Building owners are faced with increasing maintenance costs incurred to rectify defects on
different building elements and systems. With a significant proportion of maintenance costs …

A major component of building maintenance costs is spent on the maintenance and repair of
building façades. With maintenance budgets escalating day by day, in order to reduce the …

Maintenance strategies are essential to control the first stages of degradation and prevent
the failure of building elements. The selection of the most cost-effective and appropriate …

Describes a case study that applies the principles of “a proposed quantitative model for
building repair and maintenance” developed in theory by Alani et al. The proposed model …

Service life prediction assumes a primary role as it allows a more rational use of construction
elements. This constitutes a useful tool in the definition of preventive maintenance plans …

The building infrastructure operations and maintenance phase is usually the longest and
most costly phase of a building's lifecycle, ultimately exceeding the total cost of initial design …

The roofing industry in the United States generates annual revenues in excess of $23 billion.
This represents a significant annual investment in infrastructure maintenance cost and the …

Proactive maintenance strategies in principle are devised to control degradation and sustain
optimal performance of building components. While realizing the technical necessities, they …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the maintenance prioritising for facilities
services in high-rise residential buildings in Peninsular Malaysia. Maintenance prioritisation …

Exterior wall painting is one of the most widely-used coating solutions in Portugal. It is
particularly susceptible to degradation; this affects the quality of public spaces and the …