TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing the effectiveness of maintenance practice, in caring for historic buildings
AU - Francis, Trevor J.
AU - Geens, Andrew J.
AU - Littlewood, John
PY - 2011/6/1
Y1 - 2011/6/1
N2 - Building maintenance constitutes a significant component of the construction expenditure of many advanced nations and critical to the sustainability of most built assets; yet there appears little retrospective analysis of just how effective is the delivery of this support service to the care of U.K. historic buildings, or what quality standards are implicitly accepted by those tasked with responsibility for the function. Despite numerous reports having been produced on maintenance practice, over the past three decades, standards of service delivery appear highly variable. This present study reports on assessments made of a sample of eighty case-study buildings (all designated of historic or heritage value). The buildings were evaluated by a detailed observation process as part of a stock condition survey and then condition rating their principal elements and components, against pre-determined criteria. The research method used observations, digital photography and a standard pro-forma template from which it generated quantative data that assessed the quality of maintenance care provided. Analysis of results emanating, indicates wide ranging disparities in the standard of delivery afforded to certain facilities. The aggregate average score of the sampled buildings reported herein, was only 52.3% (expressed as a percentage). Whilst the sample studied cannot claim to be comprehensive, it has generated data that indicates maintenance practice can be improved considerably.
AB - Building maintenance constitutes a significant component of the construction expenditure of many advanced nations and critical to the sustainability of most built assets; yet there appears little retrospective analysis of just how effective is the delivery of this support service to the care of U.K. historic buildings, or what quality standards are implicitly accepted by those tasked with responsibility for the function. Despite numerous reports having been produced on maintenance practice, over the past three decades, standards of service delivery appear highly variable. This present study reports on assessments made of a sample of eighty case-study buildings (all designated of historic or heritage value). The buildings were evaluated by a detailed observation process as part of a stock condition survey and then condition rating their principal elements and components, against pre-determined criteria. The research method used observations, digital photography and a standard pro-forma template from which it generated quantative data that assessed the quality of maintenance care provided. Analysis of results emanating, indicates wide ranging disparities in the standard of delivery afforded to certain facilities. The aggregate average score of the sampled buildings reported herein, was only 52.3% (expressed as a percentage). Whilst the sample studied cannot claim to be comprehensive, it has generated data that indicates maintenance practice can be improved considerably.
KW - Asset management
KW - Building conservation
KW - Condition surveys
KW - Maintenance management
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84861042482
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861042482
SN - 9780955239052
T3 - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2011 - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference
SP - 901
EP - 910
BT - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2011 - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference
T2 - 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2011
Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 7 September 2011
ER -