Maintainability indices for public building design

Abstract

This paper determined the indices suitable for maintainability analysis with respect to public buildings so as to provide public developers a framework for the timely evaluation of their proposals and avert future maintenance disaster. The indices were drawn from theoretical concepts culled from the existing literature. Prominent features of maintainability analysis included mean time to respect estimates, accessibility analysis and technological feasibility of maintaining each of the composite components of a building. Manuals were advocated for to ease maintainability analysis. © 2009 Palgrave Macmillan.