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Amos, D, Musa, Z N and Au-Yong, C P (2020) Performance measurement of facilities management services in Ghana’s public hospitals. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 218–38.

Attia, D A, Maarouf, I, Taha, D and Nassar, D (2020) Detecting failures in conservation practice in relation to cultural significance: the case of heritage buildings in Khartoum. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 124–39.

Becerra, J, Ortiz, P, Zaderenko, A P and Karapanagiotis, I (2020) Assessment of nanoparticles/nanocomposites to inhibit micro-algal fouling on limestone façades. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 180–90.

Bortolini, R and Forcada, N (2020) Analysis of building maintenance requests using a text mining approach: building services evaluation. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 207–17.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Building operation; text mining; maintenance request; facility management; building services;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2019.1609291
  • Abstract:
    End users’ maintenance requests gathered from computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) configure a rich source of information to evaluate the occupants’ satisfaction and the building systems. Nevertheless, the non-standardized data gathered from CMMS makes it difficult to carry out analytics. This paper presents a text mining approach to extract information from end users’ maintenance requests and an analysis of 6,830 maintenance requests derived from 46 buildings including offices, academic buildings and laboratories over two and a half years. The research results reveal that the most common maintenance requests during building operation and maintenance are related to problems in electrical and HVAC fixtures. Although the year of construction is not related to the occupants’ maintenance requests, the type of building use and building property do influence them. The implementation of control and preventive strategies based on these results may increase facility managers’ productivity and building systems’ performance.

Cardellicchio, L (2020) Self-cleaning and colour-preserving efficiency of photocatalytic concrete: case study of the Jubilee Church in Rome. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 160–79.

Martínez-Carricondo, P, Carvajal-Ramírez, F, Yero-Paneque, L and Agüera-Vega, F (2020) Combination of nadiral and oblique UAV photogrammetry and HBIM for the virtual reconstruction of cultural heritage. Case study of Cortijo del Fraile in Níjar, Almería (Spain). Building Research & Information, 48(02), 140–59.

Prieto, A J and Silva, A (2020) Service life prediction and environmental exposure conditions of timber claddings in South Chile. Building Research & Information, 48(02), 191–206.