TY - GEN
T1 - Barriers of building maintenance in private tertiary institutions in Nigeria
AU - Aghimien, Douglas
AU - Oke, Ayodeji
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Maintenance of educational buildings is crucial if quality and sustainable education is to be delivered. However, while studies have emanated as regards maintenance issues of public educational buildings in Nigeria, there seem to be a deficiency in literature as regards maintenance happenings within the private tertiary institutions. This paper therefore presents the findings of the assessment of the barriers of building maintenance in private tertiary institutions in the country. The study adopted a quantitative approach and information were harnessed from maintenance officers and construction professionals within two private tertiary institutions. Data gathered were analyzed using percentage, mean score, standard deviation, and factor analysis. Findings revealed that the maintenance units of these institutions are characterized by inexperienced staffs, while the most used maintenance approach is the corrective maintenance. The factors affecting building maintenance are mostly; building design and usage factors, policy and management factors, and human resources and funding factors.
AB - Maintenance of educational buildings is crucial if quality and sustainable education is to be delivered. However, while studies have emanated as regards maintenance issues of public educational buildings in Nigeria, there seem to be a deficiency in literature as regards maintenance happenings within the private tertiary institutions. This paper therefore presents the findings of the assessment of the barriers of building maintenance in private tertiary institutions in the country. The study adopted a quantitative approach and information were harnessed from maintenance officers and construction professionals within two private tertiary institutions. Data gathered were analyzed using percentage, mean score, standard deviation, and factor analysis. Findings revealed that the maintenance units of these institutions are characterized by inexperienced staffs, while the most used maintenance approach is the corrective maintenance. The factors affecting building maintenance are mostly; building design and usage factors, policy and management factors, and human resources and funding factors.
KW - Building design
KW - Building elements
KW - Higher education institutions
KW - Maintenance management
KW - Tertiary institutions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049687088&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94199-8_30
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94199-8_30
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049687088
SN - 9783319941981
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 312
EP - 323
BT - Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2018
A2 - Falcao, Christianne
A2 - Charytonowicz, Jerzy
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2018
Y2 - 21 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -
