Papers

Paper By: Dr Seyed Safi and  Mr Michael Leversha This paper was presented at the IHEA Healthcare Facilities Management Conference 2017 SUMMARY This paper describes the processes that assure asset management compliance with statutory requirements for maintenance delivery. The work involved the efficient upgrade of the…
Paper by: Mr Chris Cunningham, Senior Associate This paper sets out the cost benefits to an organisation who wish to reduce overall maintenance costs through rationalisation of their Preventive Maintenance (PM) strategy without increasing their overall risk to operations and still…
SUMMARY This paper presents a methodology for the efficient upgrade of the maintenance strategies for all assets in existing facilities from initial asset confirmation to upload of the master data in the management system. The techniques are presented utilising a case…
The starting point for improving maintenance planning is the establishment of a maintenance policy which embraces a work flow system, various techniques in monitoring reliability and work practices, and anticipates plant problems rather than reacts to them. This means that…
This paper is a contribution to the principal issues in formulation maintenance strategy and the integration of resources to conducting a wide range of tasks. The strategy relies on the implementation of rigorous systems and the use of information technology…

Maintenance Audits

10th July 2015

This paper is intended to provide the reader with the basic understanding of necessary techniques to conduct an internal review of maintenance effectiveness. The technique of information mapping is described, which is intended to assist with analysing internal relationships or…
A maintenance improvement strategy is presented in this paper which has been applied in a number of companies, with each of its elements tested for individual effectiveness and for its contribution to the whole program. It focuses on two key…
This paper summarises recent experiences in developing effective working relationships between clients and the contracted maintenance service providers. The work is drawn across a range of industries including manufacturing, utilities and facilities, with remarkably similar issues being common to all.…
This paper presents material associated with assessing the effectiveness of a variety of condition monitoring approaches within the context of a predictive/preventative maintenance strategy. It promotes the concept that earlier thinking on the application of RCM may need to be…