Development of Integrated Modeling Methods for Supporting HVAC Maintenance in Healthcare Centres
Akaemeh, Raphael (2017)
Akaemeh, Raphael
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017092715448
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017092715448
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Facility Management uses buildings information to run its operations effectively. This is as true for healthcare buildings for its complexities, which requires total involvement of facility management expertise to keep the clinical environment conducive, for a faster healing process of patients and staffs alike. Therefore, Facility managers in healthcare environment require certain facility information that would assist them in the smooth running of daily activities since, the information of the buildings earlier lifecycle is usually broken down into several phases. Therefore; this research aims to explore developed modelling methods such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) and Unified Modelling Language (UML –use cases) that can support Facility Management personnel to address healthcare HVAC facility problems, while highlighting information communication exchange between clinicians and facility management staffs.
The early chapters deal with introducing the work and stating the research problem which had to do with temperature increase and odour in the operating room. Subsequently, modelling methods were explored to ascertain the information requirement designed to support facility managers. BIM was used to obtain the problem location and root causes of the problem, FMEA was applied here to examine the severity of the threats it poses to patients and clinical staffs, BPMN approach was done to show how the corrective maintenance can be carried out and UML diagrams analysis were used to ascertain information required to support Facility Management in addressing problems.
Conclusively, the result of this research work indicated that information requirement includes the Use-Case scenarios, the steps within the Use-Case scenarios, the actual activity/phase that takes place within the scenarios, the user responsible for facilitating the activity/phase and lastly, the source where the responsible user should get the information about the activity/phase within the scenarios. All these information goes to support the Facility manager to determine a quick form of response, knowing the parties that are involved in each step all the way.
The early chapters deal with introducing the work and stating the research problem which had to do with temperature increase and odour in the operating room. Subsequently, modelling methods were explored to ascertain the information requirement designed to support facility managers. BIM was used to obtain the problem location and root causes of the problem, FMEA was applied here to examine the severity of the threats it poses to patients and clinical staffs, BPMN approach was done to show how the corrective maintenance can be carried out and UML diagrams analysis were used to ascertain information required to support Facility Management in addressing problems.
Conclusively, the result of this research work indicated that information requirement includes the Use-Case scenarios, the steps within the Use-Case scenarios, the actual activity/phase that takes place within the scenarios, the user responsible for facilitating the activity/phase and lastly, the source where the responsible user should get the information about the activity/phase within the scenarios. All these information goes to support the Facility manager to determine a quick form of response, knowing the parties that are involved in each step all the way.