Enhancing Building Performance Through More Responsive Maintenance System

Previous studies have applied different techniques and concepts to planning, designing and executing construction projects. However, few studies have been conducted in maintaining such projects. Maintaining and operating any constructed facility costs more than its initial cost. The aim of this study is to improve maintenance processes by simulating the concept of multi-skilled technician to an existing maintenance process. Statistical data and maintenance process map of Saudi Consolidated Electric Company (SCECO) are modeled in Extend+BPR® to be an experimental tool for evaluating the benefits of multi-skilled technicians. The simulation models of this study showed significant improvement in both preventive and corrective maintenance processes

Simulation as a Tool for Assessing the Economical Aspects of Construction Processes

AbstractThis study aims at utilizing simulation in reducing cost and time of construction and maintenance processes. For this we selected two case studies. The first one deals with the construction process of the college of architecture building in the university of Dammam campus where we reorganized the sequence of activities leading to four main scenarios. The second case study deals with the maintenance process of the electrical company located in Dammam metropolitan area in which we introduced the concept of multi-skilled technicians.For both cases we depicted flowcharts containing all activities and decisions associated with all numerical values like time distribution to complete a task. In addition these flowcharts were validated by interviewing those involved in the two processes. Thereafter we modelled the flowcharts in a simulation package called Extend+BPR®. Likewise we validated the simulation models by comparing the results of both models with the actual data.Results for both cases demonstrated significant improvement in the utilization of resources and consumed energy, which is consistent with the principle of sustainability. It is also apparent that construction and maintenance processes need more careful investigation to make them more efficient, which will lead to more sustainable built environment. In conclusion: Simulation method is cost- effective, flexible, as well as accurate in modelling complicated systems

The Effects of Self-Service Web Portals on Online Banking Service Quality: A Theoretical Model

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Design of Strategic Business Model for Electronic Enterprise

Abstract In this paper we describe the business mode