EVALUATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECTS IN CONDOMINIUMS

At the present time, condominiums are becoming primary choice among urban high-class populace in urban area due to the facilities provided in the buildings and also comfort within their compound areas. There are numerous problems have to be tackled by the building maintenance management in order to control all activities related to the operation and maintenance in the condominium. Health and safety are the common issues based on complains from dwellers either through internal complain forms or mass media. This study aims to assess the health and safety performance of condominiums, using a basic valuation method. The valuation method based on a hierarchy of building performance indicators regarding the quality of design aspect and management aspect with five attributes such as architectural design, building services design, the surrounding environ ment, operation and maintenance, and facilities management (FM). Twelve condominiums were randomly selected in Klang Valley, Malaysia and assessed through site inspections, desk searches, and interviewed management corporation personnel (MC), outsourced contractors/consultants (OS), home-owners (HO) as well as (T) tenants. A performance analysis was carried out to survey and compare the overall health and safety performance of the buildings. The results had shown that there was significant similarity in health and safety condition among condominiums, even though they are located at the different locality. As a conclusion, most of the classic problems of health and safety circumstances in condominiums were due to the building management system rather than building design.