...). The data have been analyzed with IBM SPSS version 23, among others through use of exploratory factor analysis and two-way ANOVA. Findings Most respondents at the institution for research and higher education have cell offices. Most respondents in the two consultancy companies have open and flexible...

... Activity Offices Health Sedentary This paper reports and builds on a case study of workplace-based physical activity of an organisation before and after relocating from a 30-year-old building to a contemporary purpose-designed building. Although the new building achieved Australian A-Grade...

...Perry Forsythe; Sara Wilkinson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify and profile the indicative amount of retrofits in office buildings as a necessary step in quantifying the recurring embodied energy in office buildings. Buildings are a major source of energy usage and emissions...

... – This research examines all building adaptation from 1998 to 2008 within the Melbourne CBD. This paper concentrates on the question: what is the pattern of adaptation within low grade office buildings over time? Using the Melbourne CBD as a case study, the research analysed all commercial building adaptations...

...Paul Dettwiler; Jan Bröchner Facility resources of growth firms have seldom been studied. The purpose here is to analyse how firms that increased their number of employees changed their office space use between 1995 and 2000 in the Gothenburg region. Six firms have been selected among those who had...

.... Presents a model in which five blocks of information are distinguished on building level. The model takes as its point of departure, office organisations owning their accommodation. In selecting the model’s information carriers, reference was made to existing Dutch and other quality assessment systems...

...John D. Gilleard; Kanas S.N. Tam This paper first reviews the drivers to adopt alternative workplace strategies in offices with an emphasis on the need to integrate IT. A case study reviews the problems of converting an existing cellular office plan into an open‐plan layout with raised floor...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Internet Service industry Property leases Offices Strong growth expectedl in serviced office market this year Optimism despite dot.com slow down Keywords: Internet, Service industry, Property leases, Offices The serviced office...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Property investment Commercial properties Offices Refurbishment IPD UK annual results Property best performing asset over last three years Keywords: Property investment, Commercial properties, Offices, Refurbishment Investment Property...

...G.J. Treloar; R. Fay; B. Ilozor; P.E.D. Love Aims to compare the energy embodied in office buildings varying in height from a few storeys to over 50 storeys. The energy embodied in substructure, superstructure and finishes elements was investigated for five Melbourne office buildings...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Property Offices Awards Four Brindleyplace, Birmingham, scoops top accolades in British Council for Offices Awards 2000 Keywords: Property, Offices, Awards Four Brindleyplace, Birmingham, a commercial workplace development by Argent...

...Francis Duffy The development of facilities management over the last 20 years is reviewed. A parallel and similarly retrospective view is taken of developments in office design. There is some reason to believe that both movements have been a failure for the same reason – an exaggerated notion...

...Michael Chun To Cho; Richard Fellows This paper reports an investigation of the performance of a sample of office buildings in Hong Kong which were marketed as being intelligent. A summary review of literature charting the development of intelligent buildings and perspectives of what intelligence...

...M.S. Wright; S.L. Hill; G.K. Cook; K.T. Bright This paper presents the views of 16 fully sighted people who carried out typical office tasks under eight different lighting systems. This work is taken from a much larger study, primarily involved with the lighting of office tasks for visually...

... MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Facilities management Offices New Workspace New Culture ­ Office Design as a Catalyst for Change Gavin Turner and Jeremy MyersonGower,UK ISBN 0-566-08028-1 Keywords Facilities management, Offices Turner and Myerson have teamed up to produce...

... impact on future office accommodation requirements. Finally, the paper concludes by reviewing a number of factors that specifically influence the application of AWS in Hong Kong. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Offices Technology Telecommunications Received February 1998. Revised March 1998...

... leased properties owned by investment institutions which aim to benefit from their assets through capital appreciation and rental return. The achievement of these objectives can be related to the facilities value of an office building as determined by design/quality and tenant organization...

...Jon Robinson Concerns the real estate holdings of a recently privatized utilities business. The holdings consist of two leasehold business office premises and 13 freehold line depots. The proposed strategy is to rationalize these with regard to the forecast future growth of new services...

...Lynne Blair; Meredith Thatcher In North America, occupant groups and tenants have traditionally used usable area, as defined by the Building Owners and Managers Association, to state their requirements for the amount of floor area they will need in office buildings. However, occupant groups...

... Offices Teamwork Technology The total survey sample of 2,642 was taken from a multinational computer company based in the Silicon Valley area of California(referred to as the participant organization). The final survey sample group was generalizable to the original sample for age and gender...