Follow these tips to help ensure your administrative offices, campuses, and other facilities are in good condition and ready to welcome staff and students back from summer break.
Roof leaks, loose electrical outlets, and other minor maintenance issues are more likely to escape notice when facilities are unoccupied for long periods. Left unaddressed, they can mushroom into major repairs or replacements. The risk of theft and vandalism also grows in the absence of watchful employees and students.
Follow these tips to help ensure your administrative offices, campuses, and other facilities are in good condition and ready to welcome staff and students back from summer break.
Lay the groundwork
Each year in December, the Fund recommends members shore up their facilities before closing for the holidays. Some of those to do’s are just as relevant during summer break.
- Stay on top of equipment maintenance
- Let the air conditioner run
- Eliminate hazards
Make security a priority
Consider these strategies to beef up on-site security and reduce the risk of theft and vandalism.
- Keep security devices in service
- Maintain doors
- Protect valuables
- Consider security guards
Maintain a presence
When you go on a long vacation, do you set your lights on a timer and ask your neighbors to keep an eye on the place? You can apply those same strategies to protect temporarily unoccupied property.
- Enlist the community
- Inspect the property regularly
- Install motion or timed lighting
- Keep up with landscaping
This article was re-published in part from the InsideRM blog. Read the full article, published June 13, 2022 here.
