Adegoriola, M I; Lai, J H K; Yung, E H K and Chan, E H W (2024) Development of a significant index model for assessing heritage building maintenance management challenges. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 31(8), pp. 3398-3428. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: The paper aims to identify the critical constraints that impede heritage building (HB) facility managers from discharging their duties effectively and develop an index model to guide HB maintenance management (HBMM) practitioners to the critical constraints. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review was conducted to identify HBMM constraints. Facilty management practitioners assessed the constraints' significance through an online survey. The factor analysis was used to shortlist and group the constraints, and the constraint clusters were analyzed by the fuzzy synthetic evaluation technique. A significant index cluster to determine HBMM constraints criticality was generated using the linear additive model. Findings: Embracing a total of 16 HBMM constraints, the three clusters identified are: (1) managerial and inadequacy constraints, (2) pressure and bureaucracy constraints and (3) HB peculiarities constraints. Based on the generated significant index, the HB peculiarities cluster was identified as the most significant. Research limitations/implications: The study was conducted in a particular jurisdiction, limiting the generalizability of the result. Future research should address this limitation by covering more jurisdictions. Practical implications: The significant index model (SIM) developed enables HBMM practitioners to objectively assess the criticality of HB constraints and facilitates them to effectively strategize and allocate resources for HBMM. Originality/value: The SIM, which transforms subjective judgment into the objective assessment of the HBMM constraints' criticality, can assist practitioners, policymakers and other HBMM stakeholders in implementing strategies for the sustainability of HBs.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | facility management; fuzzy synthetic evaluation; heritage buildings; maintenance; significant index |
| Index terms: | maintenance management, judgment, factor analysis, strategy, literature review, survey, jurisdiction, manager, fuzzy synthetic evaluation, duty, methodology, practitioner, heritage building |
| Subjects: | legal systems, data analysis and analytics, data collection methods, construction type, contractual role, practitioner, dispute resolution, decision-making and optimization, statistical analysis, management, research methods, maintenance engineering |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Construction Technology, Legal Issues, Contract Administration |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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