ABSTRACT
Maintenance costs are defined by building-dependent parameters as well as kind of use and location. Other factors, e.g. political influences play an important part as well. To date, maintenance cost cannot be forecast reliably. Science urgently needs to develop reliable means to quantify maintenance costs and define the main cost-influencing parameters. To this end, the department of Facility Management of Karlsruhe University (FH) started the BEWIS (Optimized upkeep strategies to maintain value of buildings) project.
