The Concept
“We can cut down on maintenance to save money” is an argument that is most often wrong. Cuts in maintenance costs normally lead to problems elsewhere, so this kind of saving can become very expensive. CORMS is the best response to deliver a step-change in performance in maintenance engineering and energy management using an innovative mix of new technology, organisational change management processes and a radical integrated engineering solution. Used as a strategic tool CORMS has proven its ability to dramatically reduce maintenance costs by:
- Improving maintenance performance and staff deployment;
- Improving control of the internal environment;
- Increasing asset availability and reducing catastrophic failure;
- Extending life cycle on major plant and equipment and maximising the return on the
asset investment;
- Substantially reducing energy costs through sustained improvements in energy
efficiency.
The implementation of CORMS can deliver all of these benefits. So how can it be achieved in a
technical sense? The concept of the system is quite simple in that it relies upon mechanical
and electrical plant telling the System how it is feeling (hence buildings that can talk) as
opposed to maintenance engineers guessing. But the challenge of getting the plant to
communicate is a difficult one and therein lies the innovation.
How it works
CORMS is a non-intrusive method of maintenance for predicting performance failures, based on
experience and knowledge gained from monitoring the condition of the equipment and
systems.
Corrective maintenance procedures are then defined planned and scheduled to ensure
continuous operation and performance, which would have a significant implication to the
service level agreement.
This approach will optimise the maintenance activities, gaining maximum running time and
preventing minor faults cumulating into major faults which could shorten the expected
operational life of the of equipment and systems.
