Occupants perspective on building maintenance and workers maintenance performance in residential buildings - An empirical study
- Title
- Occupants perspective on building maintenance and workers maintenance performance in residential buildings - An empirical study
- Creator
- Arunkumar S.; Shukla U.K.; Kumar Chandar S.; Velavan M.; Vembu N.R.; Toziba B.
- Description
- The entire life cycle of a building involves planning, design, construction, occupancy, operation, maintenance, demolition and removal of wastes. Maintenance is a never ending process in the life cycle of buildings which plays an essential role in building operation. To meet the changing needs of building construction, environment and technology, building maintenance is essential for improving the performance of buildings and for retaining the value and service life of buildings. The main purpose of this study is to establish a sound maintenance strategy for improving the building maintenance services in the areas of Tanjore district, Tamil Nadu which helps to improve occupants satisfaction to a desired level. The present study focuses on the factors influencing building maintenance and assessment of performance of building maintenance service providers. This study attempts to identify the parameters that strengthens and weakens the performance of building maintenance from the occupants perspective. An extensive survey has been conducted with 104 occupants who are residing in pertinent areas of Tanjore in order to determine the predominant factors that have causation effect on building maintenance and workers performance from the perspective of occupants. The research findings indicated that there exists a positive significant correlation exists statistically between performance of maintenance workers and effective functioning of residential buildings for comfort living of occupants. Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd.
- Source
- International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, Vol-15, No. 8, pp. 317-331.
- Date
- 2017-01-01
- Publisher
- Serials Publications
- Subject
- Building Maintenance; Maintenance Performance; Residential Building
- Coverage
- Arunkumar S., SOM, SASTRA, University, India; Shukla U.K., St.Theresa International College, Thailand; Kumar Chandar S., Department of Management Studies, Christ University, India; Velavan M., SOM, SASTRA, University, India; Vembu N.R., SOM, SASTRA, University, India; Toziba B., School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 9727302
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Arunkumar S.; Shukla U.K.; Kumar Chandar S.; Velavan M.; Vembu N.R.; Toziba B., “Occupants perspective on building maintenance and workers maintenance performance in residential buildings - An empirical study,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/17133.