A Simplified Framework for Condition Prediction of Building Components

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2018 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 5 Issue 8

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : T.C. Nwofor, O. ThankGod

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V5I8P105

How to Cite?

T.C. Nwofor, O. ThankGod, "A Simplified Framework for Condition Prediction of Building Components," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 5,  no. 8, pp. 32-39, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V5I8P105

Abstract:

Infrastructural facilities represent a major part of any urban development and irrespective of their contribution to the social-economic life of the community; it is evident that most of these infrastructures are in a deteriorating state especially in the developing world like Nigeria. The art maintaining a building is very essential in order that the building is able to perform and function adequately and for a longer time even after its design life. The main input in this research which is also aimed at filling a gap in available literature is the development of a condition assessment system that incorporates both physical and maintenance cost condition which related to available work orders for the different components that make up building. It is estimated that most of the building facilities belonging to the government have exceeded about 70% of their service life and it is expedient to formulate a simplified frame work that would assist in prioritizing the maintenance of the critical components of the a building infrastructure. In this research reliable data are collected from facility experts through questionnaires in order to assign reliable condition index to the components adopting the USACERL method and also relative weights obtained through an analytical component hierarchy system (ACHS), where the components in the building are rated based on their total number of work orders. The proposed method was implemented and tested using data collected from facility experts employed as works officers in facility. A general condition of the building was put as 47% rating which compared favorably with a value of 42% predicted with the developed condition assessment framework which has to great extent validated the method as a potential model framework for assessment of building infrastructures.

Keywords:

Nigeria, maintenance, USACERL, ACHS

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