maintenance 
               and preventive maintenance for the buildings according to the approved management plan. In 
               addition to that, carrying out emergency maintenance and non-scheduled requests received by 
               the Directorate from various government entities. The maintenance in these buildings include 
               civil,  electrical  and  mechanical  works  as  well  the  maintenance  of  the  roof  waterproofing, 
               landscaping and structural repair works, taking into consideration the quality of the required 
               materials, specifications and international standards.  
                
               Furthermore, BMD striving to convert the buildings (partially) into environmentally friendly 
               green  buildings.  The  maintenance  work  carried  through  agreement  with  qualified  local 
               contractors  registered  with  the  Ministry  through  Measure  Term  Contracts  and  Biennial 
               Preventive  Maintenance  Contracts  or  by  issuing  large-scale  projects  through  open  tenders 
               (locally). 
                
               Furthermore, BMD prepares technical reports to identify the maintenance requirements and to 
               analyze the condition for the government buildings and supervises execution of the works in 
               projects funded by other government entities. 
                
                
                
                                                                         
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      Brief About Building Maintenance Directorate and Types of Provided Maintenance 
                             
      Types of Provided Maintenance: 
         •  General Repair as per the Directorate’s plan which covers the followings: 
         1.  Civil  and  structural  works  (such  as  internal  and  external  painting,  repair  of  cracks, 
          report/replace  of  ceilings,  flooring,  renovation  of  toilets,  repair  of  waterproofing 
          system, etc.). 
         2.  Mechanical works (such as report/construct of ground water network, repair of water 
          tanks, repair of air conditioning systems, etc.) 
         3.  Electrical Works (such as replacement of electrical distribution boards, replacement of 
          lights, sockets, etc.) 
          Note: General repair may include re-design of internal offices or external facade of the 
          building as per the needs. 
         •  Preventive Maintenance for Two Years as per the Directorate’s plan which covers 
          the followings: 
         1.  Mechanical works (such as repairing of air conditioning systems, water tanks and other 
          works that required for operation of the building) 
         2.  Electrical works (such repair of emergency electrical trips, replacement of damaged 
          lights and other works that required for operation of the building) 
         3.  Minor  Civil  works  (such  as  repair  of  cracks,  minor  painting  and  other  works  that 
          required for operation of the building) 
         •  Preventive Maintenance for Two Years as per the Directorate’s plan which covers 
          the followings: 
        1.  Planting external plants as well as afforestation works. 
        2.  Maintenance of irrigation systems. 
        3.  Maintenance of hardscape. 
        4.  And other related work. 
         •  Emergency and Urgent Maintenance Works which attended immediately by BMD 
          team through assigning Contractors for execution which cover the followings: 
       Civil Works: 
         1.  Structural cracks (plinth, column, beam, slab) 
                             
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      Brief About Building Maintenance Directorate and Types of Provided Maintenance 
                             
         2.  Extreme delamination of wall plastering and wall cracks 
         3.  Damaged staircase and corridor railings 
         4.  Damaged staircase treads and risers 
         5.  Damaged handicap ramps 
         6.  Damaged septic tanks and manhole/soak pit covers 
         7.  Sewer and drainage line leaks and blockage  
         8.  Extremely damaged floor tiles 
         9.  Other items that are risk to health, safety and environment 
       Mechanical Works: 
         1.  Water pipeline leaks 
         2.  Faulty water pumps 
         3.  Damaged water tanks (cracks and leakage) 
         4.  No water supply 
         5.  Water overflow 
         6.  Broken flush tanks 
         7.  Ventilation 
         8.  Other items that are risk to health, safety and environment 
       Electrical Works: 
         1.  Electrical trips 
         2.  Faulty Earth-Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB) 
         3.  DB and sub-main panel faults 
         4.  Overheating or loose MCCB and DB 
         5.  Hanging light fittings 
         6.  Broken sockets and switches causing the electrical wires to be exposed 
         7.  Damaged or cut live electrical wires 
         8.  Missing street lighting pole covers 
         9.  Other items that are risk to health, safety and environment 
        
       Important Notes: 
         1.  Execution of all above mentioned works are subjected to the availability of budget. 
         2.  Execution of preventive maintenance and maintenance of landscape is related to the 
          condition of the building, it is provided only if the building is new or the last general 
          repair has been done one year ago. 
         3.  Last update to this file dated 08/07/2020. 
                             
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