Abstract
Malaysia initiated talks on building maintenance in 1971 during the Second Malaysia Plan of 1971-1975. Later, the government introduced the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act, 2007 to provide proper maintenance and management of buildings. School buildings are one of the important facilities for basic knowledge in everyday life. Accordingly, the maintenance of school buildings, which serve staff and students, needs considerable attention as effective maintenance protects capital investment, ensures the health and safety of the children, and supports educational performance. Based on a combination of literature survey and questionnaire appraisal, this study evaluates the maintenance practices in designated schools in Malaysia. Overall, the study showed that most of the school buildings do not possess their own maintenance management practices. Moreover, no preventive or planned maintenance was observed, and only emergency maintenance was applied when necessary. The study recommends the implementation of planned maintenance practices, which will be more effective than unplanned maintenance, mostly because of the reduction in repair costs.
Highlights
Maintenance is work undertaken in order to keep or restore all facilities, for example, every part of a site, building and contents, to an acceptable standard [1]
Based on a combination of literature survey and questionnaire appraisal, this study evaluates the maintenance practices in designated schools in Malaysia
3 Observations, Results and Discussion. These observations were made based on the overall condition of all the school buildings and not that of any one school in particular
Summary
Maintenance is work undertaken in order to keep or restore all facilities, for example, every part of a site, building and contents, to an acceptable standard [1]. Building maintenance management describes how a system of maintenance works could be organized to deal with the issue of building maintenance [2]. It recognizes that aside from locating and rectifying defects, there needs to be an effective program to curb maintenance costs and to maximize the benefits of the investment. This means that financial considerations and techniques play a vital role [3]. Building maintenance technology essentially deals with the study of building defects, such as deterioration of buildings [4]
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