Facilities: Volume 32 Issue 11/12

Private finance initiative as a new way to manage public facilities: A review of literature

Nannan Wang

This paper aims to analyse the findings of the relevant studies, to summarise what has been done in this area, to direct future research and to improve private finance initiative…

Freedom and control: a state of balance in public space

Tianjiao Zhao, Kin Wai Michael Siu

The purpose of this study is to determine how to achieve a balance between freedom and control in public space. It analyses the relationship between freedom and control to…

Developing a fuzzy risk assessment model for guaranteed maximum price and target cost contracts in South Australia

Daniel W.M. Chan, Joseph H.L. Chan, Tony Ma

This paper aims to develop a fuzzy risk assessment model for construction projects procured with target cost contracts and guaranteed maximum price contracts (TCC/GMP) using the…

An urban growth model of office property development: The case of Hong Kong

Jayantha Wadu Mesthrige

The purpose of this study is to estimate an empirical model for new office space development starts, based on the theoretical treatment of urban growth. The study introduces a new…

Building access for people with intellectual disability, dubious past, uncertain future

Lindsay Castell

The purpose of this paper is to report on the under-representation of people with intellectual disability (ID) in Australian building guidelines. It presents a view about causes…

A case study exploring FM components for elderly in care and attention homes using post occupancy evaluation

Mei-yung Leung, Jingyu Yu, Chen Dongyu, Ting Yuan

The paper aims to investigate the key components of facilities management (FM) in care and attention (C & A) homes from the end users’ perspective based on a post-occupancy…

Examination of student housing preferences, their similarities and differences

Fatemeh Khozaei, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan, Kheir Al Kodmany, Yasser Aarab

The aim of this paper is to identify the university student’s preferences for some important attributes of residence hall design. The study also attempts to highlight the…

Supply network design in the residential-FM sector: A service provider perspective

Arto Pekka Juhani Huuskonen

The purpose of this study is to examine supply network designs that large service organisations use in the residential-FM sector to respond to the organising requirements of their…

Editorial

Sarel Lavy