Repairs are restoration work for when an asset breaks, gets damaged, or stops working. Maintenance refers to routine activities and/or corrective or preventive repair done on assets to prevent damage and prolong the life expectancy.

‍Common repair and maintenance expenses include costs incurred for: Replacing broken or worn-out parts with comparable parts. Repairing HVAC units, toilets, and faucets. Cleaning building structures and systems.

Repairs are classified into four classes based on the level of damage - superficial, general, principal, and major. Depending on the class of damage, different repair methods like cement mortar bonding, shotcreting, or jacketing are required.

Building maintenance is work undertaken to keep, restore or improve every facility at every part of the building, its services including horticulture operations to a currently acceptable standard and to sustain the utility and value of the facility.