Research into impact of property and FM on business launched

News on 29 August 2000
Research into impact of property and FM on business launched
A new research grouping, 'Occupier.org', has been set up to address the holy grail of FM - how does the design and management of buildings influence business productivity? Occupier.org, which will be launched as a web based research project later this year, aims to put knowledge on building productivity into the public domain. The founding members are English Partnerships; National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives; RICS Research Foundation and the Society of Property Researchers. The first research project let by occupier.org is an audit and evaluation of corporate real estate literature to be carried out by the Facilities Management Graduate Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. The research team will be led by Professor If Price. The literature review will draw up a base-line set of information and data for the decision making process. The project intends to deliver the results in a searchable online database by early October. Occupier.org will then design a structured research programme to address gaps in the knowledge base. Richard Byatt