Façade material selection criteria for optimising building maintainability

• Main Authors: Kanniyapan, Gunavathy, Mohammad, Izran Sarrazin, Nesan, Lenin Jawahar, Mohammed, Abdul Hakim, Ganisen, Shubashini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: HD1394-1394.5 Real estate management
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55244/1/IzranSarrazinMohammad2015_Fa%C3%A7adeMaterialSelectionCriteriaforOptimising.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55244/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5269

Maintainability of building facilities partially relies on the materials selection as their potential to resist defects from common deterioration, ease maintenance, and minimise maintenance cost can be improved throughout their designed life. Therefore, it is highly critical that during the design s...