Abstract

Facilities management in Malaysia has been practiced for decades. The development of its formal practice parallels the improvement of the built environment in the nation. Involvement of the public and private sectors teaming up in arranging the National Asset and Facilities Management (NAFAM) in demonstrates the vital collaboration in the facilities management area in Malaysia. Facilities management is seen distinctively as indicated by diverse geographical locations, interests and schools of thought. Facilities management is delegated a service-based industry which gives proficient counsel and administration of clients’ building facilities including residential, commercial, industrial, airports terminals and offices. The aim of this paper is to review the gaps that exist, especially on how FM is being practice in comparison with the published FM body of knowledge. Very relying upon literature, this paper discovered a gap that is an unclear description of current FM applications. This research aims to give new bits of knowledge to upgrade comprehension of FM execution in Malaysia.

Highlights

  • Started in the 1980s, a new and more incorporating management speciality has developed, focusing on facilities that, people increasingly recognized the importance of managing buildings and such buildings in connection with people, integrating with the principles of administration and development process

  • Current developments in information technology, advancements in telecommunications and the removal of trade barriers, are among the factors transforming the world of facilities management all over the world and in turns have spread the needs of facilities management from outside into Malaysia

  • Guidelines for the Management of Movable Assets and another act, the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 Act 663, was circulated in 2007. This may be associated with a portion of one trillion ringgit Malaysia (RM) for public building facilities maintenance through Ninth Malaysian Plan in 2006

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Summary

Introduction

Started in the 1980s, a new and more incorporating management speciality has developed, focusing on facilities that, people increasingly recognized the importance of managing buildings and such buildings in connection with people, integrating with the principles of administration and development process. Current developments in information technology, advancements in telecommunications and the removal of trade barriers, are among the factors transforming the world of facilities management all over the world and in turns have spread the needs of facilities management from outside into Malaysia. Facilities management over the past thirty years has been established as a profession with a number of worldwide professional bodies supporting and accepting a significant number of facilities management practitioners. The understanding of facilities management is varied as different professions interpreted it differently. Despite its diversity in the theory and practice, facilities management retains essential cores that maintain its identity that differentiate it from other professions [23]. This paper aims to review the gaps that exist, especially on how FM is being practise in comparison with the published FM body of knowledge

Problem Statement
Literature Review
Definition of facilities management
Integrated facilities management
Facilities management in Malaysia
Methodology
Result of literature findings
Conclusion

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