학술논문

A Cross-Domain Decision Support System to Optimize Building Maintenance
Document Type
article
Source
Buildings, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 161 (2019)
Subject
Digitization
Key Performance Indicators
KPIs
Asset Management
Facility Management
Operations Maintenance &
Repairs
Decision Support System
Facility Condition Index
Building construction
TH1-9745
Language
English
ISSN
2075-5309
Abstract
Operations and maintenance optimization are primary issues in Facility Management (FM). Moreover, the increased complexity of the digitized assets leads Facility Managers to the adoption of interdisciplinary metrics that are able to measure the peculiar dynamics of the asset-service system. The aim of this research concerns the development of a cross-domain Decision Support System (DSS) for maintenance optimization. The algorithm underpinning the DSS enables the maintenance optimization through a wiser allocation of economic resources. Therefore, the primary metric encompassed in the DSS is a revised version of the Facility Condition Index (FCI). This metric is combined with an index measuring the service life of the assets, one measuring the preference of the owner and another measuring the criticality of each component in the asset. The four indexes are combined to obtain a Maintenance Priority Index (MPI) that can be employed for maintenance budget allocation. The robustness of the DSS has been tested on an office building in Italy and provided good results. Despite the proposed algorithm could be included in a wider Asset Management system employing other metrics (e.g., financial), a good reliability in the measurement of cross-domain performance of buildings has been observed.