Construction and Unit 8 lessonBuilding Services Engineering

Which of the following is NOT a topic covered in this presentation?

• Maintenance and replacement systems

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Building design aesthetics

• Data sources

Why is maintenance carried out?

• To improve the aesthetic appeal of assets

• To maintain systems, efficiency and prevent lost time due to brake down.

• To increase the entertainment value of assets

• To reduce the number of employees needed

What can maintenance prevent in terms of business operations?

• Increase in sales

• Loss of core business due to failure of service systems

• Expansion of business services

• Improvement in employee skills

Which of the following is NOT an undesirable outcome that maintenance can prevent?

• Non-compliance with legal requirements

• Customer satisfaction

• Health and safety breaches

• Inefficient and wasteful energy consumption

What is one of the environmental benefits of carrying out maintenance?

• Increased pollution

• Environmental loss

• Reduction in environmental awareness

• Prevention of environmental loss

How can maintenance impact the costs associated with plant failures?

• It increases the frequency of plant failures

• It has no effect on plant failures

• It reduces the excessive cost of catastrophic plant failures

• It ensures that plant failures occur on a regular basis

What is one of the purposes of maintenance according to the maintenance principles?

• To increase the cost of building repairs

• To determine the causes of defects and help prevent reoccurrence or repetition

• To ensure that buildings are painted annually

• To reduce the number of occupants in a building

Maintenance can help to prevent unnecessary damage from:

• Special events and ceremonies

• Weather or from general usage

• Interior design changes

• Landscaping modifications

How can maintenance inform plans for buildings?

• By providing entertainment to occupants

• By reducing the need for security systems

• By informing plans for renovation, refurbishment, retrofitting or new buildings

• By decreasing energy efficiency

What is one of the goals of maintenance in terms of building performance?

• To compromise the safety of the building

• To minimize the use of technology in buildings

• To optimize performance of the building for its occupants

• To restrict the use of the building to a select few