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IJFM

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IJFM

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57 articles

A Survey Instrument for Evaluating Workplace Occupant Satisfaction

The development and field test of this survey tool enabled evaluations of workplace settings, as well as supported workplace design and re-engineering, […]

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Facility Management (FM) in Europe

The focus of the survey is to analyze the goals and planned actions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and interactions with […]

Quantifying the Effect of BIM and COBie for FM

This paper investigates the effects of using building information modeling (BIM) and construction-operations building information exchange (COBie) data for facility management in […]

Essential Requirements for the Parameterization of Food Waste in Hospitals

This research explores the topic of food waste from the economic perspective to provide a framework for improving both cost and process […]

Facility Management History and Evolution

By synthesizing the evolution of FM, this paper aims to answer the question, “Did the need to provide a separate name to […]

Life Cycle Value Tradeoff of Noise Mitigating Measures Using BIM-Simulation and Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling

This study hypothesizes that a decision framework can be developed to capture and automate life cycle value evaluation of noise-mitigating measures using […]

The Role of FM in Students' Images of Hospitality

This piece emphasizes on the importance of hospitality in the Netherlands and the role FM students play to make sure hospitality remains […]

Defining High Performance Buildings for Operations and Maintenance

This research synthesizes literature about high performance buildings with a focus on O&M, concluding that systems-thinking (for both building systems and organizational […]

The Strategic Facilities Management Organization in Housing: Implications for Sustainable FM

A guide to understand and manage implementation of sustainable FM in housing administration, outlining the roles and relations of tenants, owners, administrators […]

Innovative Procurement and Partnerships in FM

Case study from the Nordic countries in Europe showed that outstanding examples of innovation in FM were initiated from the demand side […]