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Causes And Remedies Of Poor Maintenance Of Public Building
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1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The significance of this research work is that:-
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It will benefit the researcher on the above topic based on the fact
that the topic of discussion is from her discipline, because no
knowledge is a waste and it will also be of benefit to the forth coming
researcher (student) who may wish to carry out similar or related
research work in the above study and as such it can serve as reference
material to the researcher. It also be of benefit to government.
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The study will also benefit the building industry on how to manage and
up date their information technology level so as to meet up with
customer expectation in their daily transactions.
• The study
will also be of profit to the society at large because maintenance is
highly needed in our society especially in building industry.
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It will be of benefit to the management of building industry in terms of
employing capable hands as staff in the organization.
• The study will be of benefit to the owners of the building even to the occupants as well.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
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MAINTENANCE: This is the combination of any action carried out to
retain an item in or restore it to an acceptable condition.
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RETAINING AND RESTORE: Retaining process can be interpreted as the work
carried out as a preventive nature in anticipation of failure of certain
building elements or services. The restoring on the other hand can be
related to those work carried out after failure of the elements or a
service has occurred like. Paint, work, roof, wall, foundation etc.
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ACCEPTABLE CONDITION: There is no specific standard as the phrase
“acceptable condition’ it is obvious that what is acceptable to “A†may
not be acceptable to “B†in that sense the acceptable condition, varies
from person to person, one community to another, nation to nation and
so on.
• BUILDING MAINTENANCE MANUAL: This is comprehensive
guide, which will include appropriate from and log books for maintenance
of a building prepared by a consortium of registered Architect,
registered building and registered engineers.
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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---
