Development of a maintenance management model base

DevelopmentofamaintenancemanagementmodelbasedonIAIstandardsHassanain,M.A.;Froese,T.M.;Vanier,D.J.Aversionofthispaperispublishedin/Uneversiondecedocumentsetrouvedans:ArtificialIntelligenceinEngineering,v.15,no.2,April2001,pp.177-193*,D.J.VanierbaDepartmentofCivilEngineering,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2324MainMall,Vancouver,BC,Canada,V6T1Z4bInstituteforResearchinConstruction,NationalResearchCouncilofCanada,Ottawa,ON,Canada,K1A0R6AbstractThispaperpresentsanobjectmodelformaintenancemanagementofroofingsystemsasacasestudytodemonstratetheapplicabilityofaproposedgenericframeworkforintegratingthemaintenancemanagementofbuilt-assets.Theframeworkconsistsoffivesequentialmanagementprocesses:(1)IdentifyAsset,(2)IdentifyPerformanceRequirements,(3)AssessPerformance,(4)PlanMaintenance,(5)ManageMaintenanceOperations.ThemodelbuildsupontheIndustryFoundationClasses(IFCs)(Releases2.0and2X)todefineobjectrequirementsandrelationshipsfortheexchangeandsharingofmaintenanceinformationbetweenapplications.MaintenanceManagementisoneofthedefinedprojectswithintheFacilitiesManagement(FM)domaincommitteeoftheInternationalAllianceforInteroperability(IAI).ThepaperproposesseveralextensionstotheIFC’sincludingtherepresentationoffunctionalrequirements,assessedconditionofobjects,inspectionandmaintenancetasks,andlibrariesofnon-specificinformation.Usagescenariosareprovidedtoillustratetheuseofthemodeltocarryoutselectedprocesses.Keywords:MaintenanceManagement;DataStandards;InternationalAllianceforInteroperability;IndustryFoundationClasses1.IntroductionAbuildingcanbeconsideredasanassetoraninvestmentthatneedstobemaintainedtoensureitsoptimalvalueoveritslifecycle.Buildingsystems,suchasroofing,mechanical,orelectrical,usuallyhaveamuchshorterlifespanthantheirsupportingstructures.Thesesystemsareinconstantneedofregularmaintenancetoensurethattheycontinuetofunctionproperlyandthattheyretaintheirvalueandoriginalappearance.Maintenance,asperBritishStandard3811andthispaper,isdefinedas“thecombinationofalltechnicalandadministrativeactionsintendedtoretainanitemin,orrestoreitto,astateinwhichitcanperformitsrequiredfunction”[8].Theassetmanagementindustryiswitnessingaproliferationofinformationtechnology(IT)tools[26]eachcapableofprovidingsolutionstoamultitudeofproblemareas.ThisproliferationofITtoolsishowever,leadingtolargevolumesofloosely-structureddata[17]withpoorinteroperability.Theindustryhasbecameawareofdatamodelsasawayofrepresentingtechnicalandadministrativeinformationcontent,leadingtothedevelopmentofdatastructuresthatallowinformationtobeexchangedamongvariouscomputerapplications[4].Integrationrequiressomedegreeofstandardizationofinformationrepresentation[21].EffortsinthislineofresearchincludethoseunderISOInternationalStandards10303,STEP*Correspondingauthor.Tel.:[phone];fax:[phone].E-mailaddresses:[e-mail](M.A.Hassanain),[e-mail](T.M.Froese),[e-mail](D.J.Vanier)2(StandardfortheExchangeofProductModelData[15]andtheIndustryFoundationClasses(IFC’s)developedwithintheInternationalAllianceforInteroperability(IAI)[13].ThispaperreportsonanongoingresearchprojectwithintheConstructionEngineeringandManagementGroup,DepartmentofCivilEngineeringoftheUniversityofBritishColumbia.ThisprojectisdevelopinganIFC-baseddatamodelforintegratedmaintenancemanagement,withaspecificapplicationtoroofingsystems.Acasestudyisusedtodemonstratetheapplicabilityofourproposedgenericframeworktointegratethemanagementprocessesinvolvedinthemaintenanceofalltypesofbuiltassets.TheIFC-basedmodelprovidesahigh-levelrepresentationoftheinformationrequiredwithinthemanagementprocessesinvolvedinthemaintenanceofbuiltassets.Themodelwasdevelopedfollowingaprocess-orientedmethodologysimilartothatadoptedbytheIAI[13]todevelopdatastandardsintheformofIFC’s.ThemodelalsoprovidesadirectionforthepotentialimplementationofIFC’sinamaintenancemanagementsoftwareapplication.Itisenvisagedthattheintendeduserofthedevelopedapplicationwouldbemiddle-managementstaffdealingwithoperationsandmaintenancedecision-makinginafacilitiesmanagementorganizationmanagingalargenumberofdiverseassets.Theirenvisionedscopeofresponsibilityincludesimplementingthedecisionsmadeatthestrategic,tacticaloroperationalplanningwindows.Thestrategicplanningwindowinvolvesthelongtermplanningoffacilities,usuallybeyondafive-yearhorizon.Thetacticalwindowlooksatthetacticalpositioningoftheorganizationinthetwotofiveyearframe.Theoperationalwindowconcernsitselfwiththeimplementationofthestrategicandtacticallevelinday-to-dayoperations,normallywithinthecurrentbudgetyear[9].2.PreviousresearchonconceptualfacilitiesmaintenancemanagementmodelsAreviewofliteratureonconceptualmodelsforthefacilitiesmanagementindustryindicatestwostreamsofworkwhichsharetheobjectiveofprovidingbettermanagementoflargevolumesofloosely-structureddataproducedbyallkindsofindependently-operatingfacilityapplications.Thesestreamsare:datamodelsforparticularbuildingsyst