Oddvar Skjæveland is a psychologist, advisor in Mellomrom Architectural Psychology and senior researcher at Høgskulen på Vestlandet. For many years he has been working with issues regarding work and architecture and he has applied and received projects for NOK 60 million from Forskningsrådet in Norway. The most important result of the projects is the SMAP checklist system, which is a research-based “gold standard” for office premises. He has worked with both private and public sector, among them the University of Bergen, several municipalities, Statens Vegvesen, listed companies and several others.