Essential Safety Measures

DO YOU COMPLY? Essential Safety Measures (ESM) – Building Regulations 2006

Enthalpy Industries Pty Ltd maintains the Essential Safety Measures (ESM) in your to commercial building along with overall facilities maintenance. We carry out scheduled preventative maintenance as per the requirements set under Building Regulations 2006. Each commercial building has its own level of mandatory maintenance you, as an Owner & or Leaseholder are obliged to comply with.

What Is An Essential Safety Measure?

Fire Extinguishers, Emergency & Exit Lighting, Smoke Doors and Sprinklers are just a handful of the possible fire and life saving elements in a commercial building. Essential Safety Measures- Mandatory Table (Coming Soon)

Who Is Responsible? For a Building Owner to complete the legislative Annual Safety Statement they MUST ensure that mandatory scheduled maintenance is being carried out. It is however common for a Landlord to delegate the ongoing maintenance as part of your tenancy agreement. You may be required to engage contractors competent of adhering to the specific Australian Standards of maintenance relative to the Buildings Occupancy Certificate or relative documentation provided by the Relevant Building Surveyor (RBS).

Enthalpy Industries full service from:

Site assessment (Evaluation of requirements)

Pricing (Including mandatory requirements and auxiliary elements)

Implementation (Induction of procedures & processes)

Adherence (Testing, Reporting, Rectification & Document Management)

Annual Reporting (Preparation of the Annual Safety Measures Report)

 

PENALTIES FOR NON COMPLIANCE: Not a scare tactic, its fact.

The obligation to comply may lay with the Landlord and/or Leaseholder. Non compliance can result in fines of over $60,000 (for individuals) or over $300,000 (for companies).