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Learning from lean management – going beyond input‐output thinking
Tuuli Jylhä, Seppo JunnilaThe aim of the research is to address why facility management (FM) processes do not support customer value creation.
Supporting and impeding factors for partnering in construction: a China study
Jian Zuo, Albert P.C. Chan, Zhen‐Yu Zhao, George Zillante, Bo XiaPartnering has drawn attention from both academics and practitioners in the construction industry in the context of construction and facilities management. The past decades have…
The quality and value of higher education facilities: a comparative study
Christos Vidalakis, Ming Sun, Aspasia PapaThe aim of the paper is to explore the relationship between the quality and value of higher education facilities through comparing the views of different user groups and…
Occupant stimulus response workplace productivity and the vexed question of measurement
Brian PurdeyThe purpose of this paper to develop a better understanding of the behavioural challenges in workplace performance evaluation and how the issues raised regarding validity and…
The perceptions of contractor's and landlord's representatives in the refurbishment of tower blocks
Nicholas Chileshe, Jamal M. Khatib, Mohamed FarahThe first paper, entitled “The perception of tenants in the refurbishment of tower blocks” (Facilities, Vol. 31, No. 3/4), argued that refurbishment was the best option that a…
Evaluation for the conservation of historic buildings: Differences between the laymen, professionals and policy makers
Esther H.K. Yung, Edwin H.W. ChanThis study aims to examine whether there are significant differences between laymen's, professionals' and policy makers' evaluations of the conservation of historic buildings.
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