The words “By the time we see signs of deterioration on a building, it is too late!” is enough to explain how the importance in doing the maintenance works of the buildings. This phrase is absolutely true. The process of the deterioration is slow and often takes place in a chemical way affecting the property structures of the asset components in various ways. It will take a considerable amount of time before the human eyes can pick out signs of material deterioration
Refer to BS 3811:1974 maintenance can be defined as;
‘The combination of all technical and associated actions to retain an item in or restore it to a state in which it can perform its required function’
The definition explains the purpose of maintenance in order to make good any defect and deterioration. Due to that, it must be carried out with an immediate action to ensure the safety to the users is totally guaranteed. It also recognizes that, subject to a minimum set by the statutory authorities, there is no single state, which will be equally applicable to all the different types of building and circumstances likely to be met in practice. This flexibility, which is admirably suited to an industry whose products are so varied and long lived as those of the construction industry.
Maintenance is a provision of keeping in repair which repair is defines as perform in good condition while cleaning means free of dirt. These simple definitions are preferred to the more elaborate terminology found in various maintenance manuals, although there is relative new term ‘terotechnology’ as combination of management, financial, engineering and other practices applied to physical assets in pursuit of economic life cycle cost. Terotechnology approach has highlighted a number of problems within maintenance and design departments. It’s all embracing tries to reconcile the factor of management skill, cost, process of allocating work and the structure of organizations.
The committee of Building Maintenance argued that, given the long life of building, acceptable standards of amenity and performance will rise over their lifetimes. As for that reason, they had overcome for other meaning of maintenance to comprehend the understanding of owner towards the importance of carrying maintenance work in their building with acceptable standards.
The committee of Building Maintenance then therefore defined maintenance as;
‘Building maintenance is work undertaken in order to keep, restore or improve every facility, i.e. Every part of a building, its services and surrounds to a currently acceptable standards, and sustain the utility and value of the facility’
The question of acceptable standards rest, in most cases, within the owner or user of the building. It is possible to maintain some items to a level above that originally achieved. This may be due to present standards and qualities being higher, or different from those at the time of the original construction. So whilst the item may have been maintained it might be also having been improved. The definition indicates two broad strategies for maintenance. In keeping work is carried out in anticipation of failure that is preventive maintenance, whilst in restoring a failed item is replaced called as corrective maintenance.
From all definitions given, shows that the understanding of maintenance is needed to enable the organization who carry out the maintenance work knows what they should do and its limitations.
Refer to BS 3811:1974 maintenance can be defined as;
‘The combination of all technical and associated actions to retain an item in or restore it to a state in which it can perform its required function’
The definition explains the purpose of maintenance in order to make good any defect and deterioration. Due to that, it must be carried out with an immediate action to ensure the safety to the users is totally guaranteed. It also recognizes that, subject to a minimum set by the statutory authorities, there is no single state, which will be equally applicable to all the different types of building and circumstances likely to be met in practice. This flexibility, which is admirably suited to an industry whose products are so varied and long lived as those of the construction industry.
Maintenance is a provision of keeping in repair which repair is defines as perform in good condition while cleaning means free of dirt. These simple definitions are preferred to the more elaborate terminology found in various maintenance manuals, although there is relative new term ‘terotechnology’ as combination of management, financial, engineering and other practices applied to physical assets in pursuit of economic life cycle cost. Terotechnology approach has highlighted a number of problems within maintenance and design departments. It’s all embracing tries to reconcile the factor of management skill, cost, process of allocating work and the structure of organizations.
The committee of Building Maintenance argued that, given the long life of building, acceptable standards of amenity and performance will rise over their lifetimes. As for that reason, they had overcome for other meaning of maintenance to comprehend the understanding of owner towards the importance of carrying maintenance work in their building with acceptable standards.
The committee of Building Maintenance then therefore defined maintenance as;
‘Building maintenance is work undertaken in order to keep, restore or improve every facility, i.e. Every part of a building, its services and surrounds to a currently acceptable standards, and sustain the utility and value of the facility’
The question of acceptable standards rest, in most cases, within the owner or user of the building. It is possible to maintain some items to a level above that originally achieved. This may be due to present standards and qualities being higher, or different from those at the time of the original construction. So whilst the item may have been maintained it might be also having been improved. The definition indicates two broad strategies for maintenance. In keeping work is carried out in anticipation of failure that is preventive maintenance, whilst in restoring a failed item is replaced called as corrective maintenance.
From all definitions given, shows that the understanding of maintenance is needed to enable the organization who carry out the maintenance work knows what they should do and its limitations.
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