..., comprising three elements of education, low-impact protection methods and strategic planned maintenance. Research limitations/implications Data were collected from public heritage buildings managed by a county council in Wales. To generalise the results and ensure universal applications, the scope...

... and skills required for successful FM operations within the built environment in India. The study also investigates the various educational programmes offered in FM in India. Design/methodology/approach This study uses semi-structured interviews with FM practitioners from India. A total of 20 respondents...

... life cycle in the 21st century. Revit has been identified as a frequently used tool for delivering BIM in the built environment. Studies about BIM technology via Revit are scarce in training middle-level workforce higher education institutions. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relevance of BIM...

...Dave Collins; Coline Senior; Mina Jowkar; Alenka Temeljotov Salaj; Agnar Johansen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how an Urban Facilities Management (Urban FM) focused summer school in Norway in 2019 impacted knowledge creation, as well as the host and foreign educators, along...

...Rachel Kuijlenburg Purpose This paper aims to explain the influence of facility design on urban quality of life from an educational perspective. The outcome of this paper is to determine the influence of facility management (FM) on the quality of life of citizens in the city of The Hague...

...Joseph Lai; Kung-Jen Tu; Jonathan K.M. Lian; Jun Ha Kim Purpose This paper aims to reveal and compare the characteristics of the facilities management (FM) education programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea (i.e. the Four Asian Dragons) and makes suggestions for their future...

... The findings and the measures for improving the O&M manpower can assist policymakers and human resources departments to formulate necessary education and training courses for the building industry. Originality/value The study is the first of its kind focusing on building O&M manpower. The state...

... accommodation facility undertaken through BOT. Practical implications The study would provide valuable feedback to private investors, university authorities and facility managers of higher education institutions to improve their services in the near future. Originality/value The identified variables...

...); it is the FM code of conduct, and it is control of own practice to be obtained through strategies and planning, collaboration and education. Research limitations/implications This study is based on findings in a single local authority, why the findings are primary valid for concept development...

...Thor-Erik Sandberg Hanssen; Gisle Solvoll Purpose – This paper aims to explore the influence of higher education institution (HEI) facilities on overall student satisfaction, and to identify the distinct facilities that most strongly influence student overall satisfaction with HEI facilities...

... in the production of important welfare services. Owing to the rich data that are available for primary education, this service has been of particular interest for empirical researchers. The recent study by Hopland (2012) , which looks into the link between school building conditions and student achievement...

... from subjective measures of building condition. Originality/value – The paper provides an investigation of the link between two different measures of building conditions that can both be relevant to use in studies of how school buildings affect student performance. Education Maintenance...

... is of great added value to the market, a step closer to implementing a study programme is taken. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Portugal is currently in the process of restructuring and redefining FM in the Portuguese market. A part of this restructuring is the provision of educational...

... building surveying education is fit for purpose. This paper seeks to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach Previous research on this subject has concentrated on obtaining the views of course providers and employers. The approach adopted for this study has been an on‐line survey of recent UK...

...Joseph H.K. Lai Purpose Built facilities, in order to be sustainable, have to be operated and maintained by practitioners who possess the appropriate types and levels of knowledge. The study reported in this paper aims to identify the available higher education programmes in this relation...

... on the schools and those involved in teaching in order to explore their perspective of the link between investment and improved pupil performance. The methodology chosen was qualitative and consisted of questionnaires to a selected sample of state schools together with interviews with the Local Education...

... Reflex wins prestigious Business Equipment Excellence Award Keywords: Awards, Education, Training, Facilities management Reflex, the Reading-based audiovisual service provider, has had its recent work with British Airways and Sharp recognised at the highest level...

.... These have been made possible by the use of benchmarking and the identification of best practices; both within a particular industry and also outside them. FM has only recently been adopted in Asia. This paper will analyse the development of practice, research and education, particularly in Hong Kong...

... to educating the facilities manager of the future. Looks at two courses in intelligent buildings which serve quite different needs in the educational arena. Discusses the extent to which such courses will fulfil the needs of the marketplace in helping to deliver more productive working environments. © MCB UP...

...Ken Evans Distinguishes between training and education and suggests why it is important for practitioners and advisers to take part in the learning process – for example: the movement into new areas of management;job motivation; changes in management structure; development of facilities management...