Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building

The fundamental problem in building management is to improve an effective communication system among building stakeholders in the operation and maintenance activities. The research objectives are to examine whether proactive communication results in effective communication between maintenance manage...

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Main Authors:	Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan, Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah, Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TH3301 Maintenance and repair TX955 Building operation and maintenance
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/1/PROGRAM_BOOK_%26_ABSTRACT_ICUDBE2015_FINAL_A5_single.pdf

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spelling	iium-486852018-05-23T01:12:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/ Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin TH3301 Maintenance and repair TX955 Building operation and maintenance The fundamental problem in building management is to improve an effective communication system among building stakeholders in the operation and maintenance activities. The research objectives are to examine whether proactive communication results in effective communication between maintenance management teams and building occupants and to determine whether reactive communication results in ineffective communication between maintenance management teams and building occupants. This research identified three (3) attributes of the existing condition of communication system in maintenance management specifically safety practice, management quality and professionalism in operation and maintenance management. Twenty (20) high rise commercial buildings in Klang Valley, Malaysia have been randomly selected for the study which involving two (2) groups of respondents. In-house maintenance management personnel (MM) and outsourced teams (OS) are in maintenance management group whereas building owners (BO) and tenants (T) as the building occupant group have been unstructured interviewed based on the value aspects of communication factors. The results had revealed that inaccuracy, untimeliness, misunderstanding, barriers, information gatekeeping, information distortion, information overload and information under load which effected from ineffective communication among participants in the whole level tasks at maintenance stage. In addition, major issues of maintenance management tools: unavailable building policy, poor management of documents, also weak monitoring toward maintenance activities contributed to the insufficient communication system in maintenance management. In conclusion, a systematic and effective communication system among participants does not exist yet at maintenance stage in high rise commercial buildings. Keywords: facilities management, decision support 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/1/PROGRAM_BOOK_%26_ABSTRACT_ICUDBE2015_FINAL_A5_single.pdf Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan and Abdul Rahim, Asiah and Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah and Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin (2015) Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building. In: 4th International Conference on Universal Design in the Built Environment 2015, 23-24 Nov 2015, Putrajaya. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	TH3301 Maintenance and repair TX955 Building operation and maintenance Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
description	The fundamental problem in building management is to improve an effective communication system among building stakeholders in the operation and maintenance activities. The research objectives are to examine whether proactive communication results in effective communication between maintenance management teams and building occupants and to determine whether reactive communication results in ineffective communication between maintenance management teams and building occupants. This research identified three (3) attributes of the existing condition of communication system in maintenance management specifically safety practice, management quality and professionalism in operation and maintenance management. Twenty (20) high rise commercial buildings in Klang Valley, Malaysia have been randomly selected for the study which involving two (2) groups of respondents. In-house maintenance management personnel (MM) and outsourced teams (OS) are in maintenance management group whereas building owners (BO) and tenants (T) as the building occupant group have been unstructured interviewed based on the value aspects of communication factors. The results had revealed that inaccuracy, untimeliness, misunderstanding, barriers, information gatekeeping, information distortion, information overload and information under load which effected from ineffective communication among participants in the whole level tasks at maintenance stage. In addition, major issues of maintenance management tools: unavailable building policy, poor management of documents, also weak monitoring toward maintenance activities contributed to the insufficient communication system in maintenance management. In conclusion, a systematic and effective communication system among participants does not exist yet at maintenance stage in high rise commercial buildings. Keywords: facilities management, decision support
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
author_facet	Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rahim, Asiah Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
author_sort	Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan
title	Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
title_short	Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
title_full	Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
title_fullStr	Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
title_full_unstemmed	Communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
title_sort	communication effectiveness in the building maintenance practice of high rise commercial building
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48685/1/PROGRAM_BOOK_%26_ABSTRACT_ICUDBE2015_FINAL_A5_single.pdf
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