W070, "Facilities Management and Maintenance"

The objectives of the Working Commission are:

1. to promote the management of the built environment as a holistic process, grounded on the understanding that built facilities, as a sustainable business resource, must be managed in alignment with business operational needs in an increasingly dynamic world.
2. to promote the strategic and operational contributions of facilities management and asset maintenance in realising corporate objectives by providing innovative facilities solutions to meet emerging business challenges.
3. to forge closer links and collaboration between the financial, technical, sociological and operational aspects of facilities management and asset maintenance by promoting an integrated resources management approach.
4. to provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and changes in education, research and practice that is transforming the traditional approaches to the provision of physical workplace and functional workspace, and its ongoing management and maintenance.
5. to communicate the work of CIB W070 by publication of its symposium proceedings.

Call for Papers for A Special Track of W070

 CIB W070 will be hosting a special track on the theme of

‘Think global, act local: the FM challenge'

within the CIB World Congress 2010.  Facilities management solutions for global corporate organisations are often accused of being 'vanilla' solutions with little consideration of inclusivity, ethnic diversity and differing cultural needs.  This is compounded by efforts by corporate real estate and FM teams to impose global standards.  In this special track we consider the current research activity on space planning, regulatory standards, design solutions and participatory models that are affected by the local context.  We encourage submissions that deal with prevailing current best practice, evidence based research and case studies which touch on this issue.

Topics

Topics included in the special track include:

• Benchmarking and international comparisons
• Environment-behaviour issues related to space use
• Environment-behaviour issues related to design solutions (including interior design)
• Alternative international planning approaches and constraints
• Sector specific issues (schools,hospitals, public buildings)
• Alternative international procurement and sourcing models (e.g. PPP; sale and leaseback)

Deadlines

Abstract submission                              6th July2009
Notification of abstract acceptance       31st July 2009
Full paper submission                           19 October 2009
Notification of full paper acceptance      7 December 2009
Camera ready papers                            22 February 2010

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For additional information about the CIB W070 go to http://www.fmresearch.co.uk