Correspondence: Ime Johnson Ikpo, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Department of Building, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife, Osun state, Nigeria. E-mail: iikpo@oauife.edu.ng

¹is a reader in the Department of Building, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He obtained a BSc degree in Estate Management in 1979, an MSc in Building Technology in 1983 and a PhD in Building Maintenance in 1990. He has been involved in research in construction and maintenance since 1982, when he joined the University as a member of its teaching staff. His professional practice in Estate Surveying and Building is on a part-time basis. Married with three children, he is a corporate member of the Nigerian Institute of Building, and is also registered with the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria.

Received 5 January 2009; Revised 5 January 2009.

Abstract

This paper determined the indices suitable for maintainability analysis with respect to public buildings so as to provide public developers a framework for the timely evaluation of their proposals and avert future maintenance disaster. The indices were drawn from theoretical concepts culled from the existing literature. Prominent features of maintainability analysis included mean time to respect estimates, accessibility analysis and technological feasibility of maintaining each of the composite components of a building. Manuals were advocated for to ease maintainability analysis.