scholarly journals Architects’ View on Design Consideration that Can Reduce Maintenance Cost

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-200
Author(s):  
Oladunni Oluwatoyin Izobo-Martins ◽  
Ekhaese Eghosa ◽  
Ayo-Vaughan Kunle Emmanuel
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Building Typology ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Buildings are designed with the intent of lasting for a certain period of time. Building maintenance in different building typology is described as multi-faceted activities which involve planning, directing, controlling and organizing resources for the sustenance of the building’s physical, functional and operational performance. The research focused on ways cost of maintaining a building was done, effectively or efficiently with the influence of the design approach used. Literatures of works pertaining to building maintenance were reviewed to identify the various impacts, influences that a building design would have on the cost of maintaining any building type. Maintenance departments of educational institutions were surveyed and data analyzed. The study revealed that maintenance culture of buildings could either be positive or negative, based on the quality of design approach used. The study recommends a proper review of building codes and regulations by organizations intending to erect building structures with a view of designers to specified standards and prevent excess maintenance cost in the future.

scholarly journals Suitability Analysis of Office Building Design against Maintenance Cost (Case Study of Serayu Opak River Basin Organization, Yogyakarta Province)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Mario Puji Hersanto ◽  
Ashar Saputra ◽  
Suprapto Siswosukarto
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to determine the effect of building design's inaccuracy against the cost of maintenance, by taking the research in Serayu Opak River Basin Organization, Water Resources Field and Water Resources Management Center in Yogyakarta Special Region. The first step is to analyze the inaccuracy of building design based on the result of interview and observation during field survey. The second step is to analyze the cost of building maintenance. The third step is to analyze the maintenance costs used to minimize the effects of the inaccurate design of the building. The result shows the inaccuracy of building design in the form of the use of clear glass without coated glass film and the absence of heat insulator on the roof of the building cause the room to become hot. The installation of rain gutters without vertical pipes, toilet facilities in the entire building is not yet complete, inadequate accessibility for persons with disabilities, and inadequate corridor design. There is a small portion of the maintenance budget used for reducing the impact of building design's inaccuracy, so it can be concluded that the design of the building is less meet the requirements of the Government regulations.

Assessing Maintenance Cost for Design or Re-Design of Complex Machinery

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alley Butler ◽  
Dan Baldwin ◽  
Mohit Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Cost Model ◽  
Open Architecture ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Preventative Maintenance ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Time Value Of Money ◽  
Turbine Generators ◽  
System Data ◽  
The Cost

Maintenance costs are often significant for complex machinery, and organizations that are able to accurately assess maintenance costs for complex machinery can design or re-design the machinery to reduce maintenance expenses. This paper provides a review of relevant reliability theory to provide a background for model construction. The maintenance cost model is then developed from a probabilistic perspective, with a hierarchical breakdown of the complex machinery, and with consideration of the time value of money. A framework for the cost model is offered in which the cost of repair and preventative maintenance is considered along with the downtime costs for repair or preventative maintenance. As a proof of concept, maintenance costs for Ship Service Gas Turbine Generators (SSGTG) are developed from the Navy’s OARS (Open Architecture Retrieval System) data. Problems with data quality and heuristic adjustment of the data are discussed, recognizing that work is ongoing to improve the quality of the Navy’s maintenance data. Cognition Corporation’s Cost Advantage software is used for the modeling effort, providing an ability to focus on maintenance cost at any level of detail and to obtain cost roll up, as needed. Conclusions are drawn with respect to the modeling of maintenance costs for complex machinery.

scholarly journals Recent Trends in Maintenance Costs for Façades Due to Air Pollution in the Oslo Quadrature, Norway

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grøntoft
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Response Functions ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Exposure Response ◽  
Local Air Pollution ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Steel Surfaces ◽  
The Cost

This study assesses changes since 1980 in the maintenance cost of the façades of the historical 17th to 19th century buildings of the Oslo Quadrature, Norway, due to atmospheric chemical wear, including the influence of air pollution. Bottom up estimations by exposure–response functions for an SO2 dominated situation reported in the literature for 1979 and 1995 were compared with calculations for the present (2002–2014) multi-pollutant situation. The present maintenance cost, relative to the total façade area, due to atmospheric wear and soiling was found to be about 1.6 Euro/m2 per year. The exposure to local air pollution, mainly particulate matter and NOx gases, contributed to 0.6 Euro/m2 (38%), of which the cost due to wear of renderings was about 0.4 Euro/m2 (22%), that due to the cleaning of glass was 0.2 Euro/m2 (11%), and that due to wear of other façade materials was 0.07 Euro/m2 (5%). The maintenance cost due to the atmospheric wear was found to be about 3.5%, and that due to the local air pollution about 1.1% of the total municipal building maintenance costs. The present (2002–2014) maintenance costs, relative to the areas of the specific materials, due to atmospheric wear are probably the highest for painted steel surfaces, about 8–10 Euro/m2, then about 2 Euro/m2 for façade cleaning and the maintenance of rendering, and down to 0.3 Euro/m2 for the maintenance of copper roofs. These costs should be adjusted with the importance of the wear relative to other reasons for the façade maintenance.

COST OPTIMIZATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna Klishchuk ◽  
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Iryna Tarasenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Cost Optimization ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Reliable System ◽  
Reporting Systems ◽  
Control And Management ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Oriented Approach

In the current conditions of reforming the education sector in Ukraine and the difficult economic situation, the issues of cost optimization, including cost optimization in educational institutions, are becoming relevant. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to consider and identify the main areas of cost optimization in vocational education institutions. The article identifies and describes the main sources of funding for vocational education institutions and emphasizes the need to develop a comprehensive system of cost optimization to ensure the effective functioning of the educational institution. It is determined that the purpose of cost optimization in vocational education institutions is to improve the quality of education and the efficiency of institutions by efficient use of available funds. The main directions of cost optimization in these institutions and the factors that need to be considered to ensure cost optimization are described. Also, three main aspects for the organization of cost optimization, including organizational, functional, and motivational, are identified and analyzed. In addition, a general analysis of the cost management system from the standpoint of a cost-oriented approach is given, highlighted the benefits of such a system, and proposed a scheme of cost optimization in vocational education institutions from the standpoint of cost- oriented approach. It was found that the process of cost optimization in vocational education institutions is complex, diverse and requires consideration of some aspects and factors, as well as improving the current budgeting system, creating a reliable system of control and management decisions, developing and implementing reporting systems of using funds. But with the help of cost optimization it is possible to ensure the competitiveness and stability of the educational institution.

A Study on the Characteristics of Building Maintenance on Public Universities in Malang City

2016 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 311-317
Author(s):  
Apif M. Hajji ◽  
Angga Suharsono
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
State University ◽  
Maintenance Period ◽  
City Region ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Period 2

Maintenance of buildings is an activity that is carried out to keep away the building from damages in order to continue its function in accordance with the initial planning and design.This study analyzed the characteristics of building maintenance on three public universities in Malang City region; State University of Malang (UM), Islamic University of Malang (UIN Malang), and Polytechnic of Malang (Polinema). The building maintenance includes maintenance of building structures, architecture, and services (mechanical and electrical). This study was aimed to investigate: 1) the maintenance period; 2) the maintenance cost; 3) the maintenance priority; and 4) the correlation among the maintenance period, cost, and priority for each public universities in Malang. The method used is descriptive analysis. The data were obtained from questionnaires given to each university’s maintenance authority.

scholarly journals Software quality improvement and validation using reengineering

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaswinder Singh ◽  
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Kanwalvir Singh Dhindsa ◽  
Jaiteg Singh ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Software Maintenance ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Software Reengineering ◽  
Design Metrics ◽  
Software Maintainability ◽  
Critical Phases ◽  
The Cost

In software development life cycle, software maintenance is among the critical phases. It is a post-implementation activity that requires rigorous human efforts. For any software developer, maintaining software for a longer period is the primary objective. This objective can be accomplished if good quality software is developed. Maintainability is one of the vital characteristics of software maintenance. Maintainability enables developers to keep the system alive for a longer period of time at a limited cost. Software Maintainability can be enhanced using reengineering. The proposed research validates improvement in the quality of the reengineered software system. The quality of the software is analyzed using a coupling, cohesion, inheritance, and other essential design metrics. The observed improvement in the software design is 62.1%. The execution time of the software is also reduced by 6.5%. Reduction in the cost of maintenance is also another important outcome of this research. The observed reduction in the maintenance cost is 36.8%. Thus, the main objective of the proposed research is to analyze and validate the quality improvement in the reengineered software. Agile Scrum methodology has been used to perform software reengineering. Design Metrics are measured using the Chidamber and Kemerer Java metric (CKJM) version-9.0 tool. For reengineering implementation, Net Beans 7.3 has been used.

scholarly journals Directions of improving the quality of accounting, audit and control of agricultural enterprises leasing activities

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Elena Krukovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Cost ◽  
And Control ◽  
Legal Expertise

 The subject of the study is theoretical and practical aspects of accounting, audit and control of leasing activity and improvement of their quality on the basis of the unification of transaction accounting and the regulation of audit and control procedures. The purpose of the work is to solve the problems of organization, the content and methods of accounting, audit and control of leasing activities to increase its efficiency and further distribution in agribusiness. Methodological basis of the article became as general scientific, and special methods of scientific knowledge. Methods were used: monographic, abstract-logical, dialectical, system-structural analysis, special methods of accounting and audit. Results of work. The article thoroughly investigates the issues of maintenance and improvement of accounting, audit and control of leasing operations at Ukrainian enterprises. The proposals for improving the methodology of leasing audit, individual procedures and structural elements of audit and control are substantiated. The basic stages of the audit of leasing operations are developed, taking into account the specifics of their content, which lead to an increase in the quality of the audits. The field of application of results. Conclusions and results of the article can be used in the educational-scientific process of the economic faculties of higher educational institutions. It is expedient to transfer them for practical use in the practice of agrarian enterprises, audit companies and controlling structures. Conclusions. Improving the content of accounting systems and programs of control and audit of leasing activities should be based on the following basic procedures: legal expertise of a leasing agreement with a certain influence of their accounting regulations; checking the completeness, estimating the cost and documenting the records of the leased objects; checking the accounting of lease payments; verification of amortization amounts accrued under leasing objects; verification of validity of the inclusion of lease payments in the expenses taken for the purpose of taxation of profits; studying and assessing the compliance of the tax accounting registers.

Covid-19 Pandemic And Sustainabilitystudy At Madrasah Ibtidaiyyahpsm Sulursewu, Teguhan, Ngawi, East Java

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Moh. Toriqul Chaer ◽  
Muhammad Atabiqul As'ad ◽  
Qusnul Khorimah ◽  
Erik Sujarwanto
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Government

The continuity of learning programs during the COVID-19 pandemic found educational institutions, especially Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah (MI) temporarily closed the learning process in schools. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 that is currently engulfing Indonesia. Lack of preparation, readiness and learning strategies have a psychological impact on teachers and students. Declining quality of skills, lack of supporting facilities and infrastructure. Learning from home (online) is an effort by the government program to ensure the continuity of learning in the pandemic period. The research method uses participatory action research (PAR), which focuses on understanding social phenomena that occur in the community and mentoring efforts on the problems faced. The assistance effort is to help the children of MI Sulursewu, Ngawi in participating in online learning related to; 1). Preparation of activities, 2). Counselling participants offline method, 3). Offline activities method. Results of the study show that the mentoring activities following the target of achievement; first, the activity can be carried out following the schedule that has been set. Second, students are always on time for the online learning hours that have been set. Offline methods show that efforts can help ease the burden on parents, but can also make it easier for students to receive subject matter.  

Classroom Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Elida Kurti
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
General Education ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Intellectual Level

This paper aims to reflect an effort to identify the problems associated with the educational learning process, as well as its function to express some inherent considerations to the most effective forms of the classroom management. Mentioned in this discussion are ways of management for various categories of students, not only from an intellectual level, but also by their behavior. Also, in the elaboration of this theme I was considering that in addition to other development directions of the country, an important place is occupied by the education of the younger generation in our school environments and especially in adopting the methods of teaching and learning management with a view to enable this generation to be competitive in the European labor market. This, of course, can be achieved by giving this generation the best values of behavior, cultural level, professional level and ethics one of an European family which we belong to, not just geographically. On such foundations, we have tried to develop this study, always improving the reality of the prolonged transition in the field of children’s education. Likewise, we have considered the factors that have left their mark on the structure, cultural level and general education level of children, such as high demographic turnover associated with migration from rural and urban areas, in the capacity of our educational institutions to cope with new situations etc. In the conclusions of this study is shown that there is required a substantial reform even in the pro-university educational system to ensure a significant improvement in the behavior of children, relations between them and the sound quality of their preparation. Used literature for this purpose has not been lacking, due to the fact that such problems are usually treated by different scholars. Likewise, we found it appropriate to use the ideas and issues discussed by the foreign literature that deals directly with classroom management problems. All the following treatise is intended to reflect the way of an effective classroom management.

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