Corporate Real Estate alignment: a preference-based design and decision approach

One of the long-standing issues in the field of corporate real estate management<br/>is the alignment of an organization’s real estate to its corporate strategy. In the<br/>last thirty years, fourteen Corporate Real Estate (CRE) alignment models have<br/>been made. In some of these CRE alignment models it is indicated that they strive<br/>for...

Predicting the added value of smart systems in a building: A decision model approach

Purpose – One of the long-standing issues in the field of real estate management is the alignment of demand and supply. When building retrofit is initiated to comply with changing demands, the decision-maker has to deal with several, often competing, criteria. Smart systems have the potential to contribute to the process of optimally attuning...

Improving CRE decision making at Oracle: Implementing the PAS procedure with a brute force approach

Purpose–Alignment of corporate real estate to a corporation’s business strategy is a long-standing issue. In the past multiple models have been developed to support this process, but research shows that they fall short on certain parts of the CRE alignment activity, often lack transparency and fail to choose the real estate strategy that...

Improving CRE decision making at Oracle: Implementing the PAS procedure with a brute force approach

Purpose –Alignment of corporate real estate to a corporation’s business strategy is a long-standing issue. In the past multiple models have been developed to support this process, but research shows that they fall short on certain parts of the CRE alignment activity, often lack transparency and fail to choose the real estate strategy that...

Measuring the added value in Corporate Real Estate alignment by using the Preference-based Accommodation Strategy design procedure

One of the long-standing issues in the field of corporate real estate corporate strategy. Extensive research into existing approaches brought valuable insights into steps, components and variables that are needed in the alignment process. Despite that, it is not clear if existing approaches had much uptake in practice and they fall short in a...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working.

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

Designing and Testing a Strategy Game

A persistent problem in Corporate Real Estate Management CREM) is the issue of aligning an organization’s real estate to its organizational objectives. In this thesis a decision-making model has been designed for the Delft UT in order to provide the organization with a solution as to how they can renew their portfolio of lecture halls. In order...

Real estate portfolio decision making

In the Netherlands municipalities own a substantial number of buildings within their city which have been acquired to serve societal goals. However, some buildings might no longer serve these goals and could be sold or, conversely, buildings that could serve societal goals can be acquired. More than one decision maker decides which intervention...

Elaboration of the Dutch Olympic approach: Design of decision support instruments for multiple Olympic urban decision arenas

In this report the traditional top-down approach for spatial planning in the Netherlands has been brought up for discussion. On the basis of the decision-making process concerning the organization of the Dutch Olympic Games of 2028, the foundations for a new way of spatial planning is elaborated. That new way of spatial planning is termed the...

Preference-Based Design in Architecture

Architectural design is a complex process as a result of two prominent characteristics of choice making: 1) multiple designs can fit into one intended purpose, which raises the question: how to choose the design that fits best, and 2) a multitude of decision makers have an interest in the design process, which is the problem of group choice...

Decision-making on olympic urban development - multi-actor decision support tool

Subject of study is the possible organisation of the Olympic Games of 2028 in the Netherlands, as seen from an urban development viewpoint. The project focuses on the decision-making process in the initiative phase. Aim of the project is the development of a decision support tool for the complex, interdiscicplinary decision-making process wich...