Facilities: Volume 14 Issue 5/6

Total quality facilities management: a framework for implementation

Low Sui Pheng

Facilities management is increasingly becoming an important function in the built environment. With development well under way in both the developed and developing countries, the…

A model process for planning the integrated workplace

Paul Heath, Denise Shay Castro, Nancy O’Neal

Proposes a model for structuring and integrating the multiple dimensions of the workplace. Discusses the application of the model with respect to the renewal of the…

Plant and equipment acquisition: a life cycle costing case study

Jon Robinson

Uses a life cycle costing case study to describe a technique useful to facilities managers in a decision about the acquisition of plant and equipment. The case study investigates…

Cost‐effective facilities management: a practical approach

Bernard Williams

Investigates the cost effectiveness of facilities management in relation to the contribution which it makes to bottom‐line profits. Concludes that fully cost‐effective facilities…

Developments in the management of facilities at large corporations

J.M. Hans Brat

Discusses developments in the organization, management and process of supplying supporting facilities and services to improve methods of handling businesses. Uses DSM, an…

Civic responsibility and market positioning: complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Randall S. Upchurch, Jun Won Seo

Centres on measuring lodging operator compliance with regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The intent was to measure current level of physical compliance with the…