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Causes And Remedies Of Poor Maintenance Of Public Building
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1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The aim of this study is to
investigate the common problems of building maintenance in Nigeria so
that ways of over coming the problems may be adopted.
OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this study are.
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To spell out the need for and benefits of maintenance manual to
buildings owners and the occupiers in the maintenance processes.
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For the government to put in place maintenance policy that will require
government owned building to be maintained from time in Nigeria.
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To go for market survey in terms of making choices on the type of
materials to be used and go for good quality material e.g. paint,
timber, ceiling board tiles, pipes etc.
• To make provisions for
good workmanship, to work according to the specification, to do the job
as required in terms of construction techniques and also make sure the
job is well supervised at the early stage.
• To provide a good
design plan to avoid effects as time goes on and to make sure the
structural, electrical and mechanical engineers carried out their jobs
properly.
• The government should also provide a maintenance department especially for public buildings.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The question this research intends to find answers to are:-
• Do the owners and occupiers of buildings know the benefit of building maintenance manual?
• Does the government have maintenance policy that will enable them own a building to be maintained in Nigeria?
• Do the owners and occupiers of building go for good quality material?
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Do the owners and occupiers of building make good use of available
workmen and artisans, work according to specifications, construction
techniques and supervision of the work at the early stages of
construction?
• Do the architect; structural, electrical and mechanical engineers carry out their jobs properly at the early stage?
• Are the public building owners and occupiers aware of maintenance department?
1.5 SCOPE AND (DELIMITATION) OF THE STUDY
This research shall be limited to some selected public buildings in Old
G.R.A Enugu State. Most of them are quite easily accessible and in
terrible state of disrepair. This study focuses on types of maintenance,
maintenance policy formation and methodology, concept of maintenance,
maintenance manual maintenance management and execution of maintenance
work.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the cause and remedies of poor maintenance of public building in Enugu Urban. The study embarked on physical inspection of some public buildings, identified defect in the buildings, determined the cause of the defect and proffered remedies for them. Data for the study were collected through well – structured questionnaire administered to building industry professionals. Data collected were analyzed using frequency distribution table and relative signification in dex. T ... Continue reading---
