Case for alternative approach to building maintenance management of public universities

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olanrewaju Abdul Lateef
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Alternative Approach

scholarly journals The User Requirements for Building Maintenance Management Systems in Malaysian Public Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. 012076
Author(s):  
Mohd Zulakhmar Zakiyudin ◽  
Mohamad Syazli Fathi ◽  
Shuib Rambat ◽  
Siti Uzairiah Tobi ◽  
Nor A’ini Rajab
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Building Maintenance

scholarly journals Prospects for Improving Building Maintenance Management in Nigerian Public Universities: A Case Study of Nnamdi Azikiwe University

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Christian I. Ohaedeghasi ◽  
Fidelis O. Ezeokoli ◽  
Nathan N. Agu ◽  
Kevin C. Okolie ◽  
Stanley C. Ugochukwu
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Computerized Maintenance Management System ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Feedback Scheduling ◽  
And Performance

Buildings are highly resourceful in the effective operation of tertiary institutions. It is imperative that these assets should be given good maintenance attention for effective performance. Public institutions have always been faced with ineffective maintenance of buildings due to bureaucratic constraints and poor maintenance culture. This study is aimed at establishing prospects for improving maintenance management and performance of buildings in public universities in Nigeria, using Nnamdi Azikiwe University as a case study. The study adopted a survey research approach using a structured questionnaire. A total of 148 responses were gotten from the Works and Services Department and Heads of academic departments out of 203 distributed questionnaires, being a 72.9% response rate. The questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics technique. The study variables were examines using mean, with an acceptance benchmark of 3 and above. This implies that any issue that has the mean of the responses to be 3.0 will be regarded as “agreed”, while those whose mean of their responses are less than 3.0 will be regarded as “disagreed”. Mean and standard deviation of each item were determined, and ranking were then assigned to them. From the research findings, it is evident that there are statistically significant prospects for improving on the poor state of building maintenance management in the study area. The study therefore recommends that adoption and deployment of computerized maintenance management system that would handle all aspects of users’ reporting and feedback, scheduling and coordination of activities; intensive training and retraining program for the maintenance personnel, orientation programs for building users on healthy maintenance culture and regular building condition survey should be incorporated as prospects for improving building maintenance management in the study area.

scholarly journals Key Strategies to Overcome Cost Overruns Issues in Building Maintenance Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Gala Mong ◽  
Sarajul Fikri Mohamed ◽  
Mohd Saidin Misnan
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Push Factors ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Maintenance Strategies ◽  
Building Maintenance

The building maintenance is a crucial part of the life cycle of the building. The maintenance strategies are planned to maintain the condition of the building for specified functions. The maintenance planning requires a comprehensive assessment in determining the effectiveness of building performance, especially in the maintenance budgets planning process. The effective budget preparation will reduce the risk of cost overruns and help the organization to execute the repair works efficiently with sufficient resources. This study attempts to identify the issues related to maintenance cost and proposed the key strategies for improving the sustainable building maintenance budgeting in dealing with the cost overruns. This paper utilizes a qualitative approach through a literature review of secondary data from previous studies. The proposed cost model of maintenance strategies will be used as a basis for further investigation and validation towards promoting the sustainable building maintenance management. The studies identified the push factors that influence the maintenance cost; human factors, tools and equipment, spare parts and materials, funds allocation and available information. Each of the push factors needs to be well-considered to ensure that the maintenance activities can be done efficiently and to avoid the issues of cost overruns.  

The consideration of building maintenance at design stage in public buildings

Facilities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (13/14) ◽  
pp. 942-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellemy Iskandar Khalid ◽  
Shardy Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Hanizun Hanafi ◽  
Shahrul Yani Said ◽  
Mohamad Sufian Hasim
Keyword(s):  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Key Players ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Proactive Maintenance

Purpose Effective building maintenance management is vital for reducing the impact of building defects and costly building maintenance work. Such practice significantly contributes to the public sector in terms of cost reduction, improved effectiveness and efficiency in maintenance works, increasing safety and well-being of the occupants, expanding the life of building stocks and expanding the value of investment for the government building assets. The maintenance practice in Malaysia is still emerging in comparison to many developed nations. The purpose of this study is to determine the current scenario of the building maintenance approach at the design stage in public buildings in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach An extensive questionnaire survey was held, involving 312 key players (38 per cent out of 820 predetermined participants) in Malaysia. Findings The analysis showed that building maintenance in public building in Malaysia still uses the reactive approach. Despite the Malaysian Government’s adoption of a proactive maintenance approach, unfortunately, there are some misunderstandings among the key players regarding the approach. The research results demonstrate that the key players had a lack of understanding on the concept of the proactive maintenance management approach and that they were either ignorant or had insufficient awareness of proactive maintenance approach. Originality/value The contribution of this study is useful for the government to adopt a more proactive building maintenance policy at the design stage, to give awareness on proactive building maintenance to the key players in their construction project and as a guide to the key players to adopt a maintenance plan at the design stage of work.

Inspection Method for Building Maintenance Management in Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 04020112
Author(s):  
Scheyla Maria Cardinal ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Tosin ◽  
Silvio Edmundo Pilz ◽  
Marcelo Fabiano Costella
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Inspection Method ◽  
Building Maintenance

Relationship between building maintenance sourcing strategy selection factors and performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khai Ying Soh ◽  
Shirley Jin Lin Chua ◽  
Azlan Shah Ali ◽  
Cheong Peng Au-Yong ◽  
Anuar Alias
Keyword(s):  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Sourcing Strategy ◽  
Maintenance Work ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Selection Factors

Purpose The building maintenance management becomes more complicated nowadays, with several sourcing strategies springing up for building maintenance work provisions. Various studies demonstrate that the selection factors and performance measurements are both essential aspects in determining and evaluating the sourcing strategy for building maintenance management. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between the selection factors and performance measurements of sourcing strategy. Design/methodology/approach The paper targeted to evaluate and analyse the perceptions of the building maintenance practitioners regarding the degree of importance of selection factors and performance measurements. Through quantitative approach, the paper adopted stratified random sampling to distribute the questionnaires to the building maintenance practitioners operating in both private and government high-rise office buildings in Kuala Lumpur. Findings The findings highlighted the quality factors as the most important selection group factors; meantime, the ability to fulfil client’s need and requirement as well as the ability to deliver the service with reasonable reliability and predictability are identically important performance measurements. There is a significant relationship between the selection factors and performance measurement of sourcing strategy. Originality/value This paper provides an impetus research which uncovered the sourcing practices in the industry and guided the sourcing process in determining the appropriate sourcing strategy.

Development of a defect monitoring system (DMOSYS) for building maintenance at polytechnic

Facilities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 403-422
Author(s):  
Zul-Atfi Bin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Application Paper ◽  
Information And Communication

Purpose The current maintenance management method has affected the efficiency of the building facility management at Polytechnics. Many issues such as poor service delivery, inadequate finance, poor maintenance planning and maintenance backlogs have emerged due to the usage of conventional method application (paper-based form and unsystematic database. The purpose of this paper is to review existing literature and case studies project of the technologies in maintenance management at Polytechnic, and subsequently to identify the challenge in improving the current maintenance management technologies. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of this paper is to review existing literature and case studies project of the technologies in maintenance management at Polytechnic, and subsequently to identify the challenges of information and communication technology (ICT) implementation for strategic defect diagnosis and decision-making in improving the current maintenance management technologies. Eight Polytechnics are selected on the basis of the major problems of using the conventional method in the comparison to investigate the maintenance management practices in each Polytechnic. There are around 32 Polytechnics in Malaysia and most are using conventional methods. Findings The findings reveal the need for a more sophisticated maintenance management system that provides guidelines for decision-making processes with the implementation of ICT. The interview results also reveal irregularities within the Malaysian Polytechnics’ maintenance management database. The system architecture and the information system prototype are presented to integrate the information database and maintenance management processes in improving the building diagnosis approach and decision-making process for managing building maintenance. Originality/value This new system is expected to become the successful technology in assisting the maintenance contractors, clients and developer for effective management of maintenance defects at Polytechnic.

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