Foreword

Publishing information

This British Standard is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence from The British Standards Institution, and came into effect on 31 October 2020. It was prepared by Technical Committee FMW/1, Facilities management. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to the committee manager.

Supersession

This British Standard supersedes BS 8210:2012, which is withdrawn.

Information about this document

This British Standard does not prescribe “how to do maintenance” but acts as the basis of an approach for achieving successful maintenance outcomes for a range of facilities. It is intended to assist facility owners and operators, or those acting on their behalf, in regard to facilities maintenance management in aligning the formulation and implementation of maintenance strategies and policies to the core business objectives of the organization in the most efficient and effective way.

This is a full revision of the standard, and introduces the following principal changes:

• the incorporation of practices based upon a business-focused or risk-based process for determining maintenance requirements, changing this British Standard from a guide to a code of practice;
• greater consideration of building, fire and water safety and environmental factors, and the importance of risk assessment in determining how these might impact maintenance strategies, policies and plans; and
• 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 has been taken into account.

This publication can be withdrawn, revised, partially superseded or superseded. Information regarding the status of this publication can be found in the Standards Catalogue on the BSI website at bsigroup.com/standards, or by contacting the Customer Services team.

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Use of this document

As a code of practice, this British Standard takes the form of guidance and recommendations. It should not be quoted as if it were a specification and particular care should be taken to ensure that claims of compliance are not misleading.

Any user claiming compliance with this British Standard is expected to be able to justify any course of action that deviates from its recommendations.

Presentational conventions

The provisions of this standard are presented in roman (i.e. upright) type. Its recommendations are expressed in sentences in which the principal auxiliary verb is “should”.

Commentary, explanation and general informative material is presented in smaller italic type, and does not constitute a normative element.

Where words have alternative spellings, the preferred spelling of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is used (e.g. “organization” rather than “organisation”).

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

BS 8210:2020

Facilities maintenance management. Code of practice

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Oct 2020