Determinant Factors in Development of Maintenance Culture in Managing Public Asset and Facilities

Sani, Suwaibatul Islamiah Abdullah; Mohammed, Abdul Hakim; Misnan, Mohd. Saidin; Awang, Mariah

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.206

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“…The purpose of public infrastructure such as buildings and other facilities is to satisfy social and administrative needs as a means to the fulfilment of economic responsibilities for the general public [1]. In spite of this, the proper maintenance of public property has not been given the deserved attention.…”

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Public Infrastructure Maintenance Practices in Ghana

Nkrumah¹,

Stephen²,

Takyi³

et al. 2017

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This study assessed the maintenance practices and quality improvements of public infrastructure by adopting the National Theatre of Ghana as a case study. This research specifically examined maintenance practices of the National Theatre, a national asset and the biggest auditorium used by the country to host major national events. A single case study design was employed for the study. Both questionnaires and interviews were used to obtain data from sampled staff and management of the National Theatre. The study revealed that the maintenance practices at the theatre are mostly routine involving cleaning, fumigation and servicing. There are also quarterly and annual maintenance schedules, but all these are predictive and preventive maintenance works. The maintenance works at the theatre have also ensured that the National Theatre is serene and habitable in the short term. The maintenance practices also help to maintain the aesthetics and attraction of the theatre in the medium term, and in the long term, maintenance practices can forestall the sudden breakdown of major equipment hence prevented the sudden collapse of the entire facility. However, the study found a gap between maintenance practices and quality maintenance practices at the National Theatre. The theatre has not integrated quality management practices, hence some of the important long-term benefits of maintenance practices have been missed and there is a backlog of maintenance that need to be worked out. Staff of the National theatre are not oblivious to the backlog of maintenance that the facility faced with but suggested that this is a result of inadequate budgetary allocation for maintenance. The study concludes that increasing budgetary appropriation for maintenance, there is a need to improve public cooperation and support for the National Theatre in order to improve the quality of the edifice.

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Public Infrastructure Maintenance Practices in Ghana

Nkrumah¹,

Stephen²,

Takyi³

et al. 2017

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“…The study's factors that influence the development of culture gathered from previous studies as shown in Table 1. From a review of these previous studies revealed six determinant factors can execute in developing of maintenance culture (Sani et al, 2012). Based on previous empirical research shown six factors identified as the key determinant factors of development maintenance culture.…”

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A Structural Model for Developing Maintenance Culture in Malaysian Local Authorities

Sani

Khair

Mohamad

2017

E-BPJ

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Infrastructure development is fundamental to the success of a country to achieve the status of the developed nation. However, the development made is deemed to be unsuccessful without a high culture of maintenance to maintain the existing infrastructure. Nevertheless, the effort is unworthy since the performance level for the maintenance of an immovable asset in Malaysia, especially those that belong to Local Authorities are still at an inadequate level. Local Authorities hold a large number of facilities that place demands on resources. Regarding this scenario, the purpose of this research was carried to produce a structural model for developing of maintenance culture in Malaysian local authorities.

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“…Moreover, the method of budgeting for maintenance varies which depending on the preferences of the management and the availability of the source of information. Over-reliance on the historical data also has become one of the primary reasons of the maintenance cost overruns without taking into account other related factors such as increments of prices of materials, location factors and nature of building condition (Bahr & Lennerts, 2010 Lack of knowledge of maintenance manager and unskilled personnel also among the factors that contribute to the inefficiencies of maintenance cost as they could not well-performed in their tasks (Banister, 2008;Sani et al, 2012;Simões et al, 2011). Inabilities to plan and conduct the efficient maintenance works indirectly affect the performance and quality of the buildings.…”

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Key Strategies to Overcome Cost Overruns Issues in Building Maintenance Management

Mong¹,

Mohamed²,

Misnan³

2018

IJET

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The building maintenance is a crucial part of the life cycle of the building. The maintenance strategies are planned to maintain the condition of the building for specified functions. The maintenance planning requires a comprehensive assessment in determining the effectiveness of building performance, especially in the maintenance budgets planning process. The effective budget preparation will reduce the risk of cost overruns and help the organization to execute the repair works efficiently with sufficient resources. This study attempts to identify the issues related to maintenance cost and proposed the key strategies for improving the sustainable building maintenance budgeting in dealing with the cost overruns. This paper utilizes a qualitative approach through a literature review of secondary data from previous studies. The proposed cost model of maintenance strategies will be used as a basis for further investigation and validation towards promoting the sustainable building maintenance management. The studies identified the push factors that influence the maintenance cost; human factors, tools and equipment, spare parts and materials, funds allocation and available information. Each of the push factors needs to be well-considered to ensure that the maintenance activities can be done efficiently and to avoid the issues of cost overruns.

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Determinant Factors in Development of Maintenance Culture in Managing Public Asset and Facilities

Cited by 24 publications

References 3 publications

Public Infrastructure Maintenance Practices in Ghana

Public Infrastructure Maintenance Practices in Ghana

A Structural Model for Developing Maintenance Culture in Malaysian Local Authorities

Key Strategies to Overcome Cost Overruns Issues in Building Maintenance Management

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