Understanding Community in High-Rise Living
When you picture a community, what comes to mind? Perhaps you imagine quiet streets lined with single-family homes. Or garden-style condominiums with walking trails and modern amenities. A community is ultimately defined by the people – those who share space and/or common interests.
High-rise residents, just like neighbors in a homeowners association or condominium association, form a community. Their shared space brings them together. Their space? A twenty-story building in the city. Their common interests? Their building’s amenities, structure, and well-being.
Maintenance and Checklists
A high-rise community, just like a four building, twenty-unit condominium community, benefits from having a reserve study. The Reserve Study functions as a budgeting tool for all types of communities. It is also the best source for a high-rise community’s to-do list. It outlines every common element that requires routine monitoring, maintenance, and care.
A high-rise building should have a detailed maintenance schedule and project checklist to ensure that the building is regularly inspected, safe, and budgeted for. Property managers, maintenance workers, and engineering firms should know the building inside and out. These teams are essential members of the high-rise community. A proactive and organized high-rise community is a community set for success.
The Foundation of High-Rise Safety
General maintenance should always come first as these preventive measures can help reduce the number of emergency situations a community may face. A building’s structural components and its exterior elements need to be maintained. Routine exterior observations ensure that paint, walls, railings, gutters, sealant around windows and other features are safe and remain in good condition. Regular façade inspections will also keep the high-rise building and residents safe – after all, no one wants debris falling from the side of a thirty-story building.
Regular inspections and repairs not only safeguard the building, but will result in residents that are happy, feel secure and are genuinely appreciative.
The Kipcon Climb
Façade and structural inspections for high-rise buildings typically begin with visual observations involving scaling. During these observations, any cracks or signs of deterioration are noted. Inspections like these are another critical component of building safety, and when it comes to building safety, it’s not just about giving residents peace of mind…
That Kipcon team member hanging out on the side of your building? That’s likely our Director of Inspections, Karen. “Trusting your gear isn’t a suggestion when you hang from buildings for a living; it’s a prerequisite for survival,” she explained when asked what it’s like to scale a high-rise. Tools like a safety harness, climbing rope, and belay device, which controls the rope, are essential when climbing the exterior of any building.
Most importantly, don’t forget your helmet!
Proper training is crucial for using this equipment and scaling a building – as crucial as preventive maintenance for your high-rise.
Kipcon + Your Community = Success!
Whether your community is high in the sky or a little closer to the ground, Kipcon is ready to join. Request your proposals for Reserve Studies and all other necessary building inspections or specifications today!
Call Kipcon at (800) 828-4118 or click here.