Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 8 Issue 2

Empirical study of the current United States facilities management profession

Kenneth Sullivan, Stephen W. Georgoulis, Brian Lines

The purpose of this paper is to verify pre‐existing perceptions of the facilities management (FM) industry through the collection of empirical evidence that establishes the…

Strategic factors affecting warehouse maintenance costs

Alberto De Marco, Suela Ruffa, Giulio Mangano

The purpose of this paper is to determine the fundamental factors influencing maintenance costs of logistic buildings and to provide benchmark indications for designing…

Key competences of design‐build clients in China

Bo Xia, Albert P.C. Chan

Design‐build (DB) clients play a vital role in the delivery of DB system and the clients' competences are critical to the success of DB projects. Most of the DB clients, however…

Operation and maintenance: The perception of Hong Kong's general public about building services

Francis W.H. Yik, Joseph H.K. Lai, C.K. Chau, W.L. Lee, K.T. Chan

The survey reported here is intended to obtain an understanding of the general public's perception about building services and building services practitioners in Hong Kong.

Dimensions of usability assessment in built environments

Heidi Rasila, Peggie Rothe, Heidi Kerosuo

The purpose of this paper is to study the usability dimensions that end‐users utilise when they assess the usability of built environments in Finland.

Time is ticking on short-term thinking

Samantha Price