Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the problems of the current facilities maintenance management (FMM) system in finding necessary information, identifying defective facilities and prioritizing maintenance work orders. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, in conjunction with building information modeling, a system is proposed to perform a preliminary inspection of each maintenance request, provide FMM staff with the location of the faulty facility and its associated details and provide recommendations for prioritizing repair work orders. Unity and Revit are used to implement the proposed system and a case study is conducted to demonstrate its effectiveness. Findings An augmented reality (AR)-FMM system was developed using the AR technique in this paper. This system provides the related information even if the FMM receives a problem report without facility information from the occupant and performs a preliminary inspection so that the faulty facility and the route to it are identified. In addition, a work order sequence of pending requests was provided. The visualization of the facility using AR technology has brought great convenience and ease to FMM staff. Originality/value This paper addresses the problems encountered in the current facility maintenance management system concerning AR technology.

This paper reviews domestic activities in the wind engineering field in Taiwan for the past nine-year period from 2012 to 2021, including activities of the Taiwan Association for Wind Engineering (TAWE), the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (CICHE), and other related organizations. Among these activities, the activity of code revision is the main theme held by TAWE. Wind researchers and engineers were called to form seven working groups responsible for different revision targets. Besides the code revision, workshops have been regularly held every year to promote wind engineering education not only for students but also for engineers, together with several publications on theories or practices. Among these working groups, a complementary comparison work for the evaluation of pedestrian level winds is also attached to this paper in the appendix. Although still under discussion, a first national standard for offshore wind turbines in Taiwan is attempted to announce in the coming year. Taiwan’s wind engineering society has provided professional advice to help the standard in a sound status and consistent with the current wind code for buildings.