Factor that contributes to fungal growth an impact on UiTM Perak office building / Erfa Rauhah Shahril Anuar

The office is a building, area or space used by a work organization where this space is used to perform administrative work to achieve the objectives of an organization. However, on 11 March 2020 World Health Organization had announced Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has been spread to many countries as a pandemic. In Malaysia, the government has decided to implement ‘Restriction of Movement Order’ to overcome the spreading the COVID-19. During MCO, it starts a new working environment which they had to work from home. In this situation, this give impact to office building which is not being use for long period of time it may lead to fungal growth. There are several factors that contribute the fungal growth in the building which are water leakage or moisture, poor air circulation and poor maintenance. This research aim is to identify the causes of fungal growth and impact to the UiTM Seri Iskandar, Perak office building. Besides that, there are three objectives for this research to be held which are to identify the factors, contribute fungal growth, to identify the symptoms of fungal growth at the office building and to identify the element in office space and causes that affected by the fungal growth. To achieve the objective of this study. This study conducted using Questionnaire survey with target of the respondents consists of the whole staff of UiTM Seri Iskandar, Perak and Lecturers. There is also the literature review, which assists in getting a comprehensive knowledge of the study. This research will offer specifics of findings linked to the research study at the conclusion of the chapter, as well as recommendations for future research on fungal growth in the workplace.