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One Day Intensive Seminar SBL Claimable Subject to HRDF Approval

BUILDING DEFECTS AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING

16 June 2009

J.W. Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Introduction

Building maintenance can be broadly as the application of scientific principles to the care and preservation of building assets. Building maintenance is therefore concerned with the technical requirements of investigating and diagnosing faults to assess condition; with the organizational needs to specify, select, implement and supervise remedial works and with the management operations to plan, preventive and corrective programmes.

Objectives

This seminar aims to:

· Determine the many causes of deterioration in

building and services

· Appreciate the need for planned, cyclical and

reactive maintenance works

· Assess the relationship between design, construction

and decay causes

· Understand financial implication of maintenance

planning and costs

· Assess design factors that influence minimum

maintenance

· Evaluate the need for material performance and

standard specification requirements

· Be equipped with a set of tools for handling and

capitalizing on difficult situations

Outline

Introduction to Defects and Maintenance

· Learning objectives

· Economics of building use

· Common causes of decay and deterioration of

buildings

· Design, construction and material faults

Routine Maintenance and Adaptation

· Relationship between deterioration and

maintenance

· Understanding various maintenance methods of

buildings

· Micro and macro climactic effects

· Change of use and resulting unplanned maintenance

· Cyclical and fixed rotation maintenance

· Miscalculated maintenance planning

· Case Study

Maintenance Planning

· Financial implication of maintenance

· Need for long term planning

· Life cycle assessment

· Lab modeling and pre-calculation

· Routine, remedial and reactive maintenance

· Response to material performance

Specific Maintenance

· Roof maintenance

· Maintenance of services

· Apartment security

· Case studies

Conducted by Distinguished Speaker:

MS. JANAKY S. NAIR

Ms. Janaky S. Nair has been in the architectural and construction industry for the past 21 years. Her work experience include 18 years of service in a Local Authority in Kuala Lumpur covering architectural cad drawing, design assistant, construction detailing, construction supervision and training of staff.

The projects she has been involved in directly were the Sentul and Gombak high-rise mass housing schemes, monument complex in Dataran Merdeka and Dataran Labuan and various sports complexes and community halls.

She has also received specific training instructions on Building Technology from Edexcel Center (KL agents for British Technological Educational Council HND UK programs). She has undergone special training specializing in building service integration, building defects and deterioration and appropriate material selection, conducted by the teaching mission or University of Melbourne.

She is a member of the British Institute of Architectural Technologists (B.I.A.T.). She holds an honors degree in Architectural Technology from UK and a Master’s degree in Built Environment from a local university.

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Group Discount (Two or more persons from same organization) – RM800.00 per person

Regular Fee – RM850.00 per person

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The organizer reserves the right to change speakers/or modify the programme content without prior notice.