Abstract
Since 1980’s, the rapid economic growth resulted in so many aged apartment buildings in South Korea. Nevertheless, there is insufficient maintenance practice of buildings. In this study, to facilitate the building maintenance the authors classified the building defects into three levels according to their level of performance and developed a mobile application tool based on each level’s appropriate feedback. The feedback structure consisted of ‘Maintenance manual phase’, ‘Online feedback phase’, ‘Repair work phase of the specialty contractors’. In order to implement each phase the authors devised the necessary database for each phase and created a prototype system that can develop on its own. The authors expect that the building users can easily maintain their buildings by using this application.
Highlights
The construction industry in Korea has grown rapidly for decades
The home owners themselves become responsible for maintenance work
This study focuses on the maintenance work of the building managers, not the owners of the building.[4],[5] there is a need for a new system that allows the home owners to directly perform maintenance work throughout the advice of professionals, if necessary
Summary
The construction industry in Korea has grown rapidly for decades At this time, countless new towns have been constructed enormously in order to solve the housing shortage problems. Countless new towns have been constructed enormously in order to solve the housing shortage problems In this stage, construction companies have just focused on new construction orders, whilst maintenance of existing buildings has been relatively disregarded from the business area. The home owners themselves become responsible for maintenance work. The house owner would like to use the maintenance manuals, there is a need for some expert advice. From the standpoint of the home owners, it is necessary to distinguish what can be directly repaired, what needs advice, and what the expert should do because of the cost issues. In this study, after accumulating information about maintenance data, the authors develop a system which is selectively connected to maintenance manuals and maintenance experts according to information input by homeowners
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