Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 2 Issue 4

Maintenance in Saudi Arabia: needs and recommendations for improvement

Khaled S. Al‐Sultan

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has undergone tremendous development over the past 20 years. This development has been so comprehensive as to include almost every sector of the…

A tabulated procedure for evaluating documents of maintenance tenders

Abdullah M.Y. Sirajuddin, Farhan K. Al‐Bulaihed

The evaluation of maintenance tenders is a task that involves not only consideration of the prices offered, but the financial and technical expertise of the tenderers as well. The…

Aircraft maintenance budgetary and costing systems at the Saudi Arabian Airlines: An integrated business approach

Mohamed Ali Mirghani

Provides a description and analysis of the Saudi Arabian Airlines’ (SAUDIA) existing budgetary and costing systems from the perspective of aircraft maintenance as a core business…

Life assessment study of a 400MW steam boiler at Ghazlan Power Plant

Syed S. Ahmad

Ghazlan Power Plant Engineering in conjuction with a general contractor, ABB Combustion Engineering, conducted a successful study which evaluated the existing and remaining life…

Operational evaluation of patch repaired combustion gas turbine transition pieces

R.C. Misseijer, T.I. Thabit, J.H.G. Mattheij

The escalating cost and high lead time of combustion (combustion baskets and transition pieces) and hot gas path (turbine vane segments and blades) components are the primary…

Comparison of aircraft tyre replacement policy at Saudi aviation facility to the international standard

Ahmed Z. Al‐Garni

States that aircraft tyres are critical for safety and they must have high reliability. Compares two policies for tyre replacement and their reliability and cost which are for…

Highway maintenance quality optimization

William V. Harper

The Ministry of Communications (MOC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken an aggressive approach to optimize the condition of its highway infrastructure. This includes…