THE ROLE OF A PROFESSIONAL BUILDER IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Abstract

ABSTRACT This research studied the role of a Professional Builder in facility management. The researcher chose Awka and Onitsha in Anambra State as the area of study. This study was carried out so as to find out actually, if Professional Builders have a role to play in facility management and identify those roles. In carrying out the study, related literature in the study were reviewed, primary data were collected using questionnaires, while data obtained were analyzed using frequency table and simple percentages and hypothesis were tested using Z-test statistical tools. Some of the findings and recommendations in this research study are: The researcher observed that facility management is not well known and not properly practiced in this part of the world, the issue of which professional should lay claim to facility management service is not properly defined in the minds of people, the role of professionals as a facility manager is not well known. As a result of all these, a proper awareness should be carried out so as to enable organizations engage professional Builders for facility management services, in order to meet organizational goals.