Chinese universities are facing a series of challenges in their accommodations, of which a predominant one is how to provide both students and staff with enough accommodations of a large scope and good quality in good...Chinese universities are facing a series of challenges in their accommodations, of which a predominant one is how to provide both students and staff with enough accommodations of a large scope and good quality in good time and with limited budgets. In order to find applicable approaches to solve this problem, the current situations of the Chinese higher education reform and the resulted rapid growth of student numbers whereby the requirement of lodgings is greatly increased are discussed. It is elucidated that in providing enough accommodations for staff and students, Chinese universities are confronted with difficulties including demand too big, lack of funding support, time limitation and incapability in both project management and facilities management. Industrialized building approach is demonstrated to be a desirable access to build large quantities of accommodations of good quality in limited time, and Private Financial Initiative (PFI) appears to be a prosperous solution to the fund shortage. Regarding project and facilities management, qualified professionals are available by either employing exterior consultants or training related staff of universities for such occupations.展开更多
文摘Chinese universities are facing a series of challenges in their accommodations, of which a predominant one is how to provide both students and staff with enough accommodations of a large scope and good quality in good time and with limited budgets. In order to find applicable approaches to solve this problem, the current situations of the Chinese higher education reform and the resulted rapid growth of student numbers whereby the requirement of lodgings is greatly increased are discussed. It is elucidated that in providing enough accommodations for staff and students, Chinese universities are confronted with difficulties including demand too big, lack of funding support, time limitation and incapability in both project management and facilities management. Industrialized building approach is demonstrated to be a desirable access to build large quantities of accommodations of good quality in limited time, and Private Financial Initiative (PFI) appears to be a prosperous solution to the fund shortage. Regarding project and facilities management, qualified professionals are available by either employing exterior consultants or training related staff of universities for such occupations.
