Facilities: Volume 40 Issue 1/2

The effects of location and layout of offices on perceptual evaluations of users

Kemal Yıldırım, Mehmet Lutfi Hidayetoglu, Sinem Serap Unuvar

This paper aims to focus on determining the effects of location of closed offices on the front facade, rear facade and side facade plans and the indoor layout (left and right…

“Building as machine”: mental image of combined cycle power plants workers

Mohammad Rezaee, Seyed Rahman Eghbali

This paper aims to interpret the workers’ perception of combined cycle power plants through visual qualities.

The need for a comprehensive facility decision-making process

Erik Carl Backus, Jakob C. Bruhl

The facility decision-making process (FDMP), as described in this paper, is a framework based on decades of proven effectiveness in analogous military applications. The purpose of…

A performance measurement model for the housekeeping services in healthcare facilities

Sandunika Sasuli Chiranthi Ginthotavidana, Kapugama Geeganage Anuradha Samarajeewa Waidyasekara

The purpose of this study is to develop a customised model to measure the performance of housekeeping (HK) services in Sri Lankan health-care facilities.

Effect of job situational factors on work outcomes of facilities managers

Florence Yean Yng Ling, Zhe Zhang, Stephanie Yen Ling Tay

This study aims to investigate how the situational factors that facilities managers (FMs) in Singapore face in their jobs affect their work outcomes. Job situation factors such as…

Effects of activity-based workspaces on employee belongingness

Shang Gao, Sui Pheng Low, Hua Qian Gong

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the activity-based workspace (ABW) on employee belonging. Place attachment theory (PAT) is used as a proxy to understand…

Is a new office a blessing in disguise? The strategic importance of relocation

Essi Tuomala, Vitalija Danivska, Robin Gustafsson

Corporate relocation is a rare event in the history of an individual company. The choices related to location, building and workplace constitute major long-term strategic…

Hospital responses to COVID-19: evidence from case studies to support future healthcare design research

Nicoletta Setola, Eletta Naldi, Maria Vittoria Arnetoli, Luca Marzi, Roberto Bologna

The Covid-19 pandemic has placed health-care systems and their facilities throughout the world under immense pressure. The pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of health-care…