Facilities management: factors influencing the role of Nigerian estate surveyors

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-258

  Adewunmi, Yewande ^a   Ajayi, Cyril ^b   Ogunba, Olusegun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Competences; Facilities; Nigeria; Surveying; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868679948     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960910971504     Document Type: Article

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