The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management

The Total Asset Management Manual (TAMM) is introduced and implemented by Government of Malaysia to manage the government assets. The implementation of public sector facility and asset management is crucial and important to ensure the government building well managed and can serve the purpose for wh...

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Main Authors: Syamilah Yacob, Azlan Shah Ali, Cheong, Peng Au-Yong
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13658/
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spelling ukm-136582019-11-21T21:27:13Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13658/ The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management Syamilah Yacob, Azlan Shah Ali, Cheong, Peng Au-Yong The Total Asset Management Manual (TAMM) is introduced and implemented by Government of Malaysia to manage the government assets. The implementation of public sector facility and asset management is crucial and important to ensure the government building well managed and can serve the purpose for which it is constructed. Therefore, it is important to the professionals involved in managing the asset or facility to know and competent in the related field especially building condition assessment (BCA). The Standard guideline for BCA for Existing Building (JKR 21602-0004-13) is developed as a part of support document for TAMM. The purpose of this research is to conduct a review of the BCA practice in government buildings. The aim is to improve the government service delivery toward effective decision making for building maintenance. The research methods consisted of literature review and a quantitative approach to gather the observational data through inspection of three (3) Malaysia public office buildings. Inspections were performed by 42 building inspectors and the findings were analyzed by using Building Condition Assessment Rating System (BCARS). The total number of 1,745 defects have been identified with two (2) buildings at a good condition with a rating B at score 8.45 and 8.18 and one (1) building with C score 13.38 at fair condition. The results are then used to determine the need and remedial action to assess and maintain the desired level of service to improve the building facilities condition. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13658/1/45-48-PB.docx Syamilah Yacob, and Azlan Shah Ali, and Cheong, Peng Au-Yong (2018) The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management. Journal of Building Performance, 9 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/45
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description The Total Asset Management Manual (TAMM) is introduced and implemented by Government of Malaysia to manage the government assets. The implementation of public sector facility and asset management is crucial and important to ensure the government building well managed and can serve the purpose for which it is constructed. Therefore, it is important to the professionals involved in managing the asset or facility to know and competent in the related field especially building condition assessment (BCA). The Standard guideline for BCA for Existing Building (JKR 21602-0004-13) is developed as a part of support document for TAMM. The purpose of this research is to conduct a review of the BCA practice in government buildings. The aim is to improve the government service delivery toward effective decision making for building maintenance. The research methods consisted of literature review and a quantitative approach to gather the observational data through inspection of three (3) Malaysia public office buildings. Inspections were performed by 42 building inspectors and the findings were analyzed by using Building Condition Assessment Rating System (BCARS). The total number of 1,745 defects have been identified with two (2) buildings at a good condition with a rating B at score 8.45 and 8.18 and one (1) building with C score 13.38 at fair condition. The results are then used to determine the need and remedial action to assess and maintain the desired level of service to improve the building facilities condition.
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author Syamilah Yacob,
Azlan Shah Ali,
Cheong, Peng Au-Yong
spellingShingle Syamilah Yacob,
Azlan Shah Ali,
Cheong, Peng Au-Yong
The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
author_facet Syamilah Yacob,
Azlan Shah Ali,
Cheong, Peng Au-Yong
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title The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
title_short The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
title_full The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
title_fullStr The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
title_full_unstemmed The practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
title_sort practice of building condition assessment in public sector facility management
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13658/
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