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Green buildings and maintenance planning practices in Malaysia

Zul-Atfi Ismail (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau, Malaysia)

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

ISSN: 1741-0398

Article publication date: 31 March 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Green building (GB) maintenance is increasingly accepted in the construction industry, so it can now be interpreted as an industry best practice for maintenance planning. However, the performance competency and design knowledge of the practice's building control instrument process can be affected by its evaluation and the information management of building information modelling (BIM)–based model checking (BMC). These maintenance-planning problems have not yet been investigated in instances such as the Grenfell Tower fire (14 June 2017, approximately 80 fatalities) in North Kensington, West London.

Design/methodology/approach

This study proposes a theoretical framework for analysing the existing conceptualisation of BIM tools and techniques based on a critical review of GB maintenance environments. These are currently employed on GB maintenance ecosystems embedded in project teams that can affect BMC practices in the automation system process. In order to better understand how BMC is implemented in GB ecosystem projects, a quantitative case study is conducted in the Malaysian public works department (Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR)).

Findings

GB ecosystem projects were not as effective as planned due to safety awareness, design planning, inadequate track insulation, environmental (in) compatibility and inadequate building access management. Descriptive statistics and an ANOVA were applied to analyse the data. The study is reinforced by a process flow, which is transformed into a theoretical framework.

Originality/value

Industry practitioners can use the developed framework to diagnose BMC application issues and leverage the staff competency inherent in an ecosystem to plan GB maintenance environments successfully.

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Acknowledgements

The purpose of the research in this paper is to expand previous work by considering other important factors, such as staff competency requirements, and to provide such additional data as would be helpful in evaluating results of specific GB training and ecosystem perspective to the BIM implementation.

Funding: This research receives specific funding from ZMAF Enterprise for benefit purposes.

Citation

Ismail, Z.-A. (2023), "Green buildings and maintenance planning practices in Malaysia", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-05-2022-0168

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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