Willingness To Adopt Automating Systems In The Facility Management Of High-Rise Buildings In Lagos Nigeria

Facility management automation presents facility managers with innovative ways of ensuring functionality of the built environment through the integration of people, place, process and technology. Improved facility management practice through the use of automating systems will not only prevent economic and functional obsolescence of high-rise buildings. It will also ensure that investment in high-rise buildings is well preserved. Users of high-rise buildings will have little or no worries about break down of facilities, building management, space management, cleaning, security and other facility management activities if automating tools and systems are selected and operated with care and dedication. This study examined the willingness of facility manager to adopt automating systems in the facility management of high-rise buildings in Lagos Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research approach, administered structured questionnaire on facility managers of identified commercial high-rise buildings in Lagos metropolis. Conjoint measurement was used to analyze the result. The study revealed that majority of facility managers are willing to adopt automating systems. It then recommends the need to train and retrain staff of facility management staff on recent and useful automating systems.