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Maintenance-friendliness in management of civil engineering structures

 Maintenance-friendliness in management of civil engineering structures
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016, published in , pp. 1469-1476
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.1464
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Cost efficiency and reliability are mayor concerns in structural engineering, e.g. bridges. Acquisition costs depend strongly on buildability. Traditional approaches to lower maintenance costs are ...
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Author(s): (Nacka Municipality, Nacka, Sweden)
(KTH Royal Technical institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016
Published in:
Page(s): 1469-1476 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 1469-1476
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2016
DOI: 10.2749/stockholm.2016.1464
Abstract:

Cost efficiency and reliability are mayor concerns in structural engineering, e.g. bridges. Acquisition costs depend strongly on buildability. Traditional approaches to lower maintenance costs are efficient maintenance and robust or maintenance-free design, normally expensive. This study’s approach is systematic and successive life-cycle assessment of reliability, availability, maintainability, safety (RAMS) and sustainability (LCCA, e-LCA, s-LCA, risk and legitimacy). IMF (index of maintenance-friendliness), IAC (algorithm for the identification of collateral components) can be used to quantify maintainability, e.g. low accessibility for inspection or operation, unease to operate, unsafety, etc. A holistic model has been suggested to confront these concerns in urban development. More than simplifying complexity, the authors suggest to deal with it.

Keywords:
sustainability life-cycle risk complexity buildability maintenance-friendliness mimetic RAMS reliance