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The indoor environmental factors considered in office building must be determined in order to meet user's requirement. Disruption of indoor environment may constitute to reduce occupants' efficiency and work productivity. Therefore, Post-occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a prominent tool that able to indicate satisfaction and comfort level needs by building occupants as lessons learned to identify problems in indoor environment. By using occupants as benchmark of evaluation, the potential of improving the indoor environment in buildings is enormous. With relation to the title, the main purpose of this study is to provide recommendation to improve quality of indoor environment in office building, by analytical study on the level of effort and phases of conducting POE and determining occupant's satisfaction level. The survey used in conjunction with physical measurements to determine how environmental factors affect occupants' perceived comfort and productivity levels, and a benchmarking example of using the survey to establish how new buildings are meeting a client's design objectives. It is recommended that the application of POE is prioritized as strategic level decision making and emphasized as continuous activity in environmental evaluation.

Value management (VM) has become an accepted approach in the past decade, using tools and methods that have been ordinarily understood. VM is often subjected to time and res ource pressure. The determination of the possible critical success factors (CSFs) of VM in the building projects in developing countries is an essential matter to success these projects. This study identified 34 factors and drivers to adopt VM in the construction industry. This was achieved through qualitative approach by conducting interviews with fifteen experts with substantial years of experience in building projects. Results revealed that some new factors appeared in the Egypt context that have not existed in previous studies. These factors can aid the adoption of VM practices in the building projects in the Egypt construction industry. The findings thus represent the true reflection of the VM drivers in Egypt, and their recommendations effectively encourage the adoption of VM by Egypt and also other developing countries, as they face similar problems and need similar drivers in promoting the adoption of VM in the building industry when building projects are carried out in similar method, and style.

The general building conditions in low cost housing are part of human's quality indicator. However, there are rising issues on the safety performance of the housing since the occupants are inclined to perceive safety hazards. Therefore, this paper explores the concept of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) as safety performance tool. This research conducted a survey on safety performance and occupants' satisfaction to 24 numbers of low cost housing at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The correlation result shows that safety performance has a significant relationship with occupants' satisfaction. The findings supported the application of POE as the tool for safety performance.