Facilities: Volume 37 Issue 5/6

Benefits and barriers in uptake of mobile apps in New Zealand construction industry : What top and middle management perceive

Tong Liu, Anuradha Mathrani, Jasper Mbachu

Mobile apps offer construction workers a quick, affordable and user-friendly platform for meeting their information, communication and computing needs, with nearly 13,000…

Quality improvement through ergonomics intervention at chemical plant

Laith A. Hadidi, Ahmet Kolus, Mohammed AlKhamis

This paper aims to focus on ergonomics intervention and quality implementation at a chemical manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia that is prone to increased number of quality…

Being a cleaner in The Netherlands: coping with the dirty work stigma

Jorcho van Vlijmen

This study aims to explore what it is like to be a cleaner in the Netherlands. Drawing on the dirty work theory, it answers the question of how cleaners in the Netherlands cope…

Resource budget for workface planning in industrial-construction

Ming Fung Francis Siu

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel analytical approach for workface planning practice in industrial-construction sector such that the construction work package (CWP…

Visitors’ use of corridors in internal medicine wards: Modalities of territoriality, proxemics, and privacy while waiting

Lusi Morhayim

This paper aims to analyze visitors’ waiting behavior in corridors of an internal medicine ward in relation to concepts of territoriality and privacy.

Policy, implementation and management of the inclusive design of open space for visually impaired persons

Kin Wai Michael Siu, Jia Xin Xiao, Yi Lin Wong

This study aims to address policy, implementation and management, the three stages of inclusive open space. It compares both the level of design and implementation of open space…

The influence of visibility on staff face-to-face communication and efficiency in emergency departments

Arsalan Gharaveis, Mardelle M. Shepley, Kirk Hamilton, Debajyoti Pati, Susan Rodiek

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential impacts of visibility on face-to-face communication among medical staff in community hospital emergency departments (EDs)…