Facilities: Volume 22 Issue 9/10

Your first 60 days as head of facilities

Mark R. Sekula

During the course of their careers, most facility management professionals hope that their responsibilities increase and eventually, they will be in charge of the facilities…

Analysing the intangible benefits of work space

Suvi Nenonen

Social work space is emerging as a major avenue for sharing knowledge and the creation of social capital. Social space and physical space needs to be in balance. Virtual space…

Costs and benefits of flexible workspaces: work in progress in The Netherlands

Theo J.M. van der Voordt

The last decade has witnessed the introduction of non‐territorial offices with desk sharing and desk rotation linked to different job functions and working processes. This paper…

Relating building attributes to end user's needs: “the owners‐designers‐end users” equation

Sezgin Kaya

This paper reports on the results of a research conducted in 2002 on two owner‐occupied purpose‐built office buildings with similar concerns on how to make the buildings and…

The innovative workplace: an analytical model focusing on the relationship between spatial and organisational issues

Göran A. Lindahl

This paper presents a research based analytical model that supports the planning of workspace and to contribute to the discussion on how to achieve efficient work places. The…

Facilities management in South East Asia

Mike Moore, Edward Finch

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the growth stage of facilities management (FM) in the South East Asia region. A questionnaire study of local and…

Awards for Excellence

Editorial

Keith Alexander