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Managing Facilities in Historic Buildings: A Stewardship-Based Strategy for Long-Term Socio-economic Value

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  • Billy Edward Hunt

    (Stace LLP (Construction & Property Consultants), Cavendish House, 39-41 Waterloo Street, Birmingham B2 5PP, UK)

  • Mohammad Mayouf

    (College of the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK)

  • Ilnaz Ashayeri

    (College of the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK)

  • E. M. A. C. Ekanayake

    (College of the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK)

  • Anastasia Nikologianni

    (College of Architecture (ADM), Birmingham City University, Parkside Building, Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD, UK)

Abstract

The challenges of historic building adaption for reuse are well documented and often refer to building fabric, listed status, historical significance, environmental sustainability, and structural layout as limitations to their successful re-development. However, few studies have explored how such issues manifest in the operational use of historic buildings developed for reuse, the significance on cities, and the long-term socioeconomic value. This study proposes a stewardship-based strategy to manage facilities to improve the socioeconomic value of historic buildings and support the socioeconomic demand in cities and territories. Within the context of a selected case study in the UK, a mixed-method approach was used to attain the data. Quantitative evidence, using a questionnaire survey with building users, and qualitative evidence, using semi-structured interviews with the facility management team, are presented. The results suggest that historic buildings are empowered by an organisational stewardship strategy, resulting in an acceptable operational compromise that involves an acceptance of building issues and their impact on the building users’ experience, and this can support the more operational adaption of facilities by the facility management team. The research proposes a stewardship-based strategy to support an improved socioeconomic value by incorporating user perspectives while ensuring a less preservation-centred and a more flexible-oriented approach towards managing facilities in historic buildings. This study constructively forms a base for further research into facility management strategies in historic buildings and their impact on cities’ needs.

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  • Billy Edward Hunt & Mohammad Mayouf & Ilnaz Ashayeri & E. M. A. C. Ekanayake & Anastasia Nikologianni, 2023. "Managing Facilities in Historic Buildings: A Stewardship-Based Strategy for Long-Term Socio-economic Value," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-19, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:11:p:2020-:d:1275003
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    1. Nigel Dann & Sarah Hills & Derek Worthing, 2006. "Assessing how organizations approach the maintenance management of listed buildings," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(1), pages 97-104.
    2. Dimitris Giannakopoulos & Zografia Karekou & Elli Menegaki & Elisavet Tsilimantou & Charalabos Ioannidis & Eleni Maistrou & Antonios Giannikouris & Antonia Moropoulou, 2022. "Reuse of Historic Buildings in the Medieval City of Rhodes to Comply with the Needs of Sustainable Urban Development," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-27, August.
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