Search for dissertations about: "thesis on building maintenance work"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on building maintenance work.
-
1. Integrated Bridge Maintenance : Evaluation of a pilot project and future perspectives
Abstract : The trend in many countries is to outsource maintenance with competitive tendering. The design of the tender is then a crucial issue. A new type of tendering contract, called "Integrated Bridge Maintenance", was introduced in one experimental area in Sweden. READ MORE
-
2. Development and adaptation of a life cycle management system for constructed work
Abstract : Lifetime Engineering (or Life Cycle Engineering) is a technical approach for meeting the current objective of sustainable development. The approach is aimed to turn today’s reactive and short-term design, management and maintenance planning towards an optimised and long-term technical approach. READ MORE
-
3. Modelling Life Cycle Cost for Indoor Climate Systems
Abstract : The indoor climate system, which serves a building with a proper indoor air quality and thermal comfort, has been predominantly designed based on the initial cost. A life cycle approach could improve both the economic and environmental performance since the energy use could decrease. READ MORE
-
4. On the identification and utilisation of relevant data for applying cost-effective maintenance
Abstract : With the global and continuously changing environment of today's companies, competitive strategies of cost minimisation and differentiation, and the ability to use the available resources in a cost-effective way have become important. The major focus should be set on the areas of business where the possibilities for strategic advantages and savings are high, whereas maintenance is one area of business that recently has been considered as an activity contributing efficiently to the companies' strategic objectives of profitability and competitiveness. READ MORE
-
5. Distribution of Ventilation Air and Heat by Buoyancy Forces inside Buildings : An Experimental Study
Abstract : The main task of the ventilation system in a building is to maintain the air quality and (together with the heating or cooling system) the thermal climate at an acceptable level within the building. This means that a sufficient amount of ventilation air at the appropriate temperature and quality must be supplied to satisfy thermal comfort and air quality demands and that this air is distributed to the parts of the building where people reside. READ MORE