Product Description: A new paradigm in facility management
A unique, just-in-time resource from profession leader Eric Teicholz, Facility Design and Management Handbook empowers you to make your facility state of the art. Packed with tips from U.S. and international case studies from government, health care, retail, finance, manufacturing, and academia, this guide gives you access to the productivity tools, technologies, and stratagems that have revolutionized the field in the last five years, helping you to: Find the best, most cost-effective solutions for issues from greenness and sustainability to disaster recovery and technology integration Use new tools for space and asset allocation, project management, process coordination, and systems integration Improve accuracy in financial forecasting, budgeting, architectural and interior design planning, and market research Create cost-effective smart buildings with state-of-the art security, energy management, lighting strategies, and maintenance efficiency Discover innovative solutions for human resources needs Integrate the Internet into your management program Automate nearly all your tasks for major productivity gains Apply benchmarking standards and other measurements that demonstrate and assure facility management productivity
Accompanying time-saving, efficiency-boosting CD-ROM is loaded with sample documents--from budgets, schedules, plans to cost-benefit analyses, checklists, forms and audits; standards for communications and database, integration, building and construction, CAD conventions; Web links and other resources.
Excellent FM handbook for 2001 and beyond A very comprehensive manual (31 chapters, over 500 pages) for any level of facilty management professional. Each chapter is written by practicing professionals and "expert" consultants. Given that the field of FM covers so many areas, it is useful to have many different perspectives from professionals in the field formed into one big book. Chapters are grouped into phases of FM disciplines, i.e, planning, design, management, technology. There are high level topics such as Strategic Facility Planning, Sustainable Design, Portfolio Management and Business Transformation. Also very detailed, nuts & bolts for topics such as Financial Management for FM's, Energy Management, System Implementation for CMMS (Maintenance systems, Benchmarking, Condition Assessment, and case studies for CAFM technology. Brief chapter summaries are provided to assist reader with content coverage. There are lots of graphics/figures which help readability of this thick book, as well as a CD with websites and templates for RFP's, standards and process related functions.