Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00620:body:0:p76
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00620
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Character Range: 207369–210388

future deterioration of restored original or introduced new material.  Broadly, the approach to maintenance should firstly be to maintain and ensure that the significant original and early fabric does not deteriorate further and secondly to maintain all existing fabric.  Ad hoc repairs or patch ups should be avoided.
Regular inspections of the building's fabric should occur, with an emphasis on susceptible areas such as guttering and downpipes, door and window openings.  Generally, day-to-day maintenance work can be carried out in accordance with the conservation policies and without reference to a conservation specialist.  However, major maintenance works should be undertaken under the direction of an appropriately qualified conservation practitioner.
The primary aim of repair work should be to retain as much of the historic material as possible.  In most cases involving repairs to significant fabric, the advice of a heritage practitioner will be required prior to undertaking the works, to ensure the significant fabric is treated appropriately.

Maintenance
Maintenance addresses all existing components of the place, including fabric and setting.  Introducing new elements (such as new structures) or changing and adapting the existing building are not matters of maintenance, and are addressed in policies and recommendations included elsewhere in this HMP.
Typical maintenance works at West Block and the Dugout include:
      * Cleaning out drainage systems and other water storage and drainage areas
      * Maintaining and securing external wall fabric, glazing and joinery in an appropriate and sympathetic manner (may require specialist input)
      * Maintaining building equipment and services
      * Replacing or upgrading services (may require specialist input for substantial works)
      * Maintaining existing power or pipelines or other services where this involves no alteration to the fabric of the place
Regular monitoring of the condition of significant fabric is an important aspect of maintenance.  It will also assist in satisfying Schedule 7a (h)(ix) of the EPBC Act Regulations, which requires monitoring of the West Block's Commonwealth Heritage values.  As summarised at Section 3.6, Table 5 of this report, building fabric is a critical attribute of the majority of the site's CHL values, including:
      * External fabric dating to the period 1926-48
      * Early/original internal features and fabric specifically: the north-south axis that connects the four blocks on each level; the two staircases in B Block; timber ceiling panels where extant in A, B and C Blocks; and timber structural framing on levels 1 and 2
      * The planned relationship between West Block and the other components of the Parliament House Secretariat group (East Block and the Provisional Parliament House)
      * All of the original form and fabric of the Dugout
The condition of these physical elements should be monitored and recorded as part of the on-going maintenance regime for West