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Facilities management [electronic resource] : managing maintenance for buildings and facilities / Joel Levitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2013.Description: 1 electronic text (xviii, 235 p.) : ill., digital fileISBN:
  • 9781606503263 (electronic bk.)
  • 160650326X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 658.2 23
LOC classification:
  • TS177 .L484 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print.
Contents:
List of figures -- List of tables -- Introducing the author -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to facilities management -- The job of the facilities manager -- Building safety -- Building security -- Disaster and disaster recovery -- Lean maintenance for buildings -- Green buildings, LEED, and energy savings -- Legal contracts in facility management -- Contracting -- Building handbook and maintenance manual -- In-house maintenance and building crews -- Purchasing and stocking materials -- Computerization -- Other technology systems -- Budgeting for maintenance of buildings, facilities, and equipment -- Maintenance fitness questionnaire -- Let's get maintenance organized! -- Management of housekeeping -- Preventive maintenance (PM) -- Appendix -- Index.
Abstract: The facilities management field has evolved in recent years. This evolution has been driven in part by both long-term and cyclical changes in the economy. Other changes to the field have been triggered by fundamental adjustments in the way business is conducted. When the economy goes sour, property development organizations start to look to building management and, in turn, maintenance departments as revenue sources. Maintenance departments bring a project-based world view, which has both advantages and disadvantages.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Facilities management is a broad-based discipline that calls into play architectural, construction, engineering, and management and human skills-particularly for running and maintaining commercial, institutional, academic, and industrial buildings. Facilities Management will cover the essential role and responsibilities of the facilities manager as it pertains to building maintenance.

If you're a newcomer to facilities management you will find this book an excellent introduction to managing maintenance. Already an established professional? You'll be able to brush up on the latest technological and regulatory trends affecting how complex facilities should be successfully maintained by way of risk assessment. Facilities Management contains ample, ready-to-use assessment forms and resources for extended practical information. Highlights include:

Coverage of key components of facilities maintenance management including risk management , building safety, operations and purchasing, staffing, and more. Guidance on new trends including "lean building maintenance" and Green Building specs (Green Spec) like LEED. Guidance on legal contracts, safety regulations, energy efficiency, and more. Specific management guidance by building type including apartments, office buildings, hotels and resorts, government buildings, schools, transport facilities and many others.

Includes index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Introducing the author -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to facilities management -- The job of the facilities manager -- Building safety -- Building security -- Disaster and disaster recovery -- Lean maintenance for buildings -- Green buildings, LEED, and energy savings -- Legal contracts in facility management -- Contracting -- Building handbook and maintenance manual -- In-house maintenance and building crews -- Purchasing and stocking materials -- Computerization -- Other technology systems -- Budgeting for maintenance of buildings, facilities, and equipment -- Maintenance fitness questionnaire -- Let's get maintenance organized! -- Management of housekeeping -- Preventive maintenance (PM) -- Appendix -- Index.

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The facilities management field has evolved in recent years. This evolution has been driven in part by both long-term and cyclical changes in the economy. Other changes to the field have been triggered by fundamental adjustments in the way business is conducted. When the economy goes sour, property development organizations start to look to building management and, in turn, maintenance departments as revenue sources. Maintenance departments bring a project-based world view, which has both advantages and disadvantages.

Also available in print.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.

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