..., customer service and downtime rate). It is recommended that these characteristics are considered during the execution of preventive maintenance as they have a significant effect on the maintenance performance. The extensive literature suggests the relationship between the characteristics...

...Brian Wood Purpose Building maintenance is not sexy – yet it is big business, arguably more than new‐build. It is under‐researched. Received wisdom from the 1960s and 1970s is that reactive maintenance is undesirable; planned preventive maintenance (PPM) is “the answer”. That paradigm fails to put...

... be cost‐effective in that they reduce the repair cost of subsequent damage should flooding occur again. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Climatic protection Insurance Housing Preventive maintenance This paper summarises a study (Association of British Insurers, 2003...

..., there are still many bad practices which need to be eliminated. Confirms the importance of implementing a sensible programme of preventive maintenance for each building. The majority of the properties surveyed were individual buildings referred to the authors, as a result of a mortgage valuation survey having...

... 1993 Concrete Condition monitoring Performance contract Cladding Corrosion Preventive maintenance Maintenance and restoration of concrete buildings Roger Sadgrove R o g e r S a d g r o v e is a chartered structural engineer and a Director of NBA Building Peformance Services. Within...

... of failure will continue to increase. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Cladding High‐rise housing Building materials Preventive maintenance Liability Cladding failure Mark Baker M a r k B a k e r is an engineer with over eight years of specialised cladding experience. He currently manages the European...

... Fountains Planned maintenance Preventive maintenance Refurbishment Fountain refurbishment: Practical pointers Eric Roberts Eric Roberts is managing director of Water Techniques of Cobham, Surrey, who are specialists in the design, manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning and servicing of all...

.... Concludes with the benefits of steel‐based glazing. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Building materials Fire safety Glass Preventive maintenance Glass and glazing systems Their role in fire protection Stuart Howe Stuart Howe is Technical Sales Manager of Solaglas Firescreens. This paper considers...

... on any aspect of historic building work is that any clash between building conservation and human comfort ought to favour the building. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Damp Preventive maintenance Building materials History Construction industry Building maintenance Refurbishment Understanding...

... Distress Problem solving Preventive maintenance Carbonation and distressed concrete Roel van Es BSc(Hons) Roel van Es joined Messrs Sandberg, consulting, inspecting and materials testing engineers, soon after obtaining his Honours Degree. He rose to the post ofSenior Inspector and spent much of his...