Abstract
University buildings are a significant part of university assets and considerable resources are committed to their design, construction and maintenance. The core of maintenance management is to optimize productivity and user satisfaction with optimum resources. An important segment in the maintenance management system is the analysis of criteria that influence building maintenance. Therefore, this paper aims to identify quantify, rank and discuss the criteria that influence maintenance costs, maintenance backlogs, productivity and user satisfaction in Malaysian university buildings. The paper reviews the related literature and presents the outcomes of a questionnaire survey. Questionnaires were administered on 50 university maintenance organizations. Thirty-one criteria were addressed to the university maintenance organizations to evaluate the degree to which each of the criteria influences building maintenance management. With a 66% response rate, it was concluded that the consideration of the criteria is critical to the university building maintenance management system. The quality of components and materials, budget constraints and the age of the building were found to be the most influential criteria but information on user performance satisfaction, problems associated with in-house workforce and shortage of materials and components were the least influential criteria. The paper also outlined that maintenance management is a strategic function in university administration.
Highlights
This paper reports part of an ongoing research study
The main research seeks to develop a systemic university building maintenance management model. The aim of this present paper is to report a study on the analysis of the criteria that influence the management of the university buildings maintenance in Malaysia
This paper presents the outcome of a questionnaire survey on the maintenance of university buildings
Summary
This paper reports part of an ongoing research study. The main research seeks to develop a systemic university building maintenance management model. The aim of this present paper is to report a study on the analysis of the criteria that influence the management of the university buildings maintenance in Malaysia. In order to achieve the set aim, the study identifies, quantifies, ranks and discusses the criteria that affect maintenance costs, user satisfaction, organizational productivity and total service delivery. The study combines a literature review with a questionnaire survey and analysis to achieve its aim. Data obtained was analyzed using SPSS to produce statistics
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