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Article
Building Services Equipment and Effective Maintenance Culture: The Experts Standpoint
Author(s)
B. B. Okon and V. E. Okon
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5275/2018.01.006
Affiliation(s)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sustainable Infrastructure Services Group, Akwa Ibom State University, PMB 1167, Uyo, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Effective management and maintenance of building equipment can yield
more sustainable delivery of building services systems with
buildings/facilities. Buildings generally provide habitation, security, comfort
and indeed habitat for social and recreational activities. All over the world,
buildings/facilities play very vital role in the economic development of any
nation. Building equipment is classified as
refrigerator, pump, lift and escalator systems, HVAC (heat ventilation
and air-conditioning) systems,
extractor fans as well as water and firefighting equipment among others. In
this paper, the roles of maintenance culture within building equipment were
examined in pursuit of achieving effective services delivery. More often than
not, maintenance of building equipment option is sometimes played down but with
emphasis on achieving optimum performance without recourse to striking a
balance between the above indices. The paper also examines immediate and remote
causes associated with maintenance management practices within building
infrastructure systems (equipment) in this investigation. Experts’ opinions
were sought for their understanding, barriers and commitment of sustainability
agenda in pursuit of building equipment maintenance ethics and the way forward.
The achievable outcomes from this study demonstrate that optimum services
delivery of building equipment relied on
efficient management
and maintenance culture options as best practices.
KEYWORDS
Building equipment, infrastructure, maintenance culture, management, sustainability.
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