Building Maintenance (Building And Surveying Series)

A comprehensive, up-to-date and illustrated exposition of building
maintenance in all its aspects, to serve the needs of building surveyors
and other professionals involved in this activity and building,
surveying and architectural students. It shows the great importance of
properly maintaining buildings and the advisability of providing
adequate feedback to the design team. All the main building defects are
described and illustrated and the appropriate remedial measures
examined. Alterations and improvements to buildings and the specifying,
measurement, pricing, tendering and contractual procedures are all
examined, described and illustrated. In addition, the planning and
financing, execution and supervision of maintenance work receive full
consideration.Maintaining a building is expensive: it costs many times more to run a
building over its lifetime than to build it, yet maintenance is often
not accorded the priority it warrants. A poorly maintained building
will be a drain on resources and will impair building use, whereas a
well maintained building will function smoothly and represent an
appreciating asset to its owners. Building Maintenance is a
core text on the technical aspects of maintenance for undergraduate
degree students on built environment courses, particularly building
surveying and facilities management. It addresses the ?who, what,
where, when, how and why? of maintenance activities and shows that
maintenance should be considered seriously at the design stage.
Extensive case studies illustrate what can go wrong, how to put matters
right and how to get it right first time, next time. A
professional approach is required to building maintenance. By
encouraging maintenance managers to stand back and take a strategic
view of building maintenance alongside their day-to-day tasks, this
book will help practitioners and students to achieve that.