Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 9 Issue 3

Military construction projects: comparison of project delivery methods

Darren McWhirt, Junyong Ahn, Jennifer S. Shane, Kelly C. Strong

Design‐build project delivery will likely yield benefits when it is a rational choice by a program director or owner's construction manager. It is not well understood whether…

The need to implement Malaysia's Building and Common Property Act 2007 (Act 663) in building maintenance management

Isma Haniza Fakhrudin, Mohd Zailan Suleiman, Roslan Talib

Nowadays, strata living represents a modern lifestyle (or luxurious lifestyle for those occupying the high‐end strata unit). The uniqueness of strata living is that it has…

Measuring the performance of office buildings maintenance management in Malaysia

Nik Elyna Myeda, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Michael Pitt

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key aspects of performance measurement for maintenance management of office buildings, in order to enhance maintenance service…

Student residential satisfaction in research universities

Nurul ‘Ulyani Mohd Najib, Nor’ Aini Yusof, Nazirah Zainul Abidin

The paper aims to investigate the level of student satisfaction with campus student housing facilities (SHF) at Malaysian research universities (RUs) and the relationship between…

The influence of work‐cells and facility layout on the manufacturing efficiency

Seyed‐Mahmoud Aghazadeh, Saeedreza Hafeznezami, Lotfollah Najjar, Ziaul Huq

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of a product‐oriented layout and a work‐cell strategy in order to maximise efficiency. These two categories of layout strategies…

Editorial

Fuzhan Nasiri, Michael Pitt