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Carpet Selection and Maintenance

Policy

Carpets and carpet tiles on the University campus should be functional, easy to maintain, hygienic and durable.

Carpets at the University should be maintained in accordance to Australian Standards 3733 which may be adapted to suit departmental cleaning specifications.

Refer to Carpet Cleaning Maintenance Table outlining daily, weekly/interim and periodic cleaning for carpets depending upon whether there is light, medium or heavy traffic use.

Carpets with heavy traffic use may be shampooed 1) on request from a department or 2) on advice from cleaning staff.

All requests for carpet cleaning will be determined by the Supervisor, Cleaning Operations.

Carpet shampooing will be carried out according to a fixed schedule e.g. 3 years.

Carpets should not be placed in kitchen areas or laboratories where spillage of foodstuffs or substances may occur causing staining.

All floor areas on campus will be recorded on the Facilities Management Space Inventory Database.

 

Procedures

New buildings and alterations

Responsible person

Action

Project Managers

Refer departments to carpet representatives at commencement of project to discuss suitability of desired carpet for proposed building or alterations.

Department

Discusses selection of carpets with carpet representatives bearing in mind the following factors:

  • traffic in the area
  • light traffic (Executive offices)
  • medium traffic (Clerical offices)
  • heavy traffic (Corridors, foyers, seminar areas, public areas, libraries)
  • texture
  • colour
  • durability
  • static electricity
  • flammability
  • toxicity
  • insulation
  • economy
  • cleaning and maintenance

Liase with Supervisor, Cleaning Services to determine most appropriate carpet application.

Responsible for carpeted areas under its control.

Responsible for special function rooms, common rooms, offices, workshops and other areas as agreed between the Head of Department and representative of Facilities Management.

Cleaning Services Responsible for student and public spaces e.g. foyers corridors, lecture theatres,  entrances,  seminar rooms and other areas as determined by representative of Facilities Management.
In-house cleaners and Contractors

Remove normal stains and spills in accordance with cleaning specification.

Inform Supervisor, Cleaning Services of serious stains or damage to carpets at earliest opportunity.

 

Date created:
November 1998

Approved by:

Manager, Operations & Maintenance

Previous edits:

October 2003

Responsible:

Environmental Manager

Date for review:

2006

File reference:

F6873

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