Practice Makes Perfect: AIIB Project Office Maintenance Section Mid-year Review
2016-11-02

The Maintenance Section of the AIIB Project Office came into being and went into operation upon winning the bid for the AIIB property management project, with support and cooperation provided by relevant HSC departments. Under the guidance of the Project Office, the Maintenance Section has inspected and accepted 29 facility-related systems under its charge within merely one month’s time. The maintenance workers worked overtime to provide support on a number of important occasions and have showcased the DRC staff’s professionalism and devotee-ism. They reasoned with the general contractor and relevant property management staff, and have demonstrated the DRC staff’s sense of responsibility. Having weathered through the past six months, the AIIB Maintenance Section has proven to be a strong team ready to fight uphill battles with team spirit.

The Maintenance Section is of key importance in ensuring the normal functioning of the AIIB Building. In addition to the routine maintenance and inspection work, they need to also manage numerous smaller projects assigned by the property owner. In the face of an exceptionally large workload and challenges, each and every maintenance worker is obliged to be familiarized with the machines and equipment so as to be able deal with any scenario, should anything goes wrong. It is required that every worker should be able to deliver multiple services in addition to their main responsibilities, which relate to maintenance, repair and inspection of various systems as well as handling emergency system problems, so as to ensure that the facilities under their charge operate in an efficient and orderly manner.

At the mid-year review meeting presided over by Liu Zijian, the Project Director, PPT presentations were made as a record of the work performed in the past six months, telling stories of how well the jobs were done. The maintenance workers each made presentations to share their experiences and lessons with the fellow workers, reporting their achievements in simple language and with pictures. The meeting lasted almost 3 hours, which revealed that each of the participants made very thorough preparations in advance. The meeting not only offered a chance for the workers to summarize their experiences and lessons, but also helped them enhance their communication skills. More importantly, it was also an occasion where experiences were shared to increase preparedness to deal with future emergencies.

Following the presentations, Zhang Hui, the Engineering Manager, made remarks to thank the maintenance workers for their hard work in the past six months since the founding of the Maintenance Section in the beginning of 2016 to ensure all the facilities in the AIIB Building were functioning. She gave her appreciation for the way the review meeting was conducted that proved to be highly beneficial, and her thanks for the careful preparations made by each of the workers. She hoped they would further expand their expertise so as to have the capacity to deal with problems of different facilities and equipment. She expected that, as a youthful and vigorous team aged 35 on the average, the team would work even more creatively with the help from the elder and more experienced employees, so as to stand up to whatever challenges that might emerge in the days to come.

Before it was called a day, Feng Cheng, AIIB Project Office General Manager, expressed his appreciation for the excellent work that the maintenance workers had done and his admiration to the workers who were able to memorize the technical details of each and every one of the systems in such a short time. He hoped the workers would continue their efforts in getting familiarized with the technical specifics to ensure smooth operation of the systems and make greater achievements through joint efforts, based on the experiences gained and lessons learned. Finally, Mr. Feng appealed to the workers to make more endeavors to contribute to the building up of the DRC brand name under the leadership of Mr. Sun Jinyou and Mr. Lu Junhua, the Section leaders, in anticipation of winning the AIIB Head Office property management contract in the future.