Abstract:
The Court of Justice is a large organization with a great number of court buildings all over the country.In addition, such structures undergo continuous construction, renovation, extension and constant repair. It is necessary, therefore, for the Court of Justice to be knowledgeable and up-to-date in building management. The purpose of this study is to research into the present situation and the problems of building management encountered by the Court of Justice as a guideline for the physical management by the Court of Justice in the future. This study surveys and interviews those in charge of building management including administrators, practitioners and the workers responsible for the relevant building work. Moreover, a study is made from the data collected, and relevant concepts and theories are used. The scope of the study covers only ten big court buildings in Bangkok, with an area over 10,000 square meters. The findings are as follows: court buildings in the study are divided into two groups, three horizontal buildings with a height of 4-6 storeys with preferably more than 20 years of use, and 7 high rise buildings with a height of 7-13 storeys with preferably not over 16 years of use. It is found that their use can be categorized into two kinds: 1. The building is used by one work unit. 2. The building is shared by many work units. This affects various different means of operation and practice. The unit in charge of the building consists of the central units, namely the Division of Property Management, the Division of Design and Construction, both working with the Office of Finance, the Office of Budget and Planning with the head or representative of each work unit joining hands as the working committee together with the administrators of the Court of Justice. The task is to look at the work and budget plan in the construction, renovation, extension and repair, including the exploitation of land use which still lacks management and maintenance for the building as a whole. In addition, there is a work unit taking care of the building focusing mainly on the defensive performance under the supervision of the finance division or the finance unit and monitoring and controlling the hiring of the private sector in the service unit. At present, it is found that the Court of Justice still lacks the scope of requirement for responsibility or clear policy in management. The work system in spatial management work and coordination is complicated. There are no planning, supervising, monitoring for the building and investigating of the building use. Also, the structure of the operation of the present court is subject to the practitioners understanding and varies depending on the limited existing personnel. Besides, it is found that the number of working people, with specific knowledge and skills, in the ten buildings is only seven, out of the total seventy-nine. Thus, there is much workload and the work is also unsuitable for many of the staff. The study recommends that, as a whole, the Court of Justice should have a central unit to be responsible for the management, functioning as a center for coordination and planning, issuing policy and standard of the operation, and creating a database for long-term use. A special unit on maintenance and repair should be created in order to support the court work for the whole country. There should be personnel with knowledge in the area of buildings accountable for the maintenance and service management suitable for the various uses in each building in line with the amount of work.