Factors Influencing the Choice of Automating Systems Used in High-Rise Buildings in Lagos, Nigeria
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2019-09
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African Real Estate Society
Abstract
The consistent change and functions of building systems coupled with the
level of sophistication of users of high-rise buildings require that facility
managers find innovative ways to control and manage facilities. In this
while, the use of automation systems presents facility managers innovative
ways of ensuring functionality of the built environment through the
integration of people, place, process and technology. These systems must
however be selected with care and operated with dedication to achieve
desired results. This study examined factors influencing the choice of
automating systems in high-rise buildings in Lagos, Nigeria with a view to
providing information that could enhance facility management practice.
The study selected 53 high-rise commercial buildings based on their high
occupancy ratio. Total enumeration of the identified 53 resident facility
managers of these high-rise buildings was carried out. Information collected
included types of automating system used by facility managers, time of
acquisition of automating systems used among others. Descriptive and
inferential statistics such as frequency tables, mean ranking and factor
analysis were used to analyse the result.
Findings of the study revealed that the choice of automating systems used
by facility managers was significantly influenced by the cost of acquisition
of the automating system, while the need to protect buildings against
failure was considered as the most significant factor influencing the
adoption of automation in the management of facilities in high-rise
buildings. The study concluded that cost of acquiring automating system is
the most influencing factor when considering the choice of automation,
while the need to protect buildings against failure was considered as the
most significant factor influencing the adoption of automation.
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Automation, Automating system, High-rise buildings, Resident facility managers., Facility management