Building Maintenance II

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. prepare organisational charts for maintenance department and discuss its operations; 2. prepare schedule of dilapidations for buildings; 3. discuss maintainability analysis of designs; and 4. discuss various building maintenance problems and their solutions.

The course deals with the management aspects of building maintenance. Maintenance cycles for different types of buildings. Standards expected of buildings-deviations, spot items. Planning maintenance-resources required. Organization of maintenance departments. Building maintenance problems and their solutions. Foundations, leakages, water proofing, cladding, among others. Preparation of schedule of conditions and dilapidations. Maintenance audit and specifications. Statutory requirements for building maintenance, maintainability analysis of designs, programming, executive appraisal, policy guidelines.