Facilities: Volume 39 Issue 11/12

A BIM-based space-oriented solution for hospital facilities management

Ya Wen, Llewellyn C.M. Tang, Daniel C.W. Ho

This paper aims to propose a space-oriented solution as an interface enabling the knowledge transfer between the building and the facilities management (FM) industry.

Student satisfaction from the influence of the built environment, price fairness and teaching care: a study at a community-supported university

Marcelo Benetti Corrêa da Silva, Juliana Matte, Suélen Bebber, Mayron Dalla Santa de Carvalho, Suane de Atayde Moschen, Ana Cristina Fachinelli

This study aims to test and analyze factors that may influence the satisfaction of university students, specifically, from the built environment, price fairness and teaching care.

Energy-efficient retrofitting of multi-storey residential buildings

Michael C.P. Sing, Venus W.C. Chan, Joseph H.K. Lai, Jane Matthews

Sustainable retrofitting of aged buildings plays a significant role in reducing energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions. This study aims to assess the performance and…

Navigating the logics of changing public facilities management

Ingrid Svensson, Martin Löwstedt

The purpose of this paper is to explore how a multitude of demands and challenges faced by public facilities management organizations’ (PFMOs) particularly in relation to a large…

Maturity of workplace relocation: a systematic literature review from 1990 to 2020

Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Mohammad A. Hassanain, Abdul-Mohsen Al-Hammad

This study aims to identify research gaps on workplace relocation, through investigating and critiquing the published literature, in the facilities management (FM) and real estate…

FM and clinical employees' involvement in the design of eight Norwegian hospital projects

Marit Støre-Valen

This paper aims to gain insight in how the involvement of facilities management (FM) and clinical employees are practiced in new Norwegian hospital projects and to study the…