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The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities (2021)
Journal Article
Lok, K. L., Smith, A., Opoku, A., & Chen, C. (2021). The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities. Sustainability, 13(15), Article 8156. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158156

((1) Background: Generally, firms are reluctant to report outsourcing failures, no matter what industry they operate within. To eliminate poor performance of outsourced service providers, it is necessary to establish a specific outsourcing relationsh... Read More about The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities.

Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM (2020)
Journal Article
Elhendawi, A., Omar, H., Elbeltagi, E., & Smith, A. (2020). Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM. International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science, 2(2), 1-22

Typically, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is considered one of the most effective contributor to the national developments worldwide. However, the AEC industry is facing myriad challenges due to the pressing calls for... Read More about Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM.

Methodology for BIM implementation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2019)
Journal Article
Elhendawi, A., Smith, A., & Elbeltagi, E. (2019). Methodology for BIM implementation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science, 2(1), 1-21

Purpose
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is considered the most effective contributor to development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). However, the AEC industry is facing myriad challenges due to the vast construct... Read More about Methodology for BIM implementation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria: The FM Approach (2018)
Journal Article
Olayinka, O., & Andrew, S. (2018). Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria: The FM Approach. Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, 3(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20180301.11

People around the world are beginning to aspire to live and work in sustainable buildings (SBs), that is, buildings that are comfortable, healthy and have low impact on the environment. However, many buildings in Nigeria, particularly commercial buil... Read More about Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria: The FM Approach.

Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Olayinka, O. (2017). Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 6(6), 3496-3508

This paper aims to examine FM functions that relate to sustainable building (SB) throughout the phases of the building life-cycle. Many building designers progressively work towards achieving a sustainable environment in order to attain high level of... Read More about Impact Of Facilities Management In Achieving Sustainable Buildings.

Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, A. J., Fsadni, A., & Holt, G. (2017). Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment. Facilities, 35(9/10), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-09-2016-0088

Purpose
The use of indoor living plants for enhancement of indoor relative humidity and the general environment of a large, modern, open plan office building; are studied using a mixed-methods paradigm.

Design/methodology/approach
The quantitat... Read More about Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment.

Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, A., & Fsadni, A. (2016, May). Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building. Presented at International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) World Building Congress

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of living plants in enhancing the indoor air quality (IAQ) and the general indoor environment within a large modern open-plan office building with a central atrium design and a building management s... Read More about Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building.

Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
John, R., Smith, A., Chotipanich, S., & Pitt, M. (2014). Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria. Journal of Facilities Management, 12(1), 72-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfm-07-2013-0039

Purpose – Quality function deployment (QFD) is a method for structured product planning and
development that enables a development team to specify clearly the wants and needs of customers.
This method has been successfully employed in the construct... Read More about Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria.

Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, L., & Smith, A. (2013, March). Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. Paper presented at PPP Body of Knowledge International Conference

Globally, sustainable development has been given high priority for the Government agenda in order to achieve a balance of social, economic and environmental factors. The UK government realise the importance and criticality of sustainable development... Read More about Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK..

Sustainable workplaces and building user comfort and satisfaction (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Pitt, M. (2011). Sustainable workplaces and building user comfort and satisfaction. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 13(3), 144-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/14630011111170436

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the role of sustainable buildings in providing healthy workplaces in physical and perceptual terms.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a literature review, considering the history of sustai... Read More about Sustainable workplaces and building user comfort and satisfaction.

The Use Of Mobile Devices By Students As An Aid To Learning (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, A., Pye, C., & Blackburn, T. (2011, June). The Use Of Mobile Devices By Students As An Aid To Learning. Poster presented at UCLan Research Seminar, School of Built and Natural Environment, Preston

Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Tucker, M., & Pitt, M. (2011). Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping. Facilities, 29(5/6), 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632771111120529

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate office users’ perceptions of their working environment in relation to the addition of plants.
Design/methodology/approach – Office users’ perceptions were examined using a survey, administered to... Read More about Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping.

Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Pitt, M. (2011). Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality. Facilities, 29(3/4), 169-187. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632771111109289

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the indoor environmental quality benefits of plants in offices by undertaking trials using live plants.
Design/methodology/approach – Using two offices in the same building, one with plants and o... Read More about Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality.

Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia (2010)
Journal Article
Shah, A., Smith, A., Pitt, M., & Choon, C. H. (2010). Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Journal of Design and Built Environment, 7(1), 43-57

Delay in construction projects is a situation where the project cannot be completed under the planned time. It is a common issue faced in the construction industry all over the world especially in developing countries. In the Malaysian construction i... Read More about Contractors' perception of factors contributing to project delay: case studies of commercial projects in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

Sustainable workplaces: improving staff health and well‐being using plants (2009)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Pitt, M. (2009). Sustainable workplaces: improving staff health and well‐being using plants. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 11(1), 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/14630010910940552

Purpose-The paper aims to identify and demonstrate the benefits of plants in offices in contributing to employee health and well-being by applying the study to a working office. Design/methodology/approach-Via comprehensive literature reviews, the pa... Read More about Sustainable workplaces: improving staff health and well‐being using plants.