Research and Markets: Building Maintenance Is a Core Text on the Technical Aspects of Maintenance for Undergraduate Degree Students on Built Environment Courses

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6e00a4/building_maintenan) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Building Maintenance" to their offering.

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.

Key Topics Covered:

Foreword by Professor Jim Smith.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction.
2 Design temptations.
3 Maintenance planning.
4 The client.
5 Expectations.
6 Day-to-day prioritisation.
7 Deterioration.
8 Building defects and avoidance.
9 Organising maintenance works.
10 Defect recognition and rectification: General.
11 Defect recognition and rectification: Foundations, basements and external works.
12 Defect recognition and rectification: External walls, doors and windows.
13 Defect recognition and rectification: Chimneys, roofs and roofspaces, rainwater disposal.
14 Defect recognition and rectification: Floors, stairs and internal walls.
15 Defect recognition and rectification: Building services.
16 Upgrading and improvement.
17 The rehabilitation process.
18 New life in the building.
Index