Resilience in Buildings Is Maintained - Or Lost
Deferred maintenance is future damage - with interest.
Norwegian municipal buildings face a maintenance backlog of NOK 160 billion, while insurers have paid more than NOK 40 billion in weather- and nature-related damage over the past decade.
Hosted by Benedicte Økland, this session explores how owners can use condition data, insurance insight and climate-risk modelling to identify which buildings need action first, direct maintenance budgets where they matter most, and prevent damage before it becomes an insurance claim.
Schedule
11:30–11:39SINTEF: Climate Risk - Building by Building
Berit Time
Climate risk is rarely about the weather alone. Berti Time from SINTEF presents an AI-based method that combines building condition and construction characteristics with climate exposure and concrete measures - turning risk assessments into maintenance plans, investment priorities and budget decisions.
11:39–11:46If Insurance: The Cost Of Waiting
Line Gjengedal Ruud
If shows what claims data can reveal about preventable damage, recurring vulnerabilities, and why owners still struggle to fund prevention before they are forced to pay for the consequences.
11:46–11:53Fire Protection Academy: Safe on Paper, Vulnerable in Practic
Anders Sandmæl
OBOS and Fire Protection Academy explore how competence, digital follow-up and clear responsibility can turn fire safety into a continuous practice - from identifying an issue to documenting that it has been resolved.
11:53–12:03Fireside: Who Acts on the Warning?
Benedicte Nørgaard ThuBerit Time
Åsne Ådland-Dale+3
High-quality data can reveal the risk, what needs to be done and when. Someone still has to approve the budget, assign responsibility and get the work done. The session’s keynote speakers discuss what makes maintenance work, the barriers to real resilience, and how to achieve it in everyday building management.
