ASSESSMENT OF MAINTENANCE CULTURE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS: A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI STATE SECRETARIAT

A sustainable maintenance cultural policy integrated on a public asset is critical towards ensuring it continuous utilization before the end of its estimated life-cycle. Poor or inadequate maintenance culture is a peculiar feature with evidence on almost every building in Nigeria. This present study assessed the maintenance culture on public buildings: a case study of Bauchi State secretariat. A descriptive survey using structured questionnaire was used to collect data. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents who staff in the case study area. SPSS version 24.0, a social science statistical tool was used for data analysis. Findings revealed that, the attitude towards maintenance of public buildings is quite positive. Routine service maintenance is carried out very often (32.6%). While sometimes in a range (34.8-54.0%) rectification, replacement and general renovation work are carried out on public building in the case study area. Also, finishes and services are the building elements most impacted due to poor maintenance culture. Therefore, it is recommended that, the government should set up a maintenance budget from which all maintenance activities will be drawn, and national maintenance policy should be formulated to compel users of public buildings to observe good maintenance culture on the buildings they occupy.