... Facility management Property management Building evaluation Refurbishment Sustainable buildings Learning environments Decisions made in the early phases when renovating a building have a high impact and will affect the whole decision-making process throughout the project (Wilkinson et al...

...Megan E. Strachan; Phil FG Banfill Purpose In the context of the energy-led refurbishment of traditionally constructed non-domestic buildings, the purpose of this study was to identify the attributes that professionals consider to be important in the selection of energy performance improvement...

...Nicholas Chileshe; Jamal M. Khatib; Mohamed Farah Purpose The first paper, entitled “The perception of tenants in the refurbishment of tower blocks” (Facilities, Vol. 31, No. 3/4), argued that refurbishment was the best option that a local authority could undertake to improve tower blocks...

...Nicholas Chileshe; Jamal M. Khatib; Mohamed Farah Purpose Refurbishment has been suggested as a means towards sustainable development. The paper seeks to examine the tenants' perception on the benefits, effectiveness and overall satisfaction with the refurbishment process of the tower blocks...

...Megan Strachan; Phil Banfill Purpose Pressure is growing globally for larger businesses to improve the energy performance of the buildings in which they operate. Property or facility managers are usually responsible for these improvements through energy‐led refurbishment. The number and complexity...

...K.W. Chau; S.K. Wong; A.Y.T. Leung; C.Y. Yiu There have been very few empirical studies investigating the value enhancement effects of refurbishment and most rely on cross‐sectional data, which cannot show the before and after effects conclusively because of the heterogeneous nature...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Buildings Cabling Refurbishment Flooring Breathing new life into redundant buildings Keywords: Buildings, Cabling, Refurbishment, Flooring Many buildings were never designed for modern office technology, with the well-known cabling...

... © 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...

... and select the UK, or contact The Dow Technical Centre on +44 (0)20 8917 5049 or e-mail: styrofoam-uk@dow.com A technical case study – the Metropolitan Hotel, London Keywords Refurbishment, Maintenance, Roofing The Met Bar at The Metropolitan Hotel is one of London's premier celebrity hang...

...Nick Barnard © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Air conditioning Refurbishment Low cost passive cooling Keywords: Air conditioning, Refurbishment This article describes refurbishment work at Stevenage Borough Council’s Offices undertaken to address a summertime overheating...

...Mats G. Holm; Jan Bröchner While service quality receives growing attention in the construction industry, few studies have dealt with the relation between craftsmen and building users. However, when office staff are present in the building during conversion projects (refurbishment or office...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Concrete Refurbishment Keywords Concrete, Refurbishment Concept to Reality is the title of a new corporate brochure just published by Hitcham-based specialist contractor Concrete Repairs Ltd. The publication is a very unusual concept...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Health and safety Maintenance Property Refurbishment Building maintenance and refurbishment Keywords Health and safety, Maintenance, Property, Refurbishment The single most important issue facing facilities managers is conformity...

..., mathematical simulation, etc., had been analysed which enabled the authors to work out various systems of decision making. In this paper, one of these systems ‐ “housing refurbishment decision making”, is described at length. Also, a number of ways of achieving more efficient lifetime of a building...