Reliability in the whole life cycle of building systems

Wu, S., Clements-Croome, D. J., Fairey, V., Neale, K., Albany, B., Sidhu, J. and Desmond, D. (2006) Reliability in the whole life cycle of building systems. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 13 (2). pp. 136-153. ISSN 0969-9988 doi: 10.1108/09699980610659607

Abstract/Summary

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to show that reliability analysis and its implementation will lead to an improved whole life performance of the building systems, and hence their life cycle costs (LCC). Design/methodology/approach – This paper analyses reliability impacts on the whole life cycle of building systems, and reviews the up-to-date approaches adopted in UK construction, based on questionnaires designed to investigate the use of reliability within the industry. Findings – Approaches to reliability design and maintainability design have been introduced from the operating environment level, system structural level and component level, and a scheduled maintenance logic tree is modified based on the model developed by Pride. Different stages of the whole life cycle of building services systems, reliability-associated factors should be considered to ensure the system's whole life performance. It is suggested that data analysis should be applied in reliability design, maintainability design, and maintenance policy development. Originality/value – The paper presents important factors in different stages of the whole life cycle of the systems, and reliability and maintainability design approaches which can be helpful for building services system designers. The survey from the questionnaires provides the designers with understanding of key impacting factors.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/12456
Identification Number/DOI	10.1108/09699980610659607
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of the Built Environment
Uncontrolled Keywords	Construction industry, Design, Life cycle costs, Maintenance programmes, Maintenance reliability, Reliability management, United Kingdom
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