The operation and maintenance (O&M) of buildings plays an important role in ensuring that
the buildings work normally, as well as reducing the damage caused by functional errors …

Building maintenance has been considered a crucial part of the life cycle of a building as the
number of aged buildings is increasing globally. A number of maintenance-related problems …

The building industry generates large amounts of solid waste due to construction,
maintenance, or demolition activities. Although the construction and demolition waste is well …

Cost overruns in maintenance projects should be monitored and effectively managed by
construction professionals using proactive systems. To establish more effective proactive …

Purpose The largest share of a building maintenance budget goes towards preventing or
repairing building defects. Also, building defects shorten a building's lifetime, impact the …

Reducing embodied impacts of buildings has become urgent given its dramatically
increasing contribution to the total lifecycle impact. The embodied impact is traditionally …

Recently, the maintenance of aged buildings has gained significant attention, particularly
with the increase in deteriorating buildings worldwide. The degradation of buildings causes …

Purpose Facilities management (FM) plays a key role in the performance of businesses to
ensure the comfort of users and the sustainable use of natural resources over operation and …

The preservation and maintenance of ancient buildings, particularly heritage buildings, is a
complex process that requires careful consideration of several aspects, including …

The potential of circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) bottom ash, which has high
contents of sulfate, free lime, and portlandite, for improving the self-healing capacity of …