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TUTORIAL 1
TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
PLANNED UNPLANNED
• Maintenance actions/activities are carried out before failure or damage • Maintenance is carried out in the event of emergency / contingency
detected. maintenance without any predetermined plan.
• Predetermined tasks that well-organized and performed in advance. • The maintenance actions are carried out after failure / damage detected.
• Maintenance actions to reduce or prevent any failure or damage to the • It is maintenance with respect to unexpected cases and leads to high
components or items. maintenance cost.
• It is major activity in building maintenance instead of unplanned • It is also called as emergency maintenance / urgent maintenance.
maintenance. • Emergency maintenance : work needs to carried out as soon as possible.
• Objective: To reduce corrective / emergency maintenance • Urgent maintenance: work needs to be carried out within 24 hours.
• Steps in considering the planned maintenance: • Consideration of emergency / urgent maintenance based on:
(1) Diagnose the causes of defects / failures (1) Structure Liability
(2) Decision making on priorities for necessary remedies (2) Health Risks
(3) Implementation of maintenance work (3) Safety Risks
(4) Evaluation & Improvement through records and feedback • Purposes to take action on unplanned maintenance:
information. (1) To eliminate serious consequences
• Advantages: (2)To carry out necessary corrective maintenance
(1) Minimize the building maintenance cost. • Advantages:
(2) Longer asset life (1) Low maintenance cost
(3) Improved efficiency of an asset. (2) Low maintenance staff
(4) Lesser interruptions to critical operations • Disadvantages:
• Disadvantages: (1) High downtime
(1) Needs higher level of planning. (2) Lower operational efficiency
(2) Requires more resources (eg: staff) (3) Low quality outputs
(3) High start-up costs
(4) Lack of information data on building defects
PREPARED BY: MISS N
TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
PLANNED
PREVENTIVE CORRECTIVE
• Definition: the maintenance carried out at pre-determined intervals to prescribed • Definition: Maintenance carried out after a failure has occurred and
criteria and intended to reduce the probability of failure of an items/building intended to restore an item to state in which it can perform its required
components. function.
• Work carried out in anticipation / expectation of a failure when something is wrong • The repair / replacement work implemented after failure has occurred &
or indicates weakening of performance. intended to restore such item to its required performance function.
• It shows maintenance activities been carried out on building • The maintenance task/activities often take place in response to breakdown
components/services/systems that fail as to prevent become worst. It is an effective or user request. The maintenance task are based on condition of
approach to enhance the reliability and quality of system and its components. equipment.
• It is also keeps a building operating at peak efficiency through regular inspection & • Advantages:
repair. (1) Lower equipment downtime.
• Purposes: (2) Extended lifetime of assets.
(1) To overcome the disadvantages of corrective maintenance by reducing (3) Reduced occupants injury / enhance the safety.
the probability of occurrence of failure & avoid sudden failure. (4) Resolved problems before delays in production or service
(2) To prevent premature failure and reduce the frequency of failures. interruptions.
(3) To catch small problems before they become big and expensive. • Disadvantages:
(4) To reduce the probability of occurrence of failure and avoiding sudden failure. (1) The maintenance tasks can be extremely expensive because the
• Advantages: failure of an item can cause a large amount of damage to other
(1) Maintenance cost can be reduced by avoiding the cost of consequential elements in building. Example: A roof leakage could damage the
damage. ceiling and building interior.
(2) “downtime” or ”out-of-service” time of an element or the whole building can be (2) Lack of manpower and spare parts can led towards bear a huge
minimized so that habitability of the building can be increased. amount of money for improve the defects on the building.
(3) The health and safety of the user can be improved. (3) Increased investment in diagnose the equipment for improvement.
• Disadvantages: (4) Increased investment in staff training.
(1) It is very demanding in terms of spare parts and labour.
(2) Condition of an element could end up worse due to human error during the
execution of maintenance task.
(3) Performed irrespective of the building condition elements.
PREPARED BY: MISS N
TYPES OF MAINTENANCE
PLANNED
PREVENTIVE CORRECTIVE
• Definition: Maintenance carried out after a failure has occurred and
intended to restore an item to state in which it can perform its required
SCHEDULED CONDITION-BASED function.
• The repair / replacement work implemented after failure has occurred &
• It is preventive maintenance carried out in • The maintenance initiated based on intended to restore such item to its required performance function.
accordance with predetermined time knowledge of the condition / significant • The maintenance task/activities often take place in response to breakdown
interval, number of operation in order for deterioration of an item through or user request. The maintenance task are based on condition of
components perform in good condition. continuous monitoring & routine equipment.
• Example: maintenance activities based inspection thus reducing the total cost of • Advantages:
on daily, weekly, monthly and annually. repairs. (1) Lower equipment downtime.
• Daily – basically regular inspection such • Purposes: (2) Extended lifetime of assets.
as checking any leakage or electrical (1) Longer asset life cycles. (3) Reduced occupants injury / enhance the safety.
breakdown. (2) Increased production output. (4) Resolved problems before delays in production or service
• Weekly – checking rainwater gutters • Example: Analyse the defects on the interruptions.
• Monthly – checking building system / building using asset monitoring software • Disadvantages:
services such as fire security system, and take actions based on condition of (1) The maintenance tasks can be extremely expensive because the
plumbing and lifts. building components/system/services. failure of an item can cause a large amount of damage to other
• Annually – painting / refurbishment elements in building. Example: A roof leakage could damage the
ceiling and building interior.
(2) Lack of manpower and spare parts can led towards bear a huge
amount of money for improve the defects on the building.
(3) Increased investment in diagnose the equipment for improvement.
(4) Increased investment in staff training.
