Evaluation of the Practice of Building Survey for Maintenance of Public Building in South-East Nigeria

Abstract

The maintenance of public building is evasive without a conscious practice of  building surveying as it avails the maintenance personal insight  that informs the building maintenance this The research evaluates the practice of building \surveying in South-East Nigeria  and its impact in the maintenance of public buildings. It was pursuit through the use of a structured questionnaire. Public buildings within Abia, Enugu and Imo state of study were studied with the respondent drawn from the users and officials in charge of the maintenance of the building.  A total of 390 questionnaires were administered with 314 returned giving a response rate of 80.5%.  A random sampling technique was adopted and the data was analyzed using a computer based Software SPSS version 21. Result were presented using statistical tools Mean, Relative Importance Index (RII).The result revealed among others that there is  no significant development in the condition of public buildings in South East states. In addition, the problems associates with building maintenance have significantly affected the building conditions in the study area. Proactive and well planned maintenance are recommended as against corrective measure commonly used. Prompt replacement of nonfunctional, aged or malfunctioning building parts. Government should ensure that most of the public buildings have a maintenance policy and there is an effective communication between the maintenance department and the building occupants. Government should ensure that there is a condition survey for the public building adopting the approach of the framework developed in this study.