Landscape and housekeeping government building preventive maintenance guidebook based on work breakdown structure

Abstract

Abstract Buildings suffer deterioration and function failures during its lifecycle even for landscape and housekeeping components in government buildings. Maintenance includes cleaning, inspecting, repairing, and replacing can provide buildings the ability to maximize the utilities of the building’s lifecycle. Corrective maintenance is the most used maintenance method in Indonesia although there are several alternatives, such as preventive maintenance that prevents any occurrences of building failures without neither repairing nor replacing any components throughout its lifecycle. Work breakdown structure (WBS) is an effective method to define preventive maintenance activities. However, in Indonesia there is still lack of preventive maintenance based on WBS activities guidebook and preventive maintenance policies. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a guidebook of preventive maintenance landscape and housekeeping activities based on WBS to improve maintenance performance. The Research Method used is activities defined from policies, literature studies, and case studies drawn into WBS and validated by maintenance expertise. Experts validate the preventive maintenance activities using questionnaires and provide any maintenance activities to improve the guidebook. Result of the research showed that landscape and housekeeping preventive maintenance activities guidebook based on WBS government buildings maintenance. The guidebook is validated by experts and will be used building maintenance managers.