Investigation of defect and corrective maintenance approach applied for government building / Nor Zakiah Misnan

Nowadays, most of a government buildings in Malaysia have problem of defects in their buildings which certain building defects can be dangerous to occupants of the building. So it is important to know the types of defects, the causes and the corrective maintenance approach to solve the defects on government buildings. The research uses the primary and secondary data to get the information and gain the knowledge. Interviewed and observation was carried out at all case studies to meet the parties involve in maintaining the building. The finding of this study, the researcher will conclude that there are common types of building defects in the government building. The causes of building defects also similar for all case studies. Lastly, the researcher will recommend for the improvement of current corrective maintenance approach and defects solving methods.