Developing the Matrix for Malaysia's Office Classification Model

DEVELOPING THE MATRIX FOR MALAYSIA'S OFFICE CLASSIFICATION MODEL

Dr Ibrahim Mohd Ahmad (Project Leader)

Sr Yasmin Mohd Adnan

Associate Professor Dr. Md Nasir Daud

Ar Aniza Abd Aziz

Centre for Studies of Urban and Regional Real Estate (SURE)

Faculty of the Built Environment

University of Malaya

ABSTRACT

The ability to perform accurate classification or grading of offices is important for the reliable assessment of office stock quality in Malaysia, research has been ongoing to develop an office classification framework of sufficient calibre to be adopted as a national standard. In the earlier phase, the research had sought to determine the appropriate criteria to be included in the framework, the challenge then was to arrive at the criteria that not only take cognisance of the practices in other countries but at the same time embrace local values and preferences in their details. That phase of the work having being accomplished, the next step is to develop the appropriate office classification (or grading) model. The current paper dwells on this. It discusses three possible approaches to the model construction and provides arguments in favour of one of them

Keywords: Criteria, classification framework, office buildings