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

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...

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