scholarly journals Assessment of Practicability and Barriers of Use of BIM Strategies for Efficient Management of Public Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-271
Author(s):  
Paul C. Anih ◽  
Paul C. Ogbuefi ◽  
Akuyoma G. Ozugha
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Building Information

Abstract The productivity of real property depends on the efficiency of the property management technique. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an emerging technique examined. The aim of the research is to explore the practicability of BIM for the management of public buildings (PBs) and the hindrances subject to the effective operation. The tasks of the research were to investigate the awareness level of BIM for management of PBs; to investigate the acceptance level of BIM as a property management technique; to explore the hindrances of BIM use for the management of PBs; and, to assess the suitability of BIM for management of historic buildings. Survey and descriptive methods were used in the research. One hundred and nine questionnaires were distributed and a total of seventy-eight was returned. Purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the respondents. Stratified random sampling was used to select the public buildings, while clustered sampling was used for locations. The findings of the research showed a low level of awareness from the respondents; BIM was not in use; the acceptance of BIM was high but the hindrances were numerous. The research concluded that the use of BIM was practicable given adequate awareness and training. The research recommended a paradigm shift from the traditional property management approach to BIM strategy for the effective performance of PBs.

scholarly journals PUBLIC SECTOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REFORM TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CROATIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CURRENT STATE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

2017 ◽  
pp. 436-461
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State

Property asset management can be defined as the process of decision – making and implementation relating to the acquisition, use, and disposition of real property. This definition applies to both the private and public sectors, even though in the government sector, the term itself was not in common usage until recently. Over last two decades, however, a new discipline has emerged that looks more critically at the important component of public wealth and seeks to apply standards of economic efficiency and effective organizational and resource management. Public sector property management has been regarded as a structured process that seeks to ensure best value for money in serving the strategic public sector needs and enhancing the economic development and competitiveness. There are governments that are only beginning to seek improvements in the management of publicly owned property with a goal of putting into use various types of government asset items, under the supervision of professional management, with a view to ensuring quality public services and welfare to the citizens, governments that have just recently embarked in the long term financial management reforms and strategic public sector property management reform in particular, and governments called “advanced reformers” offering their conceptual and valuable practical experience in the sphere of public property management. Starting from the concept that public authorities have to be fully accountable to the public and that the whole of government assets need and can be effectively managed, and widely accepted thesis that effective government asset management is a very important generator for creating a supportive entrepreneurial environment, and raising the competitiveness of the entire economy, in this paper we analyse the drivers of international property management reforms in the public sector and provide a comment on public sector property management in developed countries and (post) transition countries. Then we analyse the characteristics of commenced public sector property management reform in Croatia which may be considered as challenges ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities in structuring their national public sector property management reform, given the current state of play.

Constitutional nature and content of the right to restitution of an expropriated property

2020 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Kamil Zaradkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Investment ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Expiry Date ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Public ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Public Purpose ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Right

The Act of 4 April 2019 on amending the Act on Real Property Management added a provision temporarily limiting the possibility of demanding restitution of the expropriated property. On the basis of the new provision, the right of the previous owner or its legal successors to restitute the expropriated property has ceased to be of perpetual nature. This right may not be exercised, as it previously was the case, at any time, as it expires 20 years from the date on which the decision to expropriate became final. This solution should be assessed negatively, as it deepens the non-constitutional nature of the statutory mechanism of restitution of expropriated real property, which makes the demand for restitution dependent on whether the public objective has been assumed (i.e. started to be implemented). If this is the case, then, in the light of the Real Property Management Act of 1997, the restitution of real property can never be claimed, and therefore even if such an objective in the future ceases to be implemented (e.g. as a result of the end of the operation of the real property as part of a public investment). However, in the light of the constitutional arrangements relating to the guarantee of ownership, the right to restitution of the expropriated property should always be vested in the expropriated owner or his/her legal successors whenever the public objective justifying the expropriation has not arisen as well as when it ceased to be implemented. In any event, the condition for claiming restitution shall be a claim made by the person concerned and a return of an appropriate, indexed sum paid as compensation for expropriation. The constitutional principle of the protection of individual status of property of the owner results in the “conditionality” of the transfer of ownership by way of expropriation to the State or another entity. Any existence and implementation of an appropriate objective justifying the expropriation for a public purpose, grants of the ownership and its permanence on the part of these entities. As a consequence, also the possible expiry date of the claim for the restitution of the property, expropriated after the expiry of the public purpose, should run from the time of such expiry and not from the moment when the decision about expropriation became final.

Division of real estate upon request and the return obligation under Article 136(1) of the Act on the Real Property Management: a few remarks in the context of counteracting the so-called “land freezing” versus the principle of loyalty

2021 ◽  
Vol I (I) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Sławomir Pawłowski
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Real Property ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Purpose ◽  
Public Road ◽  
The One ◽  
Public Entity

Division of real estate by application is still not properly recognised in the jurisprudence of administrative courts. On the one hand, this is manifested in the fact that, although it results in the takeover of private land for the benefit of a public entity for the purpose of building or extending public roads, this decision is not recognised as being expropriation. One of the most important consequences of denying to recognise this division as one of the forms of expropriation is that it is not subject to the return obligation, even if the public-purpose investment project, i.e. the construction of a public road, was not completed within 10 years of the takeover. It should be added that the lack of actions on the part of the commune to acquire such land leads to an adverse phenomenon which is referred to as “freezing the land”. On the other hand, it is argued that the division decision has no features of authoritative and compulsory acquisition of the title to real property by the commune. The above views are subject to criticism given inter alia that they fail to take into account that the spatial planning acts, in particular the local spatial development plan, play a prognostic role in relation to expropriation acts. The study presents the thesis that, were the premise of the public purpose be rejected, then regardless of the form of takeover of the title to real property by a public entity, the obligation to return this property to the former owner or its legal successors arises.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Practice of Building Survey for Maintenance of Public Building in South-East Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 108-122
Author(s):  
Osuagwu Andrew Chima ◽  
Nkeleme Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu ◽  
Amafili Tochukwu Nnamdi ◽  
Ike Goodluck Chukwuemeka ◽  
Nzeneri Oluchukwu Precious-favour
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Public Building ◽  
Building Conditions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Personal Insight

The maintenance of public building is evasive without a conscious practice of  building surveying as it avails the maintenance personal insight  that informs the building maintenance this The research evaluates the practice of building \surveying in South-East Nigeria  and its impact in the maintenance of public buildings. It was pursuit through the use of a structured questionnaire. Public buildings within Abia, Enugu and Imo state of study were studied with the respondent drawn from the users and officials in charge of the maintenance of the building.  A total of 390 questionnaires were administered with 314 returned giving a response rate of 80.5%.  A random sampling technique was adopted and the data was analyzed using a computer based Software SPSS version 21. Result were presented using statistical tools Mean, Relative Importance Index (RII).The result revealed among others that there is  no significant development in the condition of public buildings in South East states. In addition, the problems associates with building maintenance have significantly affected the building conditions in the study area. Proactive and well planned maintenance are recommended as against corrective measure commonly used. Prompt replacement of nonfunctional, aged or malfunctioning building parts. Government should ensure that most of the public buildings have a maintenance policy and there is an effective communication between the maintenance department and the building occupants. Government should ensure that there is a condition survey for the public building adopting the approach of the framework developed in this study.

Perceived Influence of Students’ Demographic Variables on Their Access to Financial Aids in Public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Olorunleke Eseyin
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Rivers State

The paper investigated the perceived influence of students’ demographic variables on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Six questions were formulated to guide the study and five hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design adopted for the study was an analytical survey. The population of the study included 78, 216 students (34,997 male and 43,219 female) in the three public Universities in Rivers State. The sample of the study covered 791 students (Male= 395 and Female= 396) selected through the random sampling technique while Taro Yamane method of sample size determination was used for determining the sample size. The instruments used for collecting responses from students were questionnaire and a ten items interview schedule. The research questions were answered using frequency, percentage and cumulative percentage. Findings of the study revealed that students’ demographic variables have an influence on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The implication of this is that the government’s expenditure on education will continue to increase in the absence of these alternative financial aids in the public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria.

PRINCIPALS’ ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO AND DELTA STATES

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Umemetu Momoh ◽  
Nkechi Obiweluozor
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Female Principals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Effectiveness ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Quality Assurance Standards

This study examined principals’ administrative effectiveness in the implementation of quality assurance standards in public secondary schools in Edo and Delta States. To guide the study, three hypotheses were raised. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised all the principals and teachers in the public secondary schools in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 240 principals and 720 teachers from the schools. Data was collected using ‘Administrative Effectiveness and Implementation of Quality Assurance Standards Questionnaire (AEIQASQ)’ to find out principals’ level of administrative effectiveness in the implementation of quality assurance standards using the Normative mean of 62.5 which was established from the instrument as the benchmark for effectiveness. The findings revealed that principals’ administrative effectiveness was high in the public secondary schools in Edo and Delta States. There was also a significant relationship between administrative effectiveness and implementation of quality assurance standards in the States based on principals’ gender and experience. It was therefore recommended that since principals in public schools are effective, Government should provide them with adequate funds and all necessary support to ensure that quality assurance standards are fully implemented in the schools. Also, experience and gender should be considered in appointing principals among other criteria as experienced female principals were found to be more effective.

Corrupt Practices in the Public Health Sector: A Focus on Metropolitan Local Government Areas of Kano State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mustapha Namadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Sector ◽  
The Government

Corruption is pervasive in Nigeria at all levels. Thus, despite recent gains in healthcare provision, the health sector faces numerous corruption related challenges. This study aims at examining areas of corruption in the health sector with specific focus on its types and nature. A sample size of 480 respondents aged 18 years and above was drawn from the eight Metropolitan Local Government Areas of Kano State, using the multistage sampling technique. The results revealed evidence of corrupt practices including those related to unnecessary-absenteeism, diversion of patients from the public health facilities to the private sector, diverting money meant for the purchase of equipment, fuel and diesel, bribery, stealing of medications, fraud, misappropriation of medications and unjustifiable reimbursement claims. In order to resolve the problem of corrupt practices in the healthcare sector, the study recommended the need for enforcement of appropriate code of ethics guiding the conduct of the health professionals, adoption of anti-corruption strategies, and strengthening the government monitoring system to check corruption in public health sector in order to ensure equitable access to healthcare services among the under-privileged people in the society.

Where have all the appendicectomies gone?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
NG Mowbray ◽  
L Hurt ◽  
A Powell-Chandler ◽  
N Reeves ◽  
S Chandler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
The Public ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Negative Appendicectomy ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Uk

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic stimulated a national lockdown in the UK. The public were advised to avoid unnecessary hospital attendances and health professionals were advised to avoid aerosol-generating procedures wherever possible. The authors hypothesised that these measures would result in a reduction in the number of patients presenting to hospital with acute appendicitis and alter treatment choices. Methods A multicentred, prospective observational study was undertaken during April 2020 to identify adults treated for acute appendicitis. Searches of operative and radiological records were performed to identify patients treated during April 2018 and April 2019 for comparison. Results A total of 190 patients were treated for acute appendicitis pre-lockdown compared with 64 patients treated during lockdown. Patients treated during the pandemic were more likely to have a higher American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) score (p = 0.049) and to have delayed their presentation to hospital (2 versus 3 days, p = 0.03). During the lockdown, the use of computed tomography (CT) increased from 36.3% to 85.9% (p < 0.001), the use of an antibiotic-only approach increased from 6.2% to 40.6% (p < 0.001) and the rate of laparoscopic appendicectomy reduced from 85.3% to 17.2% (p < 0.001). The negative appendicectomy rate decreased from 21.7% to 7.1% during lockdown (p < 0.001). Conclusions The COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a decreased incidence of acute appendicitis and a significant shift in the management approach. The increased use of CT allows the identification of simple appendicitis for conservative treatment and decreases the negative appendicectomy rate.

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