Facilities: Volume 39 Issue 7/8

An empirical regression model toward optimized ergonomic conditions for monitoring room operators using RSM

Ehsan Fallahiarezoudar, Mohaddeseh Ahmadipourroudposht, Nor Hasrul Akhmal Ngadiman

This study aims to provide an ergonomic design of the monitoring room that has resulted in safe, functional and comfortable environment for the operators, which may lead to…

Evaluation of on-campus student housing facilities security and safety performance

Fredrick Simpeh, Solomon Adisa

The purpose of this paper is to develop a guide for managing the provision of on-campus student housing facilities (SHFs) security and safety measures.

Prioritizing factors influencing the selection of a suitable quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients using Pareto-enhanced analytical hierarchy process

Emanuel Fernando Samasseca Zeferino, Olasumbo Ayodeji Makinde, Khumbulani Mpofu, Boitumelo Innocent Ramatsetse, Ilesanmi Afolabi Daniyan

Selection of a suitable location for a quarantine infrastructure represents a complex decision problem, which requires a systematic appraisal of myriads of factors. Quarantine…

A comparative study of satisfaction evaluation between students of mid-rise and high-rise student housing

Mohammad-Taghi Nazarpour, Saeid Norouzian-Maleki

The purpose of the current research is to examine the student’s residential satisfaction (SRS) of dormitories in Tehran and Shiraz. Providing homes for non-native students is…

Urban facility management

Alenka Temeljotov Salaj, Carmel Margaret Lindkvist

This paper aims to illustrate where facility management (FM) is having an impact on the urban environment and what other work needs to be done to easier facilitate achievement of…

Employee satisfaction with the built environment of a software development company

Marcelo Benetti Corrêa da Silva, Marina Giacometti Valente, Angela Petroli, Daniel Luis Notari, Suélen Bebber, Ana Cristina Fachinelli

The raised competitiveness among technology companies, especially for being able to work with markets physically distant from their final consumer, makes it important to know the…

The experience of patients in an outpatient infusion facility: a qualitative study

Emma Zijlstra, Mariët Hagedoorn, Stefan C.M. Lechner, Cees P. van der Schans, Mark P. Mobach

As hospitals are now being designed with an increasing number of single rooms or cubicles, the individual preference of patients with respect to social contact is of great…

A fuzzy-logic model for benchmarking concrete roof maintenance

Sanduni Peiris, Nayanthara De Silva

Concrete structures undergo early and fast deterioration, which causes defects such as cracks, water leaks and delamination, resulting from a lack of or inefficient maintenance…