The importance of effective facility management in enabling organizations to function efficiently is widely recognized. The fourth edition of Total Facility Management offers a comprehensive treatment of what facility management means to owners, operators, tenants, facility managers and...

Numerous studies show a positive correlation between investment in Facility Management (FM) and the productivity level reached by the business this activity supports. Nevertheless, in most countries FM has traditionally been disregarded. Can managers still afford to ignore the impact in earnings...

Public e-procurement, as an information system (IS) enabled innovation in government, is transforming technological platforms and the way governments in same countries procure goods and services and engage with suppliers (Lee, Tan & Trimi, 2005; Moe, 2004). The aim of this paper is to analyze the...

"Building services engineering design requires technical skills to ensure that the systems are safe, compliant with legislative requirements and good practices and are coordinated with the needs of the other design and construction team professionals. Design management is the business side of...