No Maintenance Policy
It is in all major papers today.Millions of ringgit are wasted due to poor maintenance of public buildings and utilitiles.
Well, this is nothing new. Malaysia never had a policy for maintenance. What they have is breakdown repair policy, that is you use a facility until it breaks down, then get a provision for either repair of replacement. Nevermind the downtime or consequential loss in productivity.
Part of this is due to our procurement policies to get the cheapest! When we as consultants recommend the suitable tenderer, we are often sarcastically asked: if the contractor say he can do the job, why is the consultant recommending the higher cost tender.
The law of business is that nothing in this world if free. If you think air and water is free, well, think again. When you pay less for something, you get what you pay for: poor materials, shoddy workmanship and inferior products. Then you have to spend further to make the facility work in the manner you want it to. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys working for you. You cant ask for a mercedes and only be willing to pay for a proton!
Lets hope the PM's advise is an eye opener in planning our building and public amenities. Let there be a campaign for awareness that if we painstakingly maintain our facilities, it will serve us for longer years to come.
Well, this is nothing new. Malaysia never had a policy for maintenance. What they have is breakdown repair policy, that is you use a facility until it breaks down, then get a provision for either repair of replacement. Nevermind the downtime or consequential loss in productivity.
Part of this is due to our procurement policies to get the cheapest! When we as consultants recommend the suitable tenderer, we are often sarcastically asked: if the contractor say he can do the job, why is the consultant recommending the higher cost tender.
The law of business is that nothing in this world if free. If you think air and water is free, well, think again. When you pay less for something, you get what you pay for: poor materials, shoddy workmanship and inferior products. Then you have to spend further to make the facility work in the manner you want it to. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys working for you. You cant ask for a mercedes and only be willing to pay for a proton!
Lets hope the PM's advise is an eye opener in planning our building and public amenities. Let there be a campaign for awareness that if we painstakingly maintain our facilities, it will serve us for longer years to come.
posted by basar at 8:10 PM
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