Maintenance Model of Hostel Buildings for Effective Performance and Aesthetics

Buildings are designed and built to sustain its initial functions and beauty for both the present and future users. Building required maintenance for high performance regardless of whether it meets the sustainability consideration or not. An important segment in the maintenance management system is the identification and analysis of defects in the buildings and the urgency of repair needed. Defect analysis is significance if higher institutions desire to succeed in modeling an efficient maintenance management system for their buildings and engineering services. Thus the aim of this project is to determine, evaluate and categorize the defects in institutional hostel buildings in Nigeria, using the four (4) Hostel buildings of The polytechnic, Ibadan as a case study. Questionnaires were administered on four (4) Hostel buildings of The polytechnic, Ibadan. With 83% response rate, the findings suggest that some defects require maintenance urgently than the others and on the basis of which it is concluded that resources should be directed to the more urgent ones while less urgent ones could be included in the subsequent maintenance programme. The research found that, Toilet and bathroom fittings, faulty electrical systems, faulty door locks, extinguisher, fire alarm, and Smoke Detector were the defects that respondents considered extremely urgent to maintain. The paper concludes by arguing that attention to aesthetics and maintenance management is a strategic issue in the management of buildings.