Facilities: Volume 40 Issue 13/14

A new approach for layout design of an emergency department in hospitals: a case from Jordan

Majd Khatib, Abdulsalam Alshboul

The design of the emergency department (ED) requires high precision in the process of distributing spaces. An increase in population and continuous development during the past…

Conducting research by mixed methods: an autoethnography account of a PhD research in facilities management from a developing country

Daniel Amos

Despite the increasing discourse on mixed methods (MM) in academic literature, less attention has been focused on its methodological development in the built environment in…

Decision support system (DSS) for facilities rehabilitation and management (part 1): development of integrated AHP-MAUT performance assessment model (PAM)

Owais Aldeeb, Altayeb Qasem

The purpose of this paper (Part 1 of 2) is to develop a systematic performance assessment model (PAM) for measuring facilities condition in terms of physical, environmental and…

Agility of facilities management organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learnt for future pandemics

Florence Yean Yng Ling, Jia Yi Tam

This study aims to investigate how agile facilities management (FM) organizations were during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, examine the agile strategies adopted and…

Key determinants of building maintenance in hospitals: the perspective of maintenance personnel

Wai Fang Wong, AbdulLateef Olanrewaju, Poh Im Lim

The maintenance of hospital buildings is often acknowledged as challenging tasks yet inevitable to ensure effective delivery of health-care functions. This study aims to…

Design for safety in the construction industry: a study of architecture and engineering firms in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Mohammed Al-Harogi, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire

This research aims to examine the practice of design for safety (DfS) in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia.