Hospitality Engineering & Maintenance BHCT 210 (4th Sem)

Main sub sections in Engineering Department Civil Engineer Areas of Concern  Building  Renovation  New Construction  Sanitation  STP – Sewage Treatment Plant  WTP – Water Treatment Plant  Drainage  Water Works  Roadways Mechanical Engineer Areas of Concern  Boiler  Refrigeration  AC Plant  Generators  Swimming Pool  M/C (Machine) Installation  Fire Fighting Electrical Engineer Areas of Concern  Electric Motor  Alternator Wiring  Illumination  Switch Gear  Sensor and Detector  Communication Store In charge Areas of Concern  Inventory Control  Spare parts Management Bin Card Stock Control GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENGINEERING SUPERVISORS • Complete the life safety checklist of particular department Equipments run test • Assist in development of disaster response protocols. Respond and attend to guest repair requests. • Assist management in hiring, training, schedulin

ORGANISATION OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Organizing work means setting priorities. What are critical tasks that should receive priority attention and what are the components that need to be scheduled in order to complete a priority task? Organizing people includes: Charts Job descriptions Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual schedules The organizational structure might be considered for the maintenance department based on size and complexity of the building(s). The number of rooms, meeting space, grounds, age of building, available talent pool, plant size (boiler room etc.), swimming pools and peripheral equipment. The class of hotel also influences the calibre of maintenance. When all the operating equipment, systems, building surfaces, are taken into consideration it is determined by following manufacturers’ recommendations and current best methods, that in the areas of preventive maintenance and frequencies of maintenance required. The formula is 3.1 Full

UNIT- 1 INTRODUCTION TO HOTEL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Maintenance is a combination of actions carried out to retain any item/machine/equipment/system/ plant in order to restore it to an acceptable working condition. The purpose of maintenance is to increase the system availability. The term maintenance covers the following aspects: a) Inspection of the item /plant/ equipment/ machine/ system b) Repair of the defects if any c) Minor modification in order to reduce maintenance efforts The terms maintenance and engineering have different meanings to different people. In some hotels in recent years, the terms have combined under the heading of facilities management or facilities engineering. The maintenance and engineering department has been treated as a catch-all department, which literally means that if a problem is not related to food, marketing or sales, housekeeping or accounting, then it must be a maintenance and engineering responsibility. Introduction and Scope i

FIRE PREVENTION & PROTECTION TYPES OF FIRE Classes of fire : To make it easier to select the appropriate extinguishi ng media according to the nature of the material undergoing combustion, fires are arranged in 'Classes'. Fuel Source Class of Fire Type of Extinguisher (Extinguishing Agent) Ordinary combustibles (e.g. trash, wood, paper, cloth) A Water; chemical foam; dry chemical Flammable liquids (e.g. oils, grease, tar, gasoline, paints, thinners) B Carbon dioxide (CO2); halon (Gas), dry chemical and foam Flammable gases C Dry chemicals powder Combustible metals (e.g. magnesium, titanium) D Dry powder (suitable for the specific combustible metal involved) Electricity (e.g. live electrical equipment) E CO2; halon; dry chemical Combustible Cooking (e.g. cooking oils; animal fats, vegetable fats) F Wet