ASSESSMENT OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND OCCUPANT SATISFACTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN PERAK, MALAYSIA
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.4995Keywords:
Building maintenance management, occupant satisfaction, school buildingAbstract
A properly implementation of maintenance management is able to extend the building life spans and the unnecessary failure of the building element can be avoided. To develop an adequate environment that encourage learning and teaching, maintenance have to be undertaken wisely in the school buildings. However, the awareness of the importance of the school maintenance management is still very low in Malaysia. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to determine the current maintenance practice provided by District Education Office with the satisfaction level of user regarding to the maintenance management practice in school buildings. All the data will be collected through interview, visual inspection and questionnaires. In this study, the conclusion shown that most of the schools are still not yet up to the satisfaction level in terms of the maintenance practice.Â
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