THE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY

CENTER OF STUDIES FOR CONSTRUCTION

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & SURVEYING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

PREPARED BY: AZIZAN ABDUL AZIZ

 INTRODUCTION
• ENSURES THE MAXIMUM LIFE FROM OF THE BUILDING, UTILITIES AND PRODUCTION 
EQUIPMENT FOR THE MOST ECONOMICAL COST.

• ALSO TO ENSURE THE OPTIMIZATION OF ALL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.

• EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAS ITS PLACE IN THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE STRATEGY. 
THESE FOUR PROGRAMS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LABELED AS:  
• CORRECTIVE / BREAKDOWN MAINTENANCE
• PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
• SCHEDULE‐BASED / CONDITION‐BASED
• PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE

● NORMALLY, ALL TYPES OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES COULD BE APPLIED TO EVERY ITEM

IN THE BUILDING, BUT ONLY ONE WILL YIELD OPTIMAL RESULTS.
 SELECTION OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGY
• BASED ON EVALUATION OF WHICH METHODOLOGY IS BEST SUITED IN
RELATION TO SAFETY, COST EFFECTIVENESS, EFFECTS ON PRODUCTION
AND EQUIPMENT REDUNDANCY.

• THIS DECISION EFFECTS ON HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCE,

TECHNOLOGY SELECTION, MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
PROCESS, ETC.

• THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED

ACHIEVED THE QUALITY IN RELATION TO RELIABILITY AND
AVAILABILITY ARE REACHED.
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TABLE 1 BELOW SUMMARIZE THE FOUR DIFFERENT STRATEGY OF MAINTENANCE 
WHICH BEING COMMONLY PRACTICED IN THE INDUSTRY.

Maintenance  Maintenance Approach  Signification 

Strategy 

Breakdown  Fix‐it when broke  Large maintenance budget 

Maintenance 

Preventive  Scheduled Maintenance  Periodic component replacement 

Maintenance 

Predictive  Condition‐based  Maintenance decision based on 

Maintenance  Monitoring  equipment condition 

Proactive  Detection of Sources of  Monitoring and correcting failing root 

Maintenance  Failures  causes 
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• TO DETERMINE AN OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE STRATEGY FOR A BUILDING, 
IT IS NECESSARY TO INTEGRATE THE TYPES OF MAINTENANCE STRATEGY 
BECAUSE:

• NOT ALL ITEMS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
• NOT ALL SIGNIFICANT ITEMS CAN BE CONDITION MONITORED.
• CONDITION MONITORING TECHNIQUES ARE NOT ALWAYS 
AVAILABLE.
• THE APPLICATION OF CONDITION MONITORING TECHNIQUES IS NOT 
ALWAYS COST‐EFFECTIVE.

• THIS APPROACH WILL ALLOW MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS / MANAGERS 
TO MAKE DECISIONS IN ADVANCE ON:

• SELECTING THE MOST COST‐EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY 
FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM IN THE BUILDING.
• THE OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF LOGISTICS RESOURCES NEEDED FOR 
THE EXECUTION OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.