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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 […]

Utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for FM

This study explores perceptions of BIM in the FM community and attempts to highlight real world issues that FMs have faced while […]

Budgetary Control for External FM Service Providers

This research paper explores the critical success factors for a contract with budgetary control service providers in FM, focusing on the reasons […]

Evolution of FM and Review of Canadian FM Practitioners Skills

This research examines FM core skills in the Canadian context along with the evolution of FM through an analysis of Canadian IFMA […]

Space, Conversations and Place: Lessons from Organizational Development

Addressing the effects of space on cognitive processes, this research suggests that modern workplaces (with their emphasis on interaction) need to focus […]

Industry Exchange Through Student Internships

Results of a survey providing a basic understanding of practices in hiring and managing FM interns, including suggestions from the respondents on […]

Performance-based FM: An Integrated Approach

This research presents an integrated FM model for health care facilities through case study. The proposed Integrated Health Care Facility Management Model […]

Significant Parameters for Building Automation Performance

With the goal of defining a model-as-performance-measurement-tool for building automation systems (BAS), the study identifies and illustrates issues affecting BAS and the […]

A Method to Benchmark Swiss Hospital Catering

Qualitative research addressing how FM costs emerge and are justified in Swiss hospitals, informing the development of a benchmarking method for Swiss […]