Computer-aided building maintenance with "BASE-FM" program

Abstract

This paper is written as a consequence of building monitoring in a longer time period in the area of Southeast Europe. This had resulted in creation of the software program for the preventive building maintenance. The software program "Base-FM", presented in the paper, increases the quality of building maintenance by enabling better building control. Its application also reduces the maintenance costs since it facilitates the maintenance activity planning. The base of the program is a digital database about building elements. The overview of the database can present characteristic problems on certain building types and their elements, which can then be avoided with adequate designing in the future. Crown Copyright © 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.