A review of predominantly used maintenance approaches for construction-related factory buildings

Maintenance in factory buildings is becoming increasingly important as factories use it as a profitgenerating tool. Literature suggests that problems such as poor maintenance budget planning, lack of communication, lack of emergency response, and lack of skilled labour are associated with selecting the predominant maintenance approach for the construction-related factory building. As a result, these problems are prevalent in developing and developed countries, including South Africa. This study aims to identify the most predominantly used maintenance approach for construction-related factory buildings in the construction industry. The paper is based on previous literature on the maintenance of construction-related factory buildings and implementing a suitable maintenance approach. The literature review focused on both the internal and South African contexts. The study revealed that preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance analyses were the most commonly used maintenance approaches in the sample literature. This paper contributes to a better understanding of maintenance management and the aspects that impact the practical use of the maintenance approach for construction-related factory buildings.