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Inefficiency in maintaining and managing architectural heritage threatens both heritage conservation and public safety. Damage related to collapsed building elements requires an investigation into the factors which cause these phenomena in order to prevent them and to mitigate their effects. This paper aims to define a methodological approach for assessing the risk to humans of falling bodies from historic buildings’ façades. The method is based on the identification of a group of parameters to assess façade’s hazards, vulnerability and public exposure. The results provide the identification of risk factors and related affecting parameters, proposing a synthetic indicator to quantify the risk. The proposal is original in the field of both maintenance planning and preventive maintenance, intending to preserve architectural heritage and public safety. The results lead to an easy tool, as a map, to prioritise risk mitigation interventions. Such a tool, if integrated into maintenance tenders, allows the evaluation, in the context of condition-based maintenance, of the need for interventions.
Giovanni Ruggiero; Rossella Marmo; Maurizio Nicolella. A Methodological Approach for Assessing the Safety of Historic Buildings’ Façades. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2812 .
AMA StyleGiovanni Ruggiero, Rossella Marmo, Maurizio Nicolella. A Methodological Approach for Assessing the Safety of Historic Buildings’ Façades. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2812.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Ruggiero; Rossella Marmo; Maurizio Nicolella. 2021. "A Methodological Approach for Assessing the Safety of Historic Buildings’ Façades." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2812.
Current facility management practice relies on different systems which require new technologies to integrate and manage information more easily. Building information modeling offers a good opportunity to improve facility information management by providing a unified platform for various data sources rather than an intuitive information interface. Although current research trends reveal that there is a continuously growing interest in facility management aided by building information modeling, an integrated model is still hard to obtain. This paper aims at developing a novel methodology based on building information modeling and facility management systems integration, underpinned by a performance information model. The implementation process of a performance information model is described, including information technologies involved, the data and process requirements, and the building performance assessment methods used. A first pilot case-study has been conducted with regards to surgery rooms in healthcare buildings. The proposal can support condition-based maintenance work schedule, as well as the achievement of organizational, environmental, and technical requirements. Among the practical implications found: Improved technological and environmental performances assessment; better visualization of building condition; improved decision-making process; facilitated maintenance tasks planning and maintenance records management.
Rossella Marmo; Maurizio Nicolella; Francesco Polverino; Andrej Tibaut. A Methodology for a Performance Information Model to Support Facility Management. Sustainability 2019, 11, 7007 .
AMA StyleRossella Marmo, Maurizio Nicolella, Francesco Polverino, Andrej Tibaut. A Methodology for a Performance Information Model to Support Facility Management. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (24):7007.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRossella Marmo; Maurizio Nicolella; Francesco Polverino; Andrej Tibaut. 2019. "A Methodology for a Performance Information Model to Support Facility Management." Sustainability 11, no. 24: 7007.