mohammad kheradranjbar

Failure to define the indicators and sub-indicators for measuring the performance of Repair and Maintenance (R&M) activities is one of the significant issues in a building to increase its life expectancy. Evaluation of R&M system in a building is one of the key factors in improving the quality of R&M performance steps. Therefore, to implement appropriate strategies, the criteria affecting on R&M system must be identified. Also, choosing the proper net policy is a strategic decision-making problem that effectively reduces the cost and longevity of buildings. In this research, by using the experts’ opinion and the Delphi method, the indicators and sub-indicators affecting the R&M system were identified, and those indicators were graded using the decision tool. The existing buildings in Karaj city as a case study were then considered to evaluate the proposed system. Analysis of the results shows that the safety index has the highest grade according to the experts’ opinion, but by reviewing the results of the case study, this rank was assigned to the health criterion. Then, by using the SWARA technique, the most critical policies affecting buildings’ R&M are identified among Emergency Maintenance (EM), Breakdown Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance (CM), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Proactive maintenance. Applying the VIKOR method and the results of both approaches revealed that Corrective Maintenance (CM) and Breakdown Maintenance (BM) policies are the best for buildings, R&M policies.

Evaluation of maintenance system in the building is one of the key factors in improving the quality of maintenance and repair processes. It can be stated with certainty that all buildings need maintenance and scientific and technical repair after construction, and therefore how to define this system and determine the appropriate indicators and strategies for it will play an important role in the cost and longevity of the building during operation. The purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the indicators affecting the maintenance and repair system (R&M) of Residential buildings and determine the most appropriate policy related to it using a combination of multi-criteria decision-making method. In the presented method, first the weight of the indicators was calculated and then the indicators were prioritized based on multi-criteria fuzzy and non-fuzzy decision-making methods.Finally, considering the ranks obtained from those methods, the final ranking of indicators was calculated using the Average rating and Copeland method. The results showed that the indicators of safety, health, accessibility and proper utilization are in the highest priority respectively and reliability are in the last rank. This issue indicates the importance of safety indicator in evaluating the maintenance and Repairs system of buildings. in order to perform maintenance and repair operations, by identifying and prioritizing effective indicators, they can be used to evaluate the maintenance and repair system of the building based on them.Finally, according to the results and with the help of ARAS method, Breakdown Maintenance Strategy was selected as the most appropriate maintenance policy for buildings.The results of this study show that the application of multi-criteria decision-making methods can help the construction industry professionals to select the key effective indicators in the repair and maintenance system and determine appropriate strategies. Finally, suggestions for future research were provided.

Given the importance of the repair and maintenance process in keeping equipment and facilities ready for use, it is necessary to assess the process and performance of maintenance indicators regularly so that the repair and maintenance is planned and upgraded. The main purpose of the building repair and maintenance is to control the equipment, facilities, and various building components to determine productivity and optimize their ability to achieve the highest efficiency. As measuring the efficiency is one of the most important performance evaluation methods, evaluating the efficiency of the repair and maintenance is one of the qualitative factors to improve this system. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency and performance of the repair and maintenance in buildings using a quantitative and provable data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. The results of this study show that the DEA is a suitable method for evaluating the efficiency and productivity of the decision-making units (DMUs).Therefore, first, the questionnaire is formed based on the building repair and maintenance system parameters extracted from Topic 22 of the National Building Code, the ranks are determined, and the results obtained from the sub-indices are integrated by the mean ranking index, and the qestionnaires’ reliability is measured using Cronbach's alpha. Finally, after defining the input and output indices by the DEA, the efficiency of each building and its cost are determined based on the repair and maintenance indices(In a case study of the city of Karaj). The results showed that the minimum and maximum reduction of the cost of charging, maintenance and repair of the building to convert them into an efficient building is 1% and 80%, respectively. Moreover, based on the results, it is possible to provide suggestions to improve the efficiency of the inefficient buildings based on the repair and maintenance costs.