Assessment of factors affecting maintenance cost of public school facilities

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the significance of various factors affecting maintenance costs of public school facilities. Design/methodology/approach Detailed literature review resulted in identifying 54 factors that were categorized under nine groups. This was followed by a questionnaire survey completed by 60 experienced professionals. The relative importance index was used to determine the in-group ranking, as well as the overall ranking of these factors. Findings The study established that the five most significant factors affecting the maintenance cost of public school facilities were “not providing operations and maintenance manuals to maintenance group” in the “construction phase” category, “ignoring maintainability studies in design” in the “design phase” category, “specification of low-quality materials” in the “design phase” category, “selection criteria of contractors” in the “regulations and contracting” category, and “lack of quality control during work execution” in the “construction phase” category. Originality/value The present research represents the first research covering the maintenance cost of public school facilities in Saudi Arabia. The study also presents the unique landscape of facility maintenance in the Saudi Arabian context. The outcome of this research has the potential to significantly cut down unnecessary costs rooted in expensive maintenance of public school facilities, enhancing the quality of these facilities. The findings also underscore the necessity of collaboration and coordination of the various key disciplines toward the realization of cost-effective school facilities.

Maintenance of public hospital buildings in Nigeria – an assessment of current practices and policy options

“…Regarding the paper’s literature, variables influencing maintenance practices from Adenuga et al (2007), Adenuga (2011), Baba and Buba (2013), Hassanain et al (2013), Talib et al (2014), Ofori et al (2015), Hassanain et al (2019) and Ebekozien (2020) as presented in Figure 1 were modified and adopted as the underlying issues enhancing inadequate maintenance practices of public hospital buildings in Nigeria. The same grouping used in Hassanain et al (2019) but focussed on public school facilities was modified to address the objectives of this paper. Referring to Figure 1, the independent variables (IVs) are the underlying issues leading to inadequate maintenance practices and the dependent variable (DV) is improved maintenance practices of public hospital buildings.…”

Avaliação do impacto financeiro das atividades de manutenção de sistemas prediais hidrossanitários em edificações públicas recém entregues

“…Os resultados verificados no Quadro 2 e na Figura 10 apontam acelerada depreciação das edificações recém entregues e podem estar relacionados a procedimentos inadequados de manutenção [10] e deficiências nas demais fases anteriores de projeto [5] [7].…”

“…Essa metodologia pode causar uma maior dificuldade para a implantação de inovações e impõe barreiras para melhorias na qualidade de prestação dos serviços [4]. Além disso, para implantação de ações efetivas de manutenção em edificações existentes, podem existir diversos obstáculos como restrições orçamentárias, limitações de mão de obra e barreiras burocráticas [5][6] [7].…”

Occupant Awareness towards the Application of Total Productive Maintenance in Green Office Building

“…Meanwhile, occupant attitudes such as unconcern towards maintenance efforts and vandalisms often lead to the maintenance inefficiency (Jandali and Sweis, 2019). Hassanain et al (2019) also highlighted one of the occupant awareness issues affecting the maintenance effectiveness, which is lack of reporting of maintenance defects. In green building, sustaining green certification is a big challenge mainly due to inadequate maintenance practices and lack of occupant awareness about green and sustainability concept (Bandara et al, 2018).…”