... Briefing Community-based facility Senior citizen Embedded retirement facility ERF Population ageing, with urbanisation, has become one of the greatest challenges throughout the world in the twenty-first century. The effects of China’s 37 years of the one-child policy, combined with significant...

..., is a potential barrier to the development of adaptable buildings. A clearer articulation of the meaning of adaptability (particularly by clients) during briefing and design could give rise to a more appropriate level of adaptability in the built environment. Originality/value This study has addressed a gap...

...Abimbola Olukemi Windapo; Astrette Cloete Purpose This paper aims to examine briefing practices and whether these are related to the quality of brief documents and client satisfaction in constructed health-care facilities in South Africa. The rational for the examination stems from the view held...

.... Two of this last group had used them on over 40 projects over the last three years (see Figure 4). Hospitals Briefing Design guidelines Healthcare facilities Stakeholders Survey Australia New Zealand In the past, many Australian States developed their own health facility design...

..., highlighting the critical importance of the business brief, the operational brief and the design brief in the future exploitation of the facility knowledge base. References Barlow , J. , Cohen , M ., Jashapara , A . and Simpson , Y . (1997), Towards Positive Partnering...