Facilities: Volume 20 Issue 13/14

Building energy efficiency and the remuneration of operation and maintenance personnel

Francis W.H. Yik, W.L. Lee, C.K. Ng

The lack of knowledge and motivation of the operation and maintenance (O&M) staff together with the available financial resources, are the key barriers to improving energy…

Developing an Estonian national facilities management standard

Roode Liias

Numerous strategies are used to identify and regulate facilities management activities in different countries. Thus, there is a common requirement that the managed facilities…

From concept to norm – an explorative study of office design management from an organizational perspective

C. Gustafsson

All organizations exist within a physical setting, and act according to the constraints and limitations imposed by it. The way an organization chooses to manage its physical space…

A framework for the design of warehouse layout

Mohsen, Hassan

This paper presents a framework for the design of warehouse layout to organize the design process, facilitate the task of designers, and highlight important design issues to help…

Fire safety facilities assessment for karaokes

W.K. Chow, Gigi C.H. Lui

Consequent to an arson fire killing 17 persons in a Hong Kong karaoke in 1997, fire safety provisions in karaokes has raised public concern. Government officers and the services…

Editorial

Edward Finch