A Matrix Analysis On Building Maintenance Budget Determination In Malaysia

Abstract

The era of 'New Malaysia' has triggered the idea of high-class development in new public services delivery system. Budget and maintenance should be based on a need of the desired level by users or intended to optimize the technological level which can improve the quality of building functions. This manuscript present research analysis the current practice in public building maintenance, including budget allocation in Malaysia, by using Matrix Technique. The purpose of the research is to investigate towards strategies, current procedures and budget issues in public building maintenance in Malaysia. The in-depth investigation of the various policies and manuals in the practice of determining building maintenance budgets has been conducted in this study. From the main areas, the establishment of four key issues related to implementation while extracted and scrutinized, i.e. maintenance policy, procedure, strategy and budget determination. The results show Malaysia has a robust and comprehensive policy and procedure in terms of managing the public building maintenance, including budget estimating. However, they are not implemented in orderly practices, where scope of work unclear, and lot of contradictions appear during conducted the maintenance works. In conclusion, the research findings acknowledged that a new conceptual model for public building maintenance budget determination should be introduced immediately.