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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807999903321

Titolo

Trondheim international symposium : meeting changing user demands through adaptability / / guest editor Professor Tore I. Haugen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007

ISBN

1-280-84739-5

9786610847396

1-84663-373-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 v.)

Collana

Facilities ; ; 25, no. 3/4

Altri autori (Persone)

HaugenTore I

Disciplina

387.10285

Soggetti

Facility management

Plant engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD -- Guest editorial -- A new life: conversion of vacant office buildings into housing -- Flexibuild - a systematic flexibility management procedure for building projects -- The impact of online retail grocery shopping on retail space: a Cape Town case study -- Envelope within an envelope: an FM approach to adaptive re-use of redundant barns -- Fitness for purpose -- Clients' goals and the construction project management process -- Case study of improvement schemes of public housing in the Slovak Republic -- Aspect of functionality in modernization of office buildings -- Note from the publisher.

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book is based on a selection of papers from one of the majo rtopics at the CIBW0702006 Trondheim InternationalS ymposium-'changing user demands on buildings:needs for lifecycle planning and management'. The challenge for facilities managers today is to effectively manage the great economical value our built assets represent,as well as focusing on efficient use and operation of facilities over time.Users' and tenants' needs are more and more in focus.The selected papers focus on meeting changing user demands through adaptability in the long-term perspective.Research and case studies are presented,exploring the needs and possibilities for modernization,



transformation and reuse of existing buildings,infrastructure and urban renewal areas.Transformation and reuse a real so seen in relation to conservation of historic buildings.