Proposed Model for Integrating RAMS Method in the Design Process in Construction
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There is a growing trend in the Netherlands for outsourcing public construction activities to the private sector through the use of integrated contracts. There is also an increasing emphasis from public clients on the use of RAMS and life cycle costing (LCC) in the design process of infrastructural projects to improve the performance of designed systems and optimize the project cost. RAMS is an acronym for `reliability, availability, maintainability and safety' and represents a collection of techniques to provide predictions of the performance targets of the required system. Increasingly, RAMS targets are being specified in invitation to tender or contract documents and the parties responsible for the design are required to provide evidence of its application in their design. Recent evidence from practice, complemented with a literature study, has shown that the knowledge and application of RAMS in infrastructural designs are in their infancy compared with other industrial sectors and many designers in construction do not have the necessary knowledge and experience to apply it. This paper describes a proposed model for the integration of RAMS and LCC into the design process in construction. A variation of the model for the application of RAMS in `design, build, finance and maintain' (DBFM) contracts that include maintenance requirements is also proposed. The two models involve providing guidelines to simplify the application of RAMs by the designers. The model has been validated for its practicality and usefulness during a workshop by experienced designers. DOI: 10.3763/aedm.2008.0100 Published in the Journal AEDM - Volume 5, Number 4, 2009 , pp. 179-192(14)Downloads
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AL-JIBOURI, Saad; OGINK, Guus. Proposed Model for Integrating RAMS Method in the Design Process in Construction. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology), São Carlos, v. 5, n. 1, p. 135–135, 2010. DOI: 10.4237/gtp.v5i1.156. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/gestaodeprojetos/article/view/50978.. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2024.