Investigating building maintenance practices in Malaysia: a case study

Olanrewaju, Abdul Lateef; Idrus, Arazi; Khamidi, Mohd Faris

doi:10.1108/02630801111182420

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“…Even if maintenance is indifferent, a physical life of 50-60 years is quite realistic [36]. Maintenance is essential to maintain the value of the building [4,17]. Table 5 shows the range of actual lifespan of the high-rise residential buildings vary considerably between countries, the highest being in Britain as reported by Shabha [19] and relationship between maintenance costs and the age of a building is collected by Mac-Barango and Kakulu [13].…”

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confidence: 95%

“…More than 90% of the building life cycle requires active maintenance and the full service life of building cannot be attained without maintenance [17]. The easiest way to cut maintenance costs is to stop doing maintenance but the long-term results are usually very costly.…”

Section: Operations and Maintenance Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Building performance is the ability of the building to support its design functions and the criteria of building performance include indoor climate, acoustics, lighting, flexibility, safety, comfort, security, convenience, indoor air quality, glare, accessibility, aesthetics, etc [17]. Buildings, services and facilities require maintenance to ensure optimal performance over their life cycle [34].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Operations and Maintenance Cost for Stratified Buildings: A Critical Review

2016

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Abstract. Building maintenance is essential in preserving buildings' appearance and performance. It needs to upkeep the building performance to prolong its value and building life cycle. Malaysia is still lacking in managing cost for building operation and maintenance. It has been found that the cost for housing maintenance is high due to poor maintenance practices. In order to get better understanding on how to manage the cost, this study reviews the contributing factors that affecting operation and maintenance cost of stratified buildings in Malaysia. The research first identified the factors through extensive literature review and scrutinize on factors that affecting and can minimize operation and maintenance cost. This literature review offers insight into building maintenance scenario in Malaysia focusing on the issues and challenges. The study also finds that operation and maintenance cost for housing in Malaysia is still in poor state. Interestingly, this paper revealed that operation and maintenance cost is also influenced by three significant factors like expectation of tenants, building characteristics and building defects. Measures to reduce the housing operation and maintenance cost are also highlighted so that this study can be a stepping stone towards proposing efficient and effective facilities management strategies for affordable housing in future.

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Operations and Maintenance Cost for Stratified Buildings: A Critical Review

2016

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“…The lack of knowledge stems from the fact that the issue is not given high priority or is neglected. The above finding has been supported by [5], who stated that experimental studies discovered that Malaysian university buildings have not been well maintained and caused the dissatisfaction of building users with building conditions and performance. The dissatisfaction causes the users of university buildings to become more apprehensive about a building's performance.…”

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confidence: 78%

A Review of Key Factors That Affect University Building Maintenance Costs

Palis¹,

Misnan²

2018

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As Malaysia continues to focus its efforts on becoming an education hub, universities are vital places where learning processes, teaching and research activities are conducted. A university is a factor of production in producing graduates, and the university buildings are considered to be assets and resources. Hence, to prolong a university building lifecycle to ensure all university activities continue performing at an optimum level, building maintenance management is vital. Despite the fact that several previous studies have been conducted in this area, there continues to be maintenance issues surrounding university buildings. The maintenance of university buildings has always been viewed as an insignificant activity. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to critically review key factors that affected maintenance costs of university buildings, and consequently propose different approaches to resolve this issue. The present paper reviewed related literature from previous studies and publications. As a result of the comprehensive review, it was identified that key factors that affected university building maintenance costs were fund allocations allocated by university management teams for maintenance departments, user behaviours, environmental factors, university design complexities and the quality of components and materials of university buildings. Each factor identified was critically examined and addressed to ensure that university buildings would be well-maintained.

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“…There is no proper planning on building maintenance. Furthermore, maintenance operation is executed in reactive basis, whereby the maintenance task is performed after the system defect is determined [18].…”

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Interval of Routine Maintenance and Maintenance Performance: A Literature Review

2016

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Abstract. In high-rise residential buildings, the quality of facilities management services is significant to the normal operation of the facilities. Unfortunately, lack of concern towards building maintenance, especially preventive maintenance, happens in domestic housing industry in Malaysia. Majority of the maintenance operations of condominiums suffer from lack of planning, lack of proactive maintenance plan, and lack of proper implementation. Thus, this paper reviews the implementation of preventive maintenance strategy, routine maintenance in specific. An extensive review of literature published in 1987 to 2014 is performed for the purpose of this research. The publications are sourced from journal articles, conference proceedings and books. The literature analysis confirms that the routine maintenance of facilities and building services is vital and it can be influential towards the maintenance performance. Subsequently, a theoretical framework is developed, which shows the relationship between routine maintenance of building facilities & services and maintenance performance. The building facilities & services are divided into two categories. They are essential facilities & services that ensure the safety, health, habitability, and operability of buildings; while value-added facilities & services deal with property value, return on investment, and quality living of buildings. Based on the findings, a future research is proposed, which aims to identify the appropriate routine of maintenance for the facilities and services in high-rise residential buildings to improve the maintenance performance.

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Investigating building maintenance practices in Malaysia: a case study

Cited by 32 publications

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Operations and Maintenance Cost for Stratified Buildings: A Critical Review

Operations and Maintenance Cost for Stratified Buildings: A Critical Review

A Review of Key Factors That Affect University Building Maintenance Costs

Interval of Routine Maintenance and Maintenance Performance: A Literature Review

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