Abstract
The study assessed the perceptions of stakeholders on factors causing sports facilities defects in selected universities established between 1957 and 1962 in South-West Nigeria by examining the strength of the identified factors responsible for sports facilities’ defects in the selected universities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire which was administered on sports men and women and maintenance personnel. The study incorporated all the fifteen sports featured at the Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) competitions. Three federal universities were purposively selected because these have facilities for all the fifteen sports and have hosted national and international sporting events. Data obtained were analysed using frequency distribution, percentages, mean response analysis and factor analysis. Using the mean response analysis, the result showed that the most severe factors responsible for sports facilities’ defects were design deficiencies (3.67), intensity of use (3.53), level of exposure to climatic condition (3.41), inadequate maintenance funding (3.19), vandalism (3.18), moisture (3.17) and inadequate cash flow analysis (3.16). The study recommends that users of the facilities should be carried along at the designs stage to minimize design errors and also adequate fund should be provided to maintenance unit to guarantee adequate maintenance of sports facilities for optimal performance.
Highlights
“Sports for all’’ is a stated goal of both governments and sports organizations the world over (Tangen, 2004; Spaaijj et al, 2018)
Intensity of use of sports facilities could be a major source of defect, since usage of the sports facilities cannot practically be limited by management and this generate increasing failure rate of composite items such as closets, including septic tank, concrete and timber finishing surfaces where applicable, and the second aspect relates to trespassers who add to the design target and use the area for other non-conforming purposes (Adeniran and Ikpo, 2001; Oseghale et al, 2019)
Based on information provided on the Web of National University Commission (NUC) (32) universities were identified in South Western Nigeria which includes; Seven Federal universities, nine State universities and sixteen private universities. 15 games featured by the Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) namely: badminton, basketball, chess, cricket, football, handball, hockey, judo, squash racket, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field and volleyball were included in the sampling frame
Summary
“Sports for all’’ is a stated goal of both governments and sports organizations the world over (Tangen, 2004; Spaaijj et al, 2018). Intensity of use of sports facilities could be a major source of defect, since usage of the sports facilities cannot practically be limited by management and this generate increasing failure rate of composite items such as closets, including septic tank, concrete and timber finishing surfaces where applicable, and the second aspect relates to trespassers who add to the design target and use the area for other non-conforming purposes (Adeniran and Ikpo, 2001; Oseghale et al, 2019). It has been observed that in most organization, maintenance is perceived as merely about the mechanical and electrical system repairs and replacements in the facilities without much consideration given to civil and structural elements of the building The implication of this is that the other elements and components in the facilities (e.g. building) unattended to deteriorate at a faster rate and more costly to maintain at a later date when it has completely failed or cease to perform the design function. This paper examines the strength of identified factors responsible for sports facilities defects in selected universities in South-West, Nigeria
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