Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 21 Issue 5

Facilities management: towards flexible work arrangement (FWA) implementation during Covid-19

Shirley Jin Lin Chua, Nik Elyna Myeda, Yuan Xi Teo

This study aims to examine the key components to facilitate flexible work arrangement (FWA) and the issues and challenges arisen in preparing the workplace for FWA during…

Exploring the impact of the physical work environment on service employees: an analysis of literature

Pinalba Schilleci

The recent COVID-19 emergency has brought to light issues connected to physical work environment, particularly to offices and to its impact on service employees’ internal…

Selecting the right location for sports facilities using analytical hierarchy process

Esin Esra Erturan-Ogut, Ufuk Kula

This study aims to adapt analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for choosing the optimal location for sport facilities. The location of a sports facility contributes significantly to…

A two-stage solution approach for unequal area facility layout problem with bi-directional relaxed flexible bay structure

Irappa Basappa Hunagund, Madhusudanan Pillai, Kempaiah U.N.

The purpose of this article is to develop a bi-directional relaxed flexible bay structure (BRFBS) in the layout for the unequal area facility layout problems (UA-FLPs) and test…

Implementing the lean demolition of municipality buildings using fuzzy partial least squares technique

Hamidreza Vosoughifar, S. Farzadi, SZ. Hosseininejad

Lean management has been used in various constructions around the world for more than a quarter of a century, and it is an important factor in the construction of new projects. In…

The effect of COVID-19 on Indian stock market volatility: can economic package control the uncertainty?

Nenavath Sreenu, Ashis Kumar Pradhan

The stock market has shown fluctuating degrees of volatility because of the recent COVID-19 pandemic in India. The present research aims to investigate the effect of the COVID-19…

Identifying the influential factors on the effectiveness of industrial parks and using an MCDM method to rank them: case study of Iran

Farshad Moghimi, Vahid Baradaran, Amir Hossein Hosseinian

This study aims to detect the influential factors and their respective variables that affect the effectiveness or demand-driven level of the industrial parks in Iran. A hybrid…

Barriers to building information modelling and facility management practices integration in Nigeria

Esther Ire Okwe, Oludolapo Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Matt Heckman, Nicholas Chileshe

This paper aims to explore and review the critical perspectives of stakeholders in the facility management (FM) industry as regards the barriers to building information modelling…