MAINTENANCE CULTURE OF RESIDENTS IN SOME SELECTED LOW COST HOUSING ESTATE IN LAGOS STATE
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Building infrastructures is part of what provides people with shelter,
protection and comfort in a country. It is one of the major factors for survival and
wellbeing of people. It is therefore very important that the facilities of buildings be
constantly preserved and maintained well to meet up with occupants satisfaction
therefore meeting the purpose for which they were built and developed. for. The sample
size is the total number of observations, population elements of sampling unit that are
selected for investigation in the study. The sample size of this study was developed
from 3 selected low cost housing estate within Lagos and a relatively 75 questionnaires
was distributed to various residents for evaluation of maintenance practice. The
following facts were discovered in the study that low grade materials are mostly used in
construction of low cost building which leads to major deterioration in component of
the building, poor contribution of professionals and stakeholders in the construction
industry to training programs and strategies from the factors for the good maintenance
practices were insignificant among others. The study further recommend the following
facts: Training and retraining of artisans and craftsmen should be embraced an essential
strategy, construction firms should invest in the training and retraining of their
craftsmen to promote optimum performance while construction professionals and
stakeholders should contribute to the skills acquisition programmes both onsite and
offsite
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TH Building construction