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The application of facilities management expertise to the hotel renovation process
Ahmed Hassanien, Erwin LosekootThis paper considers the renovation of hotels in the context of facilities management. It evaluates a study carried out in Egypt into the attitudes of hotel general managers about…
FM application in the hospitality sector
M.I. Okoroh, C. Jones, B.D. IlozorWhen applied to hotels, the terms “facilities management” and “hotel management” are in many ways synonymous. Certainly effective management of the physical aspects in the hotel…
Improving the business process of reactive maintenance projects
Kherun Nita Ali, Ming Sun, Gary Petley, Peter BarrettThis paper examines the business process of reactive maintenance projects and proposes an improvement through information technology. Among the major problems that have been…
A computer simulation model of emergency egress for space planners
S.M. Lo, Z. Fang, G.S. Zhi, K.K. YuenThe spatial design of a building affects the movement of occupants. In complex buildings with a large population, such as places of assembly, the movement of people towards the…
Disseminating information technology at the kominkan: a strategy for facilities management
Yoko Sone, Heihachi Asano, Takashi UchidaThis paper proposes a facilities management strategy for the dissemination of information technology at the kominkan (community center), the main public facility for community…
Intelligent office building performance evaluation
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Ulrich SchrammOutlines building evaluation methodology and instruments, which will facilitate comparative, cross‐cultural evaluation of the performance of a building type which is common…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/02632770210426693. When citing the…
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