Enhancing university building performance: a methodology to investigate maintenance and operational conditions

Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi and Mohamed Yunus, Mohd Yusri and Hashim, Khairusy Syakirin Has-Yun and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Haron, Ahmad Tarmizi (2025) Enhancing university building performance: a methodology to investigate maintenance and operational conditions. In: 4th International Competition on Sustainable Education (SUSED2025), September 2025, Virtual Competition.

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Maintaining decaying and aging educational buildings and multi-effects of inflation to maintenance cost are complex issues. The connection between quality education and building operational performance is of paramount importance to shape a well-developed educational system in the universities. Commentators asserted that the traditional maintenance procurement practice focuses on reactive maintenance, however little emphasis is given to optimize the long-term in-use costs that have to be paid to prolong the educational building service life. These papers and videos are prepared to present a designed methodology to investigate maintenance condition and operational performance of an education building for teaching and learning in one of the higher educational institutions in Malaysia with the objective to develop a prototype of life cycle cost (LCC) database requirements for a sustainable facilities management system of educational buildings. A qualitative research strategy is proposed for the study encompasses three fieldwork approaches, i.e., semi-structured interview, building condition assessment (BCA), and quick response codes (QR). The designed methodology is expected to serve as a foundational input for carrying out a comprehensive study in the development of prototype of database requirements for life cycle cost analysis of maintenance of education buildings for teaching and learning in the university. The study findings yielded from the proposed methodology is of paramount significance that would add value for improvement of life cycle cost practices in the facilities maintenance management system of the university to be in line with the key drivers of Malaysian Science, Technology, Innovation, and Economy (MySTIE) framework.

Item Type:	Proceeding Paper (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6985/123813
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Methodology, University building, Maintenance, Life cycle cost
Subjects:	BPC Science and Technology in Islam > BPC175 Islam and engineering. Sustainable engineering. Sustainable building N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA4100 Special classes of buildings > NA6600 Education buildings T Technology > TH Building construction T Technology > TH Building construction > TH1000 Systems of building construction T Technology > TH Building construction > TH3301 Maintenance and repair T Technology > TH Building construction > TH880 Sustainable buildings. Sustainable construction T Technology > TX Home economics T Technology > TX Home economics > TX955 Building operation and maintenance
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Quantity Surveying Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
Depositing User:	IR. DR. MOHD FAIRULLAZI AYOB
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2025 14:31
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2025 14:32
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/123813

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