Editorial

摘要

This issue of Facilities covers a wide variety of aspects of facility management: private finance initiatives (PFIs) procurement, user behavior in public spaces, target cost contracts and maximum guaranteed price contracts, new office space development, design considerations for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), facility management of elderly care homes, user perceptions of university residence halls and organizational structures in the residential-facility management (FM) sector. PFI is a well-known procurement method for financing and operating of facilities. A paper by Wang outlines the evolution of PFI since its inception in the 1990s and over the years since then, and conducts a literature review for studies published in this area. The review analyzes the topic from various aspects, including value-for-money and accountability, risks and uncertainty, contractual relationships, design, financing and other managerial issues.