An Examination of the Challenges of Post Occupancy Evaluation of University of Benin Staff Quarters, Benin, Nigeria

Abstract

The research examined the challenges of post occupancy evaluation of University of Benin Staff Quarters. It identified the problems associated with post occupancy evaluation of buildings. The data for this study was collected through structured questionnaires administered on occupants of the Senior and Junior Staff Quarters of the University of Benin which were 209 and 57 respectively. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics such as Frequency Distribution Table, Mann Whitney U and Factor Analysis. The study revealed that occupants of the Senior Staff Quarters opined that the major problem associated with Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) was that POE is not regarded as part of an architect’s “normal services (ranked 1^st with mean value of 4.5303). The study further revealed that occupants of the Junior Staff Quarters were of the opinion that the major problem associated with POE was that POE does not fall into the skill set of any particular field of study (ranked 1^st with mean value of (4.9200). It is therefore recommended that POE should be embedded into all construction projects to make built environment better and more collaborations should be encouraged among professionals in built environment.

Key Words: Post Occupancy Evaluation, University and Buildings

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/103-5

Publication date: February 28^th 2023