Building Design, Construction and Performance in Tropical Climates

Promoting for the book that I co-authored one of the chapters.

Book title: Building Design, Construction and Performance in Tropical Climates
Chapter title that I co-authored: Chapter 7: Operational Building Performance in Tropical Climates

Publisher link:
https://www.routledge.com/Building-Design-Construction-and-Performance-in-Tropical-Climates/Riley-Cotgrave-Farragher/p/book/9781138203884

Solution for Property Management and Maintenance of Stratified Development

Don’t take strata by-laws lightly, urges prop management firm head, read more at:
http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/dont-take-strata-bylaws-lightly-urges-prop-management-firm-head

The needs of periodic maintenance audit

After Johor hospital fire, group calls for periodic maintenance audit on all public buildings.
Read more at http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/after-johor-hospital-fire-group-calls-for-periodic-maintenance-audit-on-all#GtrXobRczi211wqb.99

Malaysian maintenance culture, or lack of it

Another article related to poor maintenance culture in Malaysia from New Straights Times.
Article link: https://www.nst.com.my/property/2017/07/257053/malaysian-maintenance-culture-or-lack-it

Creating Awareness for Involvement in Building Maintenance Management

Researchers at University of Malaya, Malaysia, are discussing the importance of building stakeholders in building maintenance management, including maintenance management team, building owners/clients, building occupants/users, and maintenance service providers.

To read more: Creating Awareness for Involvement in Building Maintenance Management

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 3RD MALAYSIA-EUROPE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2017

Upcoming Facilities Management conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Call for participation and paper. 

For more detail, please visit: http://www.myefmsummit.com/

Demand for building maintenance in Malaysia

An interesting article signifying the importance of facilities management and building maintenance.

Article link: Demand for building maintenance

Some quotes from Deputy Minister of Prime Minister's Department and Senator Datuk Seri S. K. Devamany:

"One of Malaysia's greatest challenge today is sustaining building management."

"We usually have budget for new buildings and infrastructures but we always don't have enough money for repair and maintenance,"

"All project costs will also include maintenance costs. Thus, the knowledge and expertise is much needed in this aspect,"

Maintenance Management of High-Rise Properties in Malaysia

Some basic knowledge about the management of stratified residential buildings in Malaysia. It is an helpful article for all the owners and tenants of stratified residential buildings - flats, condos and apartments

Maintenance Issue in Malaysia

This article reflects the maintenance culture in Malaysia:

"Malaysia is known as a country that prides itself in providing first- world infrastructure, but not in terms of its maintenance."

"We are good at providing state-of-the-art buildings and equipment, but when it comes to maintaining them and making them function, we have shortcomings."

Full article featured in New Straits Times: Maintenance culture not in our blood

Prediction Cost Maintenance Model of Office Building Based on Condition-Based Maintenance

Prediction Cost Maintenance Model of Office Building Based on Condition-Based Maintenance from Cheong Peng Au-Yong

Maintenance must be considered in design stage

Architects must think about maintenance when designing buildings, says expert | TheEdgeProperty Malaysia

Safety should be one of the main concerns in Building Maintenance Management

Building maintenance supervisor killed after falling from 14th floor of Sabah apartment | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online

Improving occupants' satisfaction with effective maintenance management of HVAC system in office buildings

Office buildings are equipped with HVAC system to provide a comfortable working environment. However, the level of the occupants' productivity and comfort is highly influenced by the reliability of HVAC system's service. Thus, the proper maintenance of HVAC system is necessary to ensure the smooth operations of an organisation. This paper seeks to investigate the maintenance characteristics of HVAC system that affect occupants' satisfaction and subsequently establish a relationship between the characteristics and occupants' satisfaction through questionnaire surveys and interviews; and finally develop a regression model for prediction purpose. The findings reveal that the maintenance characteristics which influence occupants' satisfaction include the skill and knowledge of the manager, the skill and knowledge of the labourer, the quality of spare parts and materials, as well as the response level towards failure and downtime. The study concludes that an effective communication platform which involves all key participants in the maintenance activities should be developed by the management to improve the maintenance outcomes.

Keywords: HVAC system; Office building; Maintenance characteristics; Occupations' satisfaction; Participants' involvement

Publisher Link: Improving occupants' satisfaction with effective maintenance management of HVAC system in office buildings

Download Full Paper here.

DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2014.03.013

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Cheong Peng Au-Yong (0000-0003-1306-9595) - ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers

Cheong Peng Au-Yong (0000-0003-1306-9595) - ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers