ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE FACTORS OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS WORK IN ABUJA, NIGERIA.

Abstract

Despite the existence of modern day technology in building construction such buildings deteriorate over a period of time. As such there is need of maintenance of such buildings. The task of maintaining, and improving the deteriorate building is the responsibility of the building maintenance contractor and this demands for safety consideration on the side of the contractor. This study is aimed at assessing the building maintenance contractor's safety performance level. The study is criteria based and twenty- five (24) construction maintenance contractors (medium - size) were identified that meet the study criteria through snowball sample techniques. Data collected from well-structured questionnaires were analyses through safety performance level index. The results of the analysis show that 3 contractors score A - excellent, 4 contractors score B- excellent and 5 contractors score C- average level while the rest scores below average level. It can be concluded that the level of safety performance implemented by the selected contractors is at average (58.5%). This means that some of the building maintenance contractors selected for this study implements the safety factors consider in this study at an average level. Contractors need to be more active in safety programme and where possible his representative on site should always determine their safety performance on their project. There is need for a documented engineering standard and safety codes and procedures applicable to the maintenance of buildings and related projects.