Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 2 Issue 1

International emergency planning for facilities management

Victoria Hardy, Phil Roberts

It is hard to find good news stories about disasters. Disasters seriously damage an organisation’s health. Of businesses that experience a disaster, 40 per cent never reopen and…

The business case for high performance green buildings: Sustainability and its financial impact

Paul von Paumgartten

This paper endeavours to present building owners, managers, architects and design/builders with a compelling business case for considering a green building for their new…

The art of the successful organisational move

Anthony M. Capasso

This paper offers an in‐depth guide to the soft skills and techniques required to address the human component of a major organisational move. It discusses the communication tips…

The Private Finance Initiative ‐ What opportunities for facilities management?

Ed Baldwin

Within the UK the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has developed into a mature process for the procurement of improved infrastructure and associated facilities management (FM…

Delivering minimalist workplaces that improve corporate agility

Stephen Bradley, Christopher Hood

Unwarranted allocation of personal space and the accumulation of personal ‘stuff’ can become impediments to business agility, turning conventional offices into ‘millstones’ which…

Using a Risk Breakdown Structure in project management

David Hillson

Risk identification often produces nothing more than a long list of risks, which can be hard to understand or manage. The list can be prioritised to determine which risks should…