creator Sohi, Armin Jalali advisor Arditi, David This research investigates whether maintainability issues should be addressed in the design phase of facilities. Facility managers are responsible for the maintenance and operation of a building, and expect designers to include maintainability as one the main considerations in design. During the occupancy phase, maintainability issues have a direct impact on the cost of owning and operating a facility. Design deficiencies constitute one of the main reasons for high annual maintenance cost. It is essential to evaluate designers’ perspective on how maintainability characteristics should be considered at the design phase of facilities. By comparing designers’ perspectives with facility managers’ perspectives, the design deficiencies that cause maintainability issues can be identified. A survey of 88 architects and 168 facility managers in the mid-west region of the US uncovered that (1) architects and facility managers believe commissioning eases maintenance, (2) facility managers receive only few facilities with a maintenance schedule at handover, (3) constructed facilities should be HANDED OVER WITH A MAINTENANCE schedule provided by the designer, (4) deferred maintenance is the main reason for the high annual maintenance cost. Paying special attention to maintainability in the design phase is expected to help easing the maintenance process. Submitted by Erma Thomas (thomase@iit.edu) on 2016-03-01T21:26:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_374590.zip: 515341 bytes, checksum: 075fa0fb73a7932bdf2a32046eaca44c (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-01T21:26:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 etdadmin_upload_374590.zip: 515341 bytes, checksum: 075fa0fb73a7932bdf2a32046eaca44c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07 M.S. in Civil Engineering, July 2015 2015 2015-07 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/3737 en Design Deficiencies Design Priorities Facility Management Maintenance Maintenance Methods Operation Phase Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access CAEE / Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department