Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 5 Issue 2

Evaluating the effectiveness of utility privatization effortsThe views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or United States Government.

Carlos Braziel, Alfred E. Thal, Jeffrey D. Weir

Government‐owned utility systems at many locations are old, obsolete, and unreliable. Replacement of these systems has become more technically and operationally complex, thereby…

Successful distributed work arrangements: a developmental approach

Kathy O. Roper, Jun Ha Kim

To provide understanding in developing high‐performance distributed work arrangements (DWA), suggestions for an evaluation framework for analysis of DWA options, and to discuss…

Building optimisation with life cycle costs – the influence of calculation methods

Andrea Pelzeter

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the result of an optimisation via life cycle costs (LCC) depends on the assumptions made throughout the process of calculating LCC.

Performance‐based maintenance partnering: a promising concept

Ad Straub

Performance‐based maintenance partnerships promise benefits compared to traditional tendering of maintenance projects. The paper aims to give process models and examples of…

Incentivising project performance in the construction of new facilities: Utilising the earned value‐based method

David James Bryde, Roger Joby

The purpose of the paper is to outline a method for reporting project performance that can be used to provide incentives to both clients and contractors to share risks and…

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