Pinder, J and Wilkinson, S J (2000) The obsolescence of office property: A new research agenda. In: Akintoye, A (ed.) Proceedings of 16th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2000, Glasgow, UK.
Abstract
In recent decades increased rates of building obsolescence have served to reduce the average life spans of office buildings in the UK to below twenty-five years. This has had adverse implications for owners, occupiers and non-users as the utility of office property has become diminished sooner. However, recent studies have viewed building obsolescence as a purely economic phenomenon by focusing upon the costs to the property owner. As such, the measurement of building obsolescence remains unchallenged and there is a consequent lack of knowledge regarding its future incidence. This paper provides an overview of research that is seeking to address these problems by approaching building obsolescence from an occupier perspective. In doing so, this research aims to use building quality - or deficiencies in building quality - as a measure of building obsolescence. This paper suggests that deficiencies in building quality can be identified and measured by using gap analysis to gauge differences between the expectations and perceptions of occupants. The methodology underlying this research is discussed in detail. This paper also describes how results from the gap analysis will form the basis of a decision-support model for identifying approaching problems of building obsolescence in office property.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | quality; gap analysis; occupier; user-based appraisal; utility |
| Index terms: | research agenda, gap analysis, office property, owner, office building, methodology, property owner, obsolescence, appraisal |
| Subjects: | performance measurement, factor and component analysis, research methods, asset management, research management, sociology, construction type |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Construction Technology, Business Strategy, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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