... at: arnt.hopland@nhh.no Facility management Local governments Public sector Management Public policy Maintenance Investments Facilities are vital inputs in the production of welfare services such as primary education and health care. Further, public facilities make up a huge capital stock...

... 10 01 2023 13 02 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Facility management Local governments Public sector Management Public policy Investments In this paper, we describe the trends in investments in the water...

...Odwa Mazele; Christopher Amoah Purpose Infrastructure development and management form the central part of the government's commitment and responsibility to deliver essential services to the communities. However, much focus has been placed on the development aspect, with very little focus...

...Muhammad Najib Razali; Ain Farhana Jamaluddin; Rohaya Abdul Jalil; Thi Kim Nguyen Purpose This research attempts to highlight the concept of big data analytics in predictive maintenance for maintenance management of government buildings in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study uses...

...Jussi Vimpari; Seppo Junnila Purpose – The value of waiting to invest has been acknowledged in management of real capital investments. Investment decision should be undertaken only if it can justify giving up the value of the option to wait; the same logic is proposed here to be applicable...

...-tenant relationship. The purpose of this paper is to assess the occupier satisfaction on management of commercial properties in Nigeria using Akure as the research site. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a total population of 160 and employing random sampling technique, 142 questionnaires were...

... ethical issues (Wright, 2001). © MCB UP Limited 2003 … as the policy … had been written by others as a crisis measure or as part of consultancy work associated with generic management systems implementation (Baylis et al., 1997). SMEs are far less likely to act upon...

... of activities broadly related to real estate/property advice, from building surveyors to facilities managers, from property agents to fine art auctioneers and from quantity surveyors to those involved with cartographic surveying. RICS members are active in three main areas: private practice, commercial concerns...

... that percentage lease agreements (also called “turnover rents”), by fostering partnerships between landlords and tenants, could be a viable shopping center management tool for salvaging the retail industry of Singapore. It must be conceded, however, that fixed base rentals are contained in most PLAs. It gives...

.... The factors which are critical for successful en bloc property sales are identified in the paper using case studies where proposed en bloc sales were not successful. These provide lessons which are essential for managing successful en bloc property sales in the future. The sale...

.... Information originating from the utilisation of building appraisal techniques is of considerable use within any property management decision‐making process and in particular the identification of potential problems associated with building obsolescence. The demand scale measures how each respondent...

.... At the same time, there are concerns about the cost‐effectiveness of CCTV and about a number of legal, personal privacy and civil liberties issues. © MCB UP Limited 1998 CCTV Management Town centres CCTV surveillance systems have become an increasingly commonplace and visible component...

... as the management approach adopted to overcome some of the difficulties encountered in the project. Suggests that conservation is demanding and requires close co‐operation between members of the building team. The Chinatown conservation area occupies approximately 23 hectares of land in a prime location...

...José L.R. Lopes Describes the first phase of a research project which aims to define a meta‐model for corporate real estate management (CREM). A literature review of similar studies in the field and of science theories and techniques is applied in the study of 38 different publications describing...

... in the proclaimed region, responses being obtained from 56 per cent, which gives a good indication of how present management plans have influenced land use and land and water management and how farmers intend to react to the new management plan. Research finds that the new management plan will achieve its...

... and management strategies were not clearly stated,prioritized, effected, or measurable. These failings were true of both individual properties and overall portfolios. Where property does not primarily meet a function of a statutory local authority, it must at least be regarded as non‐operational. The opportunity...