To improve building maintainability by preventing defects, a scientific maintainability scoring
system necessitates a centralized database of defects and their systematic analysis or …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the principles and criteria that govern selection of
building materials in achieving building maintainability. The methodological approach used …

Purpose The successive Malaysian government aims to provide housing to households
earning the median income and below. However, there has been continuous criticism and …

Purpose Most residential building owners often report problems associated with the
plumbing systems. If identified at the early stages, plumbing-related defects can be easily …

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) provide a powerful solution to the task of monitoring the
operational conditions of buried and non-buried pipes of different lengths and materials …

The factors contributing to maintenance cost include the life‐long environmental factors that
the building is exposed to during its useful life as well as parameters relating to the design …

This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability, starting right from the
design stage. To enable such integration, improving the knowledge of maintainability and …

The majority of operation and maintenance challenges in building projects are attributed to
the decisions made during the design phase. The timely involvement of the maintenance …

Maintainability of building facilities partially relies on the materials selection as their potential
to resist defects from common deterioration, ease maintenance, and minimise maintenance …

Research has shown that a major part of the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
(HVAC) systems' operation and maintenance challenges is attributed to the extent of the …