Significance of Building Maintenance Management Systems towards Sustainable Development

Building maintenance management is an organized and effective system of
maintenance operations which is set up to deal with problems related to the upkeep of a building.
Its goal, aside from locating and remedying a building‟s deficiencies, is to effectively minimize the
overall costs of maintenance and is also an effort to maximize the gain and benefits from the
savings. There are a few factors that influence decisions to undertake maintenance work. The
principal goal of maintenance is to protect a building in the early stage of issues as they arise. Some
major reasons for maintaining a building include retaining its reputation and value of investments,
maintaining the building in a condition which allows it to accomplish its purpose, and presenting a
good outer shell. This paper will review and discuss some of the major elements of building
maintenance towards achieving sustainable buildings.