Table of contents
Legal ramifications of sick building syndrome
Mark TylerConsiders some of the existing legal principles which might beapplied to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) cases in the absence of specificSBS rules. Defines SBS. Lays down the…
Sheffield City Polytechnic in the 21st century Accommodation strategy: A case study
Ian CaldwellCites the case of Sheffield City Polytechnic′s building anddevelopment partnership as a successful outcome of following theguideline set down by the Polytechnics and College…
Auditing service charge accounts for residential properties
Charles NirenReviews the implications of the Landlords and Tenants Acts of 1985and 1987. Argues that it is the onus of managing agents of residentialproperties to ensure that they, their…
Management of lift maintenance and user requirements
Simon GrayOffers guidance on how to achieve proper maintenance of buildinglifts. Details equipment audit and the maintenance contract. Discusseslift operations, performance measurement…
Open protocols – the Holy Grail or the Tower of Babel
Paull RobathanPresents the background to open protocols, which the IT industrysees as the solution to integrating the different control systems inbuildings or campuses. Discusses various…
Occupier satisfaction with rented industrial property
John HenneberryReports on a study examining the interrelationships betweenmanufacturing firms and their accommodation in the rented sector of theindustrial property market and conducted among…
Undergraduate surveying education: A place for practical knowledge?
Paul GallimoreReviews some ideas pertinent to the current debate about the aimsof professional education, and focuses on some of the problems attachedto attempts to incorporate the development…
Proactive premises management – the premises audit
Barry J. VarcoeAsks how occupiers can determine whether or not they are receivingvalue for money from their buildings. Encourages the premises audit as ameans of assessing how efficient the…
Proactive property management
Victoria Edwards, Bill SeabrookeProvides a critique of the conventional approach to propertymanagement, highlighting the inadequacies of this approach inaccommodating the needs of modern property owners and…
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- Professor Graham Squires