Facilities: Volume 17 Issue 3/4

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Cultural change: its effect on the University of Hong Kong estates office

Clive Wilson, June Wilson

The paper reviews the operation and management of a long established estate office within a university. It identifies the drivers for change and the potential consequences of…

637

Managing change: facilities management at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Mary Wan Yeung Kam‐Shim

Increasing budget constraints, the introduction of new clinical protocols and technologies, and changing community needs and expectations are changing Hong Kong’s health care…

1541

Coping with Asian telecommunication liberalization in commercial buildings

David P. Werner

As Asian telecommunications markets become liberalized, there will be significant impact on the design and management of telecommunications space and pathways. Details of the…

625

Performance measurement systems ‐ a case study of customer satisfaction

Megan Walters

This paper discusses the problems for facilities managers in measuring the contribution of property towards the primary task, taking into account the different goals of the…

5388

Challenge and opportunity: facility management in Shanghai

John D. Gilleard, Pan Yiqun

China is currently the fastest growing economy in the world. This paper discusses the current state of property management in Shanghai and reviews the challenges and opportunities…

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Problems of the retrofit installation of sprinkler systems in old high‐rise buildings: a case study

W.K. Chow, H.W. Chong, L.T. Wong

A field survey on 36 old high‐rise buildings in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR, formerly Hong Kong) was conducted to study the problems of the retrofit…

1103

Eco‐labelling scheme for buildings in Hong Kong

C.K. Chau, J. Burnett, W.L. Lee

Over the last ten years voluntary labelling schemes such as energy labels and eco‐labelling have become increasingly popular within the property sector. However, since the schemes…

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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