Applications of a developed quantitative model in building repair and maintenance – case study

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 relies on the relationship between the number of defects and time where the collection of the number of defects data has been made using a condition based survey and specifically developed survey form. Using established declining balance depreciation methods a close correlation between the models cost/time and quality/time curves has been determined. Applies the proposed coded system of observing, assessing, recording and appraising the condition of the elements of a large residential building and calculates the cost of repairing and maintaining (at a pre‐determined condition) the elements of that specific building.