Facilities: Volume 1 Issue 9

Subjects:

Table of contents

Tangible gains

If rewards could make Pavlov's dog bark, then bright colours might make idle office workers pound faster at their keyboards. Unfortunately both for managers and architects it is…

Ethics or common sense: designing technical systems to fit people

Is user resistance to new technology inevitable, or can human and technical energies be harmonised? Peter Ellis discusses ETHICS — a new approach to the problem.

Economic review: Financial planning and control of operating costs of premises

So far in this series we have provided illustrative costs relating to office premises. In this issue we shall outline the approach that should be taken when preparing or…

Analysis: specification of carpets

The circumstances in which carpet is specified will vary from new premises where advice may be sought from consultants, to the replacement of floor coverings in a small part of…

Basic briefing: commercial leases

It is not uncommon these days for leases of commercial premises — offices, shops and warehouses — to be 30 or more pages long. Since they are drawn up by the landlord's…

Cover of Facilities

ISSN:

0263-2772

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Joseph Lai
  • Dr Sarel Lavy