Ways to Prevent Office Buildings from Getting Obsolete
Office buildings are one of the major assets of companies enabling
them to maintain their competitive advantage. Successful and
effective facility management of corporate assets means highly
efficient personnel, which translates into minimum cost and maximum
profit. Preventing office buildings from getting obsolete,
adaptability to change and emerging technologies protects
organizations from foreseeable and excessive costs. Facilities are
the infrastructure that support people in realizing their goals and
require ongoing management if they are to remain aligned with their
intended and primary support function. All of these facts
demonstrate the indisputably important role that facilities play in
corporate success. Thus, in this book, the problems that corporate
buildings encounter in time and solutions for these problems are
analyzed through numerous cases and systematized under certain
categories. Afterward, a decision-tree that is integrated on a
timeline is proposed based on the previously formed categories.
This study is expected to be a useful aid for corporate managers
who are aware of the unique status of their corporate real estate
and are willing to take one step further to inquire about their
various alternatives and find the most appropriate option to
preserve the value of their assets.
Isilay Civan has two Ph.D. degrees, one in Real Estate Development from Texas A&M University and the other in Facilities Management from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). She has a masters degree in Construction Project Management, and a bachelors degree in Architecture from ITU. Dr. Civan is a Facility Consultant with HOK Advance Strategies group in Dallas, TX.
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