Facilities management : managing maintenance for buildings and facilities / / Joel Levitt.

• Author: Levitt, Joel, 1952-
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic text (xviii, 235 p.) :; ill., digital file.
• Notes: Includes index.

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.

Table of 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.