The maintenance management of masjid buildings in federal territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya

Abstract

This research explores whether maintenance management exists at 54 masjids in Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya and to assess the performances of the maintenance program there. The relevant personnel of the masjid were interviewed based on the structured questionnaires. This research is an exploratory research whereby, it will look into the basic question of maintenance in masjid, to find out whether or not maintenance management exists for masjid buildings. Literature review shows no evidence of maintenance management of masjid. The objectives of this research are to find out the availability of information and documentation of maintenance management and to access the performance of maintenance management. The research methodology is by conducting site visits to the selected representative masjid, developing structured questionnaires, interviewing maintenance management personnel and conducting the data analysis. As the results, it is found that best practice of good house-keeping, effective management and sufficient maintenance cost budgets affected the performance of maintenance management of the masjid buildings. The performance of the maintenance management in masjid need more improvement on the strategic and structure framework on the maintenance management.