Facilities: Volume 18 Issue 13/14

Subjects:

Table of contents

Modelling the effect of airport noise on residential property values: an examination of the Manchester Airport second runway

Michael Pitt, Mark Jones

The management of large‐scale facilities such as airports requires a wide knowledge of potential problems that can arise as a result of strategic decisions. These decisions are…

1553

Strategic needs analysis: its role in brief development

Jim Smith, Norm Jackson

A great deal of international research has been focussed on the client briefing stage of projects and facilities. The authors have studied this research and propose a method of…

3329

Views of building surveyors and building services engineers on priority setting of fire safety attributes for building maintenance

S.M. Lo, K.C. Lam, Richard K.K. Yuen

Fire safety is a major concern of most maintenance managers in Hong Kong, especially since many recent, serious fires. To maintain a building at an acceptable fire safety level…

1632

Investigation of the early stages of project formulation

R.M. Woodhead

Investigates how large, experienced clients of the UK construction industry arrive at their decision to build. Explores the pre‐project stage, which begins within the…

2097

Office conversions: the effects of craftsman‐user interaction

Mats G. Holm, Jan Bröchner

While service quality receives growing attention in the construction industry, few studies have dealt with the relation between craftsmen and building users. However, when office…

Significant metrics for facilities management benchmarking in the Asia Pacific region

Daniel C.W. Ho, Edwin H.W. Chan, Nicole Y. Wong, Man‐wai Chan

Despite extensive use and ever‐increasing enthusiasm in the West, benchmarking for facilities management (FM) in the Asia Pacific region is only fledgling. The austere economic…

2060
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