Deferred Maintenance results from the deferring of repairs to plant, equipment or fabric due to a lack of maintenance funding. QUT's policy is to catch up on maintenance backlogs in a well defined, structured way, by establishing annual rectification programmes through defining and prioritising the backlog.
It is the responsibility of Facilities Management to conduct detailed audits of building services and fabric every three years, thereby providing an opportunity to update the University's register of deferred maintenance works.
Deferred Maintenance projects are assigned as per one of the following criteria:
- areas which will correct possible injurious health and safety issues
- external maintenance of the University's fabric
- to works which will directly enhance the teaching and support activities of the University