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The Malaysian Surveyor

If the school authority fail to get Table 4: Overview on maintenance management practice
assistance from the government,
they will consider to repair it by using Building Assessment Rating System (BARIS)
school funds. The suitable contractor
for repairing works will be appointed (a) G1
if there is sufficient school fund and
upon consent by Board of Governors of Total marks [d] (∑ f c) 610
the school. If the repairing costs is too
expensive and unaffordable by using Number of defects [e] 132
the school funding, contractors who are
cheaper and suit to perform similar repair Total score (d/e) 4.62≈5
works will be appointed. However in N1
School, the school authority has sought Overall building rating Fair
for financial aid and organised fund
raising event exclusively for the repairs if (b) G2
there were insufficient funds.
Total marks [d] (∑ f c) 249
4.2 Building Condition
Surveys Number of defects [e] 60

Based on the COPBS101 matrix Total score (d/e) 4.15≈4
calculation done in the research, the
matrix is further calculated with the Overall building rating Good
number of defects, BARIS assessment
has done for each studies as shown in (c) N1 319
Table 4. Total marks [d] (∑ f c)

In general, the overall building rating for Number of defects [e] 73
all case studies range from 4.15 to 4.62,
which is at boundary between good and Total score (d/e) 4.37≈4
fair; good is defined as very few defects
need to be rectified, and fair is defined Overall building rating Good
as needs immediate repair and organise
maintenance. On the other hand, the (d) N2
National Heritage status has no impact
on the overall building rating, as one of Total marks [d] (∑ f c) 399
the Gazetted heritage schools is rated
good while another is rated as fair, and Number of defects [e] 86
similar to Non-Gazetted heritage school.
Total score (d/e) 4.64≈4
4.3 Questionnaires Analysis
Overall building rating Fair
Questionnaires study was carried to
determine the perception of respondents If the school authority
in implementation of maintenance works. fail to get the assistance
A total of 100 sets of questionnaires from government, they
were distributed evenly to each of the will consider to repair it by
case studies, but only 72 completed sets
were returned back for the collation and using school funds.
analysis.
is shown in the next page Figure 2. Most be taken. Relevantly, building occupants
Firstly, the comparison between Gazetted of the building occupants in Gazetted in Gazetted heritage school tend to have
and Non-Gazetted heritage building in heritage school generally perceive the higher percentage who have applied
terms of building occupants awareness appropriate actions should be taken for building maintenance and repairs
when they discovered building defects, in the past, which is 84.85%, whilst for
which accounted for 60.60%. On the the occupants in non-Gazetted heritage
other hand, 66.67% of occupants in school, the percentage is almost equal
non-Gazetted heritage school do not as 48.72% have done the application and
perceive the appropriate actions should 51.28% have not done.

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