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THE IMPACT OF GOOD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN MINIMIZING MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS
Introduction
Over the years, poor design and poor construction works have caused so many problems as far as erection of good structures and the maintenance of such structures is concern. The problems emanating from poor design and poor construction works have caused so many people to loose the faith they once had in the building and construction sector of the economy. Due to the non-challant attitude and the negligence of some professionals in the building industry, buildings are wrongly designed and construction works on an on-going project are wrongly executed, that is construction works are not executed according to the standard in the Building Code. The impact good design and construction works is therefore paramount in the construction and the maintenance of buildings .It has been observed that one of the major problems associated with maintenance in our society are as a result of our poor maintenance culture It is therefore important to explain maintenance as a concept in details.
Building maintenance is a major activity in most countries. Any reduction in resources applied to building maintenance will have a visible effect on the economy.
Few years ago, a rapid growth of housing construction clearly appears as a part of the country development. The number of modern houses increases and more houses are being constructed. As a result, more maintenance work is required in order to cope with this type of construction.
Due to the growth of housing with the lack of building Standards, more maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation work have become necessary to ensure the serviceability and safety of the constructed houses. In addition, the existing houses need to be sustained as long as possible. Therefore, ways must be found to reduce the maintenance cost works due to ageing of the buildings while keeping the same quality
BUILDING MAINTENANCE OVERVIEW
Maintenance
Introduction
Over the years, poor design and poor construction works have caused so many problems as far as erection of good structures and the maintenance of such structures is concern. The problems emanating from poor design and poor construction works have caused so many people to loose the faith they once had in the building and construction sector of the economy. Due to the non-challant attitude and the negligence of some professionals in the building industry, buildings are wrongly designed and construction works on an on-going project are wrongly executed, that is construction works are not executed according to the standard in the Building Code. The impact good design and construction works is therefore paramount in the construction and the maintenance of buildings .It has been observed that one of the major problems associated with maintenance in our society are as a result of our poor maintenance culture It is therefore important to explain maintenance as a concept in details.
Building maintenance is a major activity in most countries. Any reduction in resources applied to building maintenance will have a visible effect on the economy.
Few years ago, a rapid growth of housing construction clearly appears as a part of the country development. The number of modern houses increases and more houses are being constructed. As a result, more maintenance work is required in order to cope with this type of construction.
Due to the growth of housing with the lack of building Standards, more maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation work have become necessary to ensure the serviceability and safety of the constructed houses. In addition, the existing houses need to be sustained as long as possible. Therefore, ways must be found to reduce the maintenance cost works due to ageing of the buildings while keeping the same quality
BUILDING MAINTENANCE OVERVIEW
Maintenance
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