Contribution of Facilities Management to Value creation

R&D project“OSCAR- Value for users and owners of buildings” has now reached a point in its period from 2014 2017 where results starts to come. This study is based on a national survey among Norwegian owners and users of real estate, private as well as in public sector. There has been to identify which elements in real estate and facilities management that creates value for owners and users. Through SPSS descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA data are analysed. Data from the survey confirm there are a number of common items and their relative importance for private enterprises, public administrations and hybrid organizations. Ranking of the items gave interesting results. Many owners and users of buildings seem to overlook recent research concerning value creation. The methodology and tools, including questionnaire, so far is a result of research and development projects including bachelor-, master- and PhD studies in Norway and Slovenia.