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    An Evaluation of Housing Conditions and Livability in Festac Town Housing Estate (Phase 1)
    (2006) Ibiyemi, A. O.; Adenuga, O. A.
    Festac Town Housing Estate (Phase 1) was conceived and executed in the 70’s as a masterpiece in term of providing mass housing, livable environment and complimentary infrastructure facilities. This study uses the purposive and stratified sampling and the instruments of interview, and questionnaire schedule to a sample population of 210 Festac residents to investigate the livability in the Estate with particular reference to condition of buildings and international building amenities are generally good, while infrastructure facilities are in satisfactory condition. Rents for vacant accommodation, water / tenement rates, and public transportation are quite high but largely affordable. However, 52% of the sample residents are willing to trade off security and access to work place, by relocating elsewhere but are constrained by the initial costs of securing alternative accommodation. The work concludes that, in spite of the harsh economic climate, the Estate is able to meet the needs and aspirations of its residents
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    Maintenance Management Sourcing Routes and the Condition of Tertiary Institutions’ Buildings in Southwest, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, 2022-04) Faremi, O.J.
    Buildings are strategic infrastructures for the sustainability of tertiary institutions and as such, appropriate maintenance management approaches of insourcing or outsourcing maintenance activities are essential for the buildings to fulfil their functions. Hence, there is a need to examine the extent to which the condition of tertiary institution buildings is influenced by maintenance activity insourcing and outsourcing. Through a cross-sectional survey, data were gathered from 112 respondents from tertiary institutions across Southwestern Nigeria. Mean score and independent samples t-test were employed as statistical tools for descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis. The results indicate that 77% of building elements and systems maintained through insourcing are in good condition while 97% of those maintained through outsourcing are in good condition. The results further show that there is no significant difference in the condition of three out of the four categories of building elements and systems based on whether their maintenance activities are insourced or outsourced. The study concludes that building elements and systems that are maintained through outsourcing are in better condition than those maintained through insourcing. The study recommends training and retraining of in-house maintenance crew for tertiary institutions whose maintenance activities are majorly executed through insourcing.