... population of 3066; 341 were expected based on the formula used. However, upon several reminders, 176 responded. Data collected were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Findings The findings show that all university facilities are not fully compliant with disabled access...

...Mohammad A. Hassanain; Ali Iftikhar; Abdul-Mohsen Al-Hammad; Adel Alshibani; Ahmed M. Ibrahim; Abdullatif Abdallah Purpose This paper provides an exemplary systematic conduct of post‐occupancy evaluation (POE) on higher education facilities in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach...

...Naziah Muhamad Salleh; Nuzaihan Aras Agus Salim; Mastura Jaafar; Mohd Zailan Sulieman; Andrew Ebekozien Purpose There is increasing recognition amongst healthcare providers on the necessity to improve fire safety management in healthcare facilities. This is possibly not yet satisfactory because...

...Dubem Ikediashi; Onuwa Okwuashi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate and conceptualise significant factors influencing decision to outsource facilities management (FM) services in Nigeria’s public hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – Data for this study were collected...

...Michael Pitt; Matthew Tucker Purpose This paper aims to examine the state of knowledge of performance measurement in facilities management, in particular regarding the concepts underlying benchmarking in relation to its ability to drive innovation in the industry. Design/methodology/approach...

... facilities and the minimisation of externalities are achieved. Reference to the significance of planning conditions in Hong Kong is made in such analytical and empirical works as those by Lai (1998a , 1999 , 2003), Lai and Fong (2000) , and Lai and Ho (2001a , b , c , d , 2002a , b , c , d...