Recommended Prior Knowledge

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Objectives

Notion of lifetime of different equipment and parts of a building. Quantification/estimate in view of risk management with regard to building maintenance. Methods of performance assessment of structural and non-structural parts of buildings: Observation and analysis. Sporadic Maintenance. Strategic Maintenance. Planning and strategies of maintenance intervention. Notion of approach that fit the existing standards and regulations. Project revision stage: Durability / Maintenance. Practical case.
Given that the main objective of the course is to acquire knowledge and develop skills that allow the student to perform the performance evaluation of buildings, the proposed syllabus content allows students to provide in-depth theoretical and practical training covering the concepts, decision criteria and methodologies relevant to the maintenance of buildings. It is intended to sensitize students to the integration of the maintenance of the constructions in the phases of project, execution and exploration, characterizing the tools for the practice of regular and timely maintenance actions during the lifetime of the buildings. The theoretical knowledge is concretized in case studies, guaranteeing the professional objective of the discipline.

Teaching Methods

Presentation of basic concepts in the approach to the built structures, structural and non-structural component in order to build the knowledge base necessary for the development and application of performance evaluation methods. Use of case studies. Realization of an individual work of elaboration of a structural and non-structural maintenance plan of public building constructed or intervening for less than 20 years - as a practical application component of the theoretical content taught in the Curricular Unit.
Specifics of the practical work developed by students: in compliance with the objectives listed here, all students within the framework of this UC have the opportunity to develop a proposal for a Conservation and Preventive Maintenance Plan in Building or Public Installation, in the structural and non-structural aspects of the building.

Internship(s)

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Syllabus

Chap 1: Useful life: Concepts and criteria. Lifetime prediction methods (lifetime models, performance models, degradation models). Main existing methods for predicting lifetime (deterministic, stochastic and engineering models).

Chap.2: Definitions. Agents of deterioration and their control. Decision process. Risk management. Temperature and relative humidity. Construction materials, storage and exposure. Emergency plan. Inspection. Monitoring program.

Chap. 3: Procedure and Periodicity for inspections and tests. The importance of harmonization between a Maintenance Manual and the Project established methods in the extension of Buildings lifetime. Practical cases.

Chap. 4 - Building Management. Maintenance management.

Chap. 5: Terminology, definitions and concepts to be used - NP EN 13306: 2007 Maintenance Terminology, EN 15341, EN 13269, EN13460. Indicators of maintenance management. Calculation of indicators. The maintenance management system.

Content Explanation

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Methodology Explanation

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Responsible Lecturer(s)

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Bibliography

Cabral, J.; Gestão da Manutenção de Equipamentos, Instalações e Edifícios, LIDEL, 2009
Palmer, Doc. ; Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook, MacGraw-Hill Handbooks, 1999
Appleton, Júlio; Revisão de Projectos - Enquadramento e Objectivos., 2000
Cóias e Silva, Vítor, e Iolanda Soares; A Revisão de Projectos Como Forma de Reduzir os Custos da Construção e os Encargos da Manutenção de Edifícios., 2003
Gaspar, P.; Vida útil das construções: Desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para a estimativa da durabilidade de elementos da construção. Aplicação a rebocos de edifícios correntes. , IST, 2009
Flores-Colen, I., de Brito, J. e Freitas, V.; Discussion of criteria for prioritization of predictive maintenance of building façades - survey of 30 experts. , 2010