Building Maintainability—Review of State of the Art
Publication: Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 10, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper reviews the issue related to maintainability of building and discusses works of researchers worldwide. The paper offers two approaches that could be integrated with the concepts of maintainability to augment building performance throughout its economic life. The two approaches are: (1) total quality approach via performance audit and (2) life cycle cost (LCC) approach. Various systems constructed to enhance quality delivery and maintainability of buildings were also discussed. An attempt to integrate building performance and LCC in Singapore to improve the maintainability of buildings was presented.
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 10 • Issue 3 • September 2004
Pages: 80 - 87
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Received: Feb 28, 2003
Accepted: May 14, 2004
Published online: Aug 16, 2004
Published in print: Sep 2004
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