Facilities: Volume 26 Issue 3/4

Architects about briefing: Recommendations to improve communication between clients and architects

Tetske Bogers, Juriaan J. van Meel, Theo J.M. van der Voordt

This paper aims to provide a better understanding of how architects perceive and use briefing documents. It discusses what type of briefing information architects find relevant…

Building access for the intellectually disabled

Lindsay Castell

This paper has three aims: to assess the extent of the Australian population affected by intellectual disability who are also capable of accessing buildings independently; to…

Cleaning management of owner‐operated real estate

Christian Stoy, Reinhold Johrendt

The costs of cleaning owner‐operated office buildings amount to an approximate 20 per cent share of the operating costs. As a result of their cost relevance and the growing cost…

The indoor condition guarantee procedure and associated lease contract model

Arto Saari, Tarja Takki

Numerous studies have shown that indoor environment affects health and performance, which in turn affect productivity. Property owners have not utilized Indoor Environment Quality…

Modelling the relationship between business cycles and office location: The growth firms

Paul Dettwiler

The purpose of this paper is to create a model of FM and location variables in the dimensions of location and recessions.

Editorial

Edward Finch