Abstract: Although asset management methodologies and tools related to the civil infrastructure domain have existed for decades, there are many challenges in applying these same techniques to buildings. This is because of the ...

Abstract: Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of condition forecasting and service life estimation for building components, but many previous approaches do not account for the uncertainty inherent in failure processes ...

Abstract: Building infrastructure “performance” is a term which describes the in-service functioning of a building for a specified use. The concept refers to how effectively, safely, and efficiently a building supports its mission ...

Abstract: The U.S. Army’s Engineer Research and Development Center—Construction Engineering Research Laboratory has developed a “knowledge-based” approach to planning and conducting routine facility inspections. Rather than simply ...

Abstract: Optimal facility repair planning is a challenge, especially as it applies to a portfolio of facilities constrained by a limited budget. This paper discusses a linear programming optimization method to develop improved ...

Abstract: Facility managers are often faced with building system procurement or replacement decisions, requiring them to select a system from among competitive manufacturers. Total cost of ownership (TCO) criteria, informed by built ...

Abstract: Asset performance evaluations serve as a benchmark that can be used to make asset manufacturer selection decisions, i.e., choosing the brand of manufacturer that provides the highest performance among all brand ...

Abstract: The objective of enterprise building infrastructure management is to provide optimal allocation of maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair (MR&R) resources and to preserve the condition of building components over a ...