Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 17 Issue 2

The impact of new working practices on employee productivity: The first exploratory study in Asia

Jayantha Wadu Mesthrige, Yat Hung Chiang

This study aims to analyse the impact on employee productivity of adopting the activity-based working (ABW) a form of new work practices (NWPs). A study of this nature has never…

Application of technology to car parking facilities in Asian smart cities

Patrick T.I. Lam, Wenjing Yang

This study aims investigate the status of applying technology in car parking facilities. It also examines the factors affecting the deployment of these technologies as they…

Relationship between building maintenance sourcing strategy selection factors and performance

Khai Ying Soh, Shirley Jin Lin Chua, Azlan Shah Ali, Cheong Peng Au-Yong, Anuar Alias

The building maintenance management becomes more complicated nowadays, with several sourcing strategies springing up for building maintenance work provisions. Various studies…

Towards a conceptual framework to manage BIM/COBie asset data using a standard project management methodology

Ahmed Alnaggar, Michael Pitt

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a systematic methodology to manage asset data flow between building stakeholders throughout building life cycle using the Construction…

Critical success factors in public-private partnerships (PPPs) on affordable housing schemes delivery in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Neema Kavishe, Nicholas Chileshe

The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) and key areas for improvement for public–private partnerships (PPP) in affordable housing schemes…

Knowledge transfer between building operation and building projects

Per Anker Jensen, Helle Lohmann Rasmussen, Stamatia Chatzilazarou

This paper aims to investigate how knowledge concerning operation and maintenance of buildings can be stored and transferred between the parties responsible for building operation…

Comparing US public university and US private sector project costs

Kelly Strong, Scott Glick, Gazala Syhail

This study aims to focus on the factors influencing project cost at US public universities and compares them to similar projects in the US private sector. It also presents an…