Facilities: Volume 35 Issue 1/2

What is meant by adaptability in buildings?

James A. Pinder, Rob Schmidt, Simon A. Austin, Alistair Gibb, Jim Saker

Despite being a common term in the literature, there is little agreement about what the word “adaptability” means in the context of the built environment and very little evidence…

Perceptions of stakeholders on the critical success factors for operational management of public-private partnership projects

Robert Osei-Kyei, Albert P.C. Chan

This paper aims to explore the perceptual differences on the factors that contribute to the successful management of public-private partnership (PPP) projects at the operational…

Developing a research framework for the green maintainability of buildings

M.Y.L. Chew, Sheila Conejos, Ashan Senel Asmone

The aim of this paper is to present a research framework for the green maintainability of buildings. This study makes the case for the development of a new concept called “green…

Public-private partnership in university female students’ hostel delivery: Analysis of users’ satisfaction in Nigeria

Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Srinath Perera

Although studies on student residential satisfaction abound, yet there are limited studies conducted on students’ satisfaction in respect of hostel accommodation facilities…

Green Star is not a physical activity star

Robyn Creagh, Sarah McGann, Marian Tye, Jonine Jancey, Courtney Babb

The purpose of this paper is to report on research investigating the relationship between physical activity and workplace design. In particular, the paper explores the…

Managing business networks for value creation in facilities and their external environments: A study on co-location

Karlos Artto, Tuomas Ahola, Riikka Kyrö, Antti Peltokorpi

The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the logic of business network formation among the co-located and external actors of a facility.

Briefing practice and client satisfaction: A case study of the public health infrastructure sector in South Africa

Abimbola Olukemi Windapo, Astrette Cloete

This paper aims to examine briefing practices and whether these are related to the quality of brief documents and client satisfaction in constructed health-care facilities in…