Title: Building Envelope Life Cycle Condition Evaluation Using a Distress-Based Methodology
Abstract: Building assets represent a significant portion of the infrastructure capital held by federal, state, and local agencies, as well as private organizations. For the U.S. military installations, buildings and other infrastructure provide services that enable a mission or processes to be performed. As the building operates in service and ages, building materials, components, and systems deteriorate, leading to some less than optimal performance to support mission. This is especially the case for a building's exterior envelope system. To address this issue, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory has developed a sustainability-focused approach for the improved management of existing building assets for military facilities. Known as an Engineered Management System (EMS), this methodology provides military installations with a decision support tool for sustainment and restoration / modernization (S&RM) decisions. The EMS process supports integrated facility management including inspection, maintenance & repair, record keeping, and reporting. It allows facility managers to measure condition changes and identify timely corrective actions, lower life cycle cost, and focus attention and resources on mission critical assets that provide the best value for short term tactical and long term strategic operations.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-04-29
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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