Building Maintenance Management

Part 1 The Maintenance Dimension - Maintenance defined: Demand for construction work The supply of construction services The structure of the construction industry Building maintenance in the construction industry Government policy and maintenance Maintenance needs Execution of maintenance work Building maintenance and the professions Education and training for maintenance Maintenance cost trends Part 2 Maintenance Organisations - The context within which maintenance exists: Maintenance policy framework Maintenance policy issues The business organisation The building maintenance organisation Functions of a maintenance department Typical maintenance organisations Part 3 The Design/Maintenance Relationship - Introduction: Performance requirements The design brief Design and construction Life cycle costing Financial appraisal techniques The construction process Hand-over and commissioning Maintenance feedback Part 4 The Nature of Maintenance Work - Routine maintenance: Remedial maintenance Classification of maintenance Estates records Condition surveys Applications Statutory requirements Obligations under tenancy agreements Part 5 Information Management - Introduction to information systems: Maintenance information needs Maintenance information management Information sources Classification and coding of maintenance information Part 6 Maintenance Planning - Introduction to planning principles: Maintenance planning Planning maintenance programmes Management control Part 7 Maintenance Contracts - Introduction: Building contracts generally Contractor selection Contracts documents JCT Agreement for Minor Building Works JCT Standard Form of Measured Term Contract Jobbing Agreement Contract documentation Part 8 The Execution of Building Maintenance - Introduction: Direct labour organisations Organisations of maintenance departments The maintenance operative Supervision Appendix 1 - Statistics: Collection of data The description of data The use of frequency distributions Correlation techniques Time series analyses Appendix 2 - Methods of Financial Appraisal: Index