Strategic planning of sustainable maintenance in heritage school buildings: Malaysia perspectives
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
ISSN: 2398-4708
Article publication date: 10 January 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Retrofitting and rehabilitation are part of the conservation approach in Heritage Building Conservation Guideline 2016 in Malaysia. Heritage buildings can be retrofitted to preserve their culture and history while being given a new lease. Rehabilitation is a preservation requirement that is more flexible since it assumes that the structure has already deteriorated to the point where repairs are required to prevent further deterioration. Although the strategies of these two approaches are different, their combination resulted in sustainable heritage building maintenance. This long-term maintenance strategy is necessary, especially for Malaysia's numerous heritage schools, which have serious maintenance problems as a result of infrequent maintenance, repairs, and funding shortages.
Design/methodology/approach
This study involved secondary data from an intensive literature review along with a comparative study from articles review and context analysis. A comparative study was conducted to determine the typical issue with heritage school buildings and the best maintenance practice for these structures. Finally, it involved a SWOT analysis study of retrofitting and rehabilitating heritage school buildings will be discussed in this study as well.
Findings
The findings of this study will focus on developing a strategic planning framework and maintenance for heritage school buildings in Malaysia to achieve sustainable maintenance. It will also highlight sustainable maintenance best practices for heritage school buildings in Malaysia. Finally, SWOT analysis will go over the pros and cons of retrofitting and rehabilitation for these buildings.
Originality/value
This paper put forward the requirements of strategic planning in heritage school buildings and outlines the significance of sustainable maintenance for educational buildings. It is an alternative for cost savings that has not been extensively investigated in previous studies.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their heartiest thanks to the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and the Ministry of Education Malaysia for supporting this manuscript completion. All authors contributed equally to the preparation of this manuscript.
Citation
Norazman, N., Salleh, N.M., Mohd Nashruddin, S.N.A. and Wan Ismail, W.N. (2023), "Strategic planning of sustainable maintenance in heritage school buildings: Malaysia perspectives", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2022-0060
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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