ROLES OF SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTORS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Sei-ichi Hamada1 and Kiyoyuki Kaito2
1) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
2) Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract: According to the Construction Industry Act, constructors are classified into comprehensive constructors and specialized constructors. In this study, the authors surveyed the actual situations regarding the increase in demand for the maintenance and repair of deteriorated social infrastructure, the number of orders for maintenance and repair and the contract amount received by constructors in each capital range, based on statistical data analysis, questionnaires, and interviews. Then, it was found that most of general maintenance and repair works are undertaken by specialized constructors with a capital of 10 to 50 million yen. The authors also mentioned that it is desirable that (1) specialized constructors take central roles in maintenance and repair works, according to the government and public office demand law, (2) with this, it is possible to reduce the incompleteness of maintenance and repair works, and (3) design and construction are ordered together. On the other hand, it was pointed out that specialized constructors are required to possess not only technical expertise, but also the ability to manage all construction processes.
Keywords: specialized constructors, maintenance and repair works, the Law for Assuring Small to Medium Sized Companies Access to Public Sector Demand Orders, infrastructure management
Bibliographical Reference:
Sei-ichi Hamada and Kiyoyuki Kaito. “ROLES OF SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTORS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.” In Proceedings of International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2015), 98. Tokyo, Japan, 2015.