... is aimed directly at service production and asks the official to rate to which extent the building conditions in the local government have adverse consequences for the local government’s service production. This second question is a new addition in the most recent survey. Public sector Local...

... on services is statistically significant but still rather small. For most types of facilities, an increase in the building condition by one on the 1–5 scale, satisfaction with the service quality is estimated to increase with around 1% (Table 4). Public sector Public policy Survey Facility management...

.... The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Public sector Facilities management Management Organizational change Work Working practices A central challenge for officials in public facilities management organizations (PFMOs...

... in the public sector, exemplified with four projects. The analysis was conducted by studying project documents and conducting interviews. Findings SC has a positive effect on the performance of a construction project, enabling completion on cost, schedule and with fewer defects at handover. Involving...

... and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Public sector Facilities management...

...) that was appointed to evaluate the facility management in the local public sector concluded that buildings in decay or insufficient maintenance were a substantial problem in two thirds of the local governments. The commission concluded that buildings in decay were a substantial problem in one third of the local...

... An identification of space management problems is a prerequisite to the improvement of hospital facilities. Originality/value This paper presents the first study of space management problems concerning nonclinical areas in Asian hospitals. Public sector Planning Architecture The development...

... the everyday situation for facility managers in the public sector. We contribute by studying how concerned local government facility managers are about their local government’s fiscal situation, local government’s ability to prioritize maintenance, the organizational structure of their facility management...

... at: kq.walsh@gmail.com 10 04 2015 17 11 2015 07 12 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public sector Risk management Earthquakes Building evaluation Costing Property portfolio management...

... 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public sector Organizational structure Management Facilities management Case studies Cleaning Clean facilities are vital to the health and satisfaction...

... Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public sector Policy Maintenance Investment Regional governments Public infrastructure in decay is a worry in many highly affluent countries, including Norway, where in 2003 the Norwegian...

... 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public sector Facilities management Quantitative techniques Elderly Quality of life Public housing Public housing is owned by government authorities. It is built to provide affordable accommodation for the low...

... re-use rights only Public sector Critical success factors Private sector Public-private partnership Developing countries Water supply Since the late 1980s, public–private partnership (PPP) has attracted the attention of governments across the world (Li et al., 2005...

... and compares these with experts’ conception of housing adequacy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Public sector Survey Post-occupancy evaluation Housing estates From the review of the existing literature, it was observed that the majority of published works on qualitative adequacy...

..., respectively. As there are no incentives in the model to spend more than necessary on maintenance, the backlog is assumed to be non-negative. Public sector Policy Maintenance Regional governments I assume that the regional governments can afford to spend m¯_r1, i.e. any...

... at: southsouth@hotmail.co.uk Procurement Facilities management Public sector Literature © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 The new characteristics of PFI are: public services provided by private sector; integrated package of design, build, finance and operation...

...Peter E.D. Love; Damien O’Donoghue; Peter R. Davis; Jim Smith Purpose – The purpose of this research is to determine the perceptions of a public sector agency’s representatives who are involved in the selection of procurement methods about the benefits and barriers of implementing early...

... attention in developing robust output specifications at the early procurement stage. The purpose of this paper is to present a model framework of output specifications for adoption by public sector clients in jurisdictions planning to develop hospital PPP/PFI (Private Finance Initiative) projects...

...P.D. Steane; D.H.T. Walker Public sector regimes in Australasia are reforming their operations to enhance effectiveness and efficiency. Competition and contracts are presented as mechanisms facilitating such reform in areas such as costs, productivity and quality. This paper argues that short‐term...

...) that work was done in accordance with applicable codes. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Partnering Private sector Public sector Regulations Strategic facilities management In 1989 Howard County reorganized its regulatory system as a response to continuing rapid growth. A separate Department...