IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/conmgt/v21y2003i7p681-692.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Building evaluation methodology for setting maintenance priorities in hospital buildings

Author

Listed:
  • Igal Shohet

Abstract

Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) is a common solution for the maintenance of large complex facilities under tight economic conditions. Effective implementation of CBM requires the development of performance indicators for building components and systems. The objectives of the proposed methodology are: (1) to monitor the condition of building components, based on systematic performance scales; (2) to develop a parameter that ensures clear detection of building elements that are in failing condition; and (3) to provide a Key Performance Indicator, based on a unified scale, for the comparison of the performance of different buildings. Two rating scales are used: one for the individual components (Pn) and a second for the entire building - the Building Performance Indicator (BPI). The first scale combines criteria regarding the physical state, performance, fitness for use, and preventive maintenance of various building components. The second scale, the BPI, is a 100-point scale that covers 10 of the building's main systems. The proposed methodology was implemented in 17 public health care facilities in Israel. The survey results show that the overall state of the facilities is that of deterioration (BPI = 68.9). One building system, the communication and low voltage system, was consistently found to be in poor condition (Pn = 39.4), four systems (exterior envelope, interior finishing, water and waste-water, and HVAC) were in deteriorating condition (60d ≤ Pn < 70), and five were in satisfactory or higher condition. Validity of the methodology was tested by means of a survey executed by 14 trained surveyors on the same facility. The variance of the results was relatively slight.

Suggested Citation

  • Igal Shohet, 2003. "Building evaluation methodology for setting maintenance priorities in hospital buildings," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(7), pages 681-692.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:21:y:2003:i:7:p:681-692
    DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000115562
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0144619032000115562
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/0144619032000115562?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Williams, Iestyn & Allen, Kerry & Plahe, Gunveer, 2019. "Reports of rationing from the neglected realm of capital investment: Responses to resource constraint in the English National Health Service," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 225(C), pages 1-8.
    2. Henk-Jan van Mossel & Ad Straub, 2009. "The need for customizing maintenance services in social housing," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 135-151.
    3. Chro Hama Radha, 2023. "Retrofitting for Improving Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in the Hospital Building," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-20, February.
    4. Pierluigi Morano & Francesco Tajani & Felicia Di Liddo & Debora Anelli, 2020. "A Feasibility Analysis of The Refurbishment Investments in The Italian Residential Market," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-20, March.
    5. Ka Leung Lok & Albert So & Alex Opoku & Charles Chen, 2021. "A Sustainable Facility Management Outsourcing Relationships System: Artificial Neural Networks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-28, April.
    6. Alena Podaneva & Pierre Picard, 2023. "Facility Management Services in UK Hospitals: in-house or outsourcing," DEM Discussion Paper Series 23-15, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:21:y:2003:i:7:p:681-692. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/RCME20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.