Chapter 9. Conclusion and Recommendations

The purpose of this book was to determine whether identified strategies predict sustainable maintenance for government office buildings in emerging economies, thus, contributing to the existing body of knowledge and practice. The study was guided by six objectives that needed to be addressed. The first objective was to identify constructs and measurement indicators that predict sustainable maintenance and examine whether the identified constructs and measurement indicators in emerging economies are the same as those in other geographical areas. The second objective was to determine maintenance strategy outcome features of sustainable maintenance for government office buildings. The third objective was to assess the influence of existing infrastructure policies and acts in emerging economies. The fourth objective was to determine the level of adoption of existing maintenance practices for government office buildings. The fifth objective was to assess the level of involvement of existing stakeholders in the execution of sustainable maintenance for government office buildings, and finally the sixth objective was to determine the impact of improved awareness on maintenance culture in sustainable maintenance for government office buildings. The objectives were informed by the current conditions surrounding poor maintenance of government buildings in emerging economies. The findings highlighted that building maintenance policy,resource management strategy, maintenance task execution and control, continual performance improvement, stakeholder coordination and employee participation influenced the prediction of sustainable maintenance for government office buildings.