Maintenance Engineering for Buildings
Digital Solutions and Sustainable Practices
- 1st Edition - October 25, 2024
- Authors: Ntebo Ngcobo, Clinton Aigbavboa, Douglas Aghimien
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 8 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 8 9 - 1
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Request a sales quoteMaintenance Engineering for Buildings: Digital Solutions and Sustainable Practices offers a thorough body of knowledge on organizational frameworks, assessment models, and digital tools to carry out maintenance procedures aimed at keeping edifices and many other assets in the urban landscape not only in good working condition, but also compliant with regulatory safety requirements and environmental standards. As well as covering current research and the best practice in the field, the volume is enriched by a number of case studies taken from the educational sector which explore how recent developments and other trends from are being applied in different geographical and economic contexts.
This reference work stands out for its invaluable relevance to audiences both in industry and academia, while also serving as an excellent reference resource for future works in the area.
This reference work stands out for its invaluable relevance to audiences both in industry and academia, while also serving as an excellent reference resource for future works in the area.
- Combines recent research concepts with real-world examples to facilitate understanding
- Introduces industry 4.0 technological advancements to provide reliable actionable guidance
- Includes case studies that illustrate the state of practice in both developed and developing countries
- Focuses on ‘green’ maintenance strategies that are equally relevant to the public sector infrastructure as a whole
Academics and researchers, postgraduate students in civil and structural engineering, construction engineering and management, environmental design and engineering, building surveying, technologies and materials science, conservation science, studies in urban sustainability, project operations research, The volume could also prove to be of significant interest to practitioners, consultants, and other stakeholders in all the fields described above, as well as policymakers and public and private agencies charged with sustainable infrastructures and urban assets’ development.
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the authors
- Preface
- 1. General introduction
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Objectives of the book
- 1.3 Contribution and value
- 1.4 Structure of the book
- 1.5 Summary
- References
- 2. Understanding sustainable building maintenance
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Overview of building maintenance
- 2.3 History of maintenance
- 2.4 Understanding sustainable building maintenance from the perspective of past studies
- 2.5 Maintenance management
- 2.6 Approaches to maintenance management for sustainable buildings
- 2.7 Common defects requiring effective building maintenance management
- 2.8 Challenges of maintenance management for sustainable buildings
- 2.9 Benefits of maintenance management for sustainable buildings
- 2.10 Summary
- References
- 3. Sustainable maintenance in the fourth industrial revolution
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The fourth industrial revolution
- 3.3 Technological advancement in sustainable building maintenance management
- 3.4 Types and application of digital technologies for sustainable building maintenance management
- 3.5 Summary
- References
- 4. Sustainable maintenance models and frameworks
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Related maintenance models and frameworks
- 4.3 Summarising the reviewed maintenance management models and framework and determining existing practice
- 4.4 Summary
- References
- 5. Gaps in existing sustainable maintenance frameworks and models
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Gaps in sustainable maintenance management research
- 5.3 Stakeholder management as a gap in sustainable maintenance management research
- 5.4 Stakeholder management for sustainable maintenance management of public buildings
- 5.5 Communication as a gap in sustainable maintenance management research
- 5.6 Communication for sustainable maintenance management of educational buildings
- 5.7 Summary
- References
- 6. Conceptualising sustainable building maintenance in the fourth industrial revolution
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Variable selection for the sustainable maintenance management of buildings
- 6.3 Expected outcomes of sustainable maintenance management of educational buildings
- 6.4 Summary
- References
- 7. Exploring the conceptualised sustainable building maintenance model through expert opinions
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Applicability of the conceptualised sustainable building maintenance management model in educational buildings
- 7.3 Overview of Delphi
- 7.4 Delphi design and execution
- 7.5 Selection of experts
- 7.6 Conducting the Delphi and determining consensus
- 7.7 Delphi outcome
- 7.8 Main Delphi findings
- 7.9 Summary
- References
- 8. Sustainable maintenance in developed countries: educational sector case studies
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 United States
- 8.3 United Kingdom
- 8.4 Summary
- References
- 9. Sustainable maintenance in developing countries: educational sector case studies
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Malaysia
- 9.3 Nigeria
- 9.4 South Africa
- 9.5 Brazil
- 9.6 Summary
- References
- 10. Conclusion
- Abstract
- Chapter Outline
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Conclusion
- 10.3 Contribution to knowledge
- 10.4 Recommendations
- Index
- No. of pages: 268
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 25, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443236877
- eBook ISBN: 9780443236891
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Ntebo Ngcobo
Dr. Ngcobo holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is currently the Head of the Civil Engineering Technology Dept. at the University of Johannesburg and oversees several research activities within the department. Her research interest cut across diverse areas in the built environment including maintenance of construction works. In collaboration with other researchers, she has authored several conference papers and journal articles.
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer and Head of Department., Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaCA
Clinton Aigbavboa
Clinton Aigbavboa is a Professor of Sustainable Human Development and also the Director of the CIDB Centre of Excellence and Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Engineering Management and, before his academic career began, he was a quantity surveyor for infrastructural projects in Nigeria and South Africa. He has published extensively in the areas of housing, construction, and engineering management, as well as research methodology for construction students. He is currently the Editor of the Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation (accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa) and has received national and international recognition in his field of research.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaDA
Douglas Aghimien
Dr. Aghimien holds a PhD in Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently teaches Quantity Surveying at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at De Montfort University in the UK. He is a prolific researcher with a keen interest in construction digitalization, smart and sustainable construction, and value management.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Built Environment, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKRead Maintenance Engineering for Buildings on ScienceDirect