| dc.description.abstract | This research is a study in to the impact and suitability of building maintenance
practices of local council buildings or performance of floor finishes. The aim was
to explore the maintenance practices adopted by the councils and their suitability
to the building fabric with regard to floor finishes. Two case studies of local
councils have been selected for examination. These are; Nairobi's city hall and
Kisumu town hall.
The study established that, the local councils have no maintenance policy as
such but practice ., unplanned maintenance of the . emergency type on their
building 'assets. As such, the floor finishes of the councils are in such a sorry
state which continues to worsen due to other contributory factors such as; lack of
sufficient funds due to bureaucratic budgetary allocation, lack of regular building
inspection, indiscriminate cleaning of floor finishes with undue regard to the type
of floor finishes among others. These are covered comprehensively in Chapter 4
of this research
The first part of this study comprises of the introductory chapter and includes the
problem statement, the objectives and the hypothesis. This is followed by
Chapter 2 which establishes the theoretical framework on maintenance
generally, life cycle costing with regard to the same and the various types of floor
finishes and their performance under different conditions. Chapter 3 contains the
methodology employed in the study including data collection instruments,
procedures and analysis of the same. Chapter 4 reports the results obtained from
the field study.
The last Chapter involves discussion of the main findings based on the literature
review done, conclusions ahd recommendations stemming from the findings of
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