Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook: Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Buildings - Hardcover

Anand K. Seth; Paul R. Smith; Roger P. Wessel; Mark M. Neitlich; William L. Porter; David L. Stymiest

9780070593237: Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook: Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Buildings

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 007059323X ISBN 13: 9780070593237

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2000

Get the big picture in facility management and engineering for greater safety, efficiency, and economy A complete desktop reference, Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook -- by Paul Smith, Anand Seth, Roger Wessel, David Stymiest, William Porter and Mark Neitlich -- gives you all the tools you need for analyzing, comparing, anticipating, and managing the implications of engineering, maintenance, operating, and design decisions, and integrating facility systems for best results. The Handbook's life-cycle approach helps you put all relevant issues in context -- cost, durability, maintainability, operability, safety, and more -- so you can: Make farsighted, well-integrated decisions Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, control instrumentation, and other needs in any type of building Handle today's concerns and technologies, such as smart buildings and telecommunications networks Visualize solutions with hundreds of illustrations Find information on all needed codes and standards governing facility design, installation, operation, and maintenance Evaluate loads on mechanical and other systems Use computer-aided systems Prepare a whole-facility economic analysis Apply useful guidance on complex specialized facilities, such as airports and industrial process plants—plus integrated complexes such as malls and government installations Plan for and integrate fire, safety, security, data, communications, lightning, controls, fuel, power, plumbing, and many other types of systems

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The accompanying CD-ROM includes valuable ARCHIBUS software.

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Engineering, design, operation, maintenance, and management of commercial, industrial, and institutional building systems, From start to finish

Putting the focus on the big picture in building and facility management and engineering yields greater safety, efficiency, and overall economy of operation. Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook is a wide-lens guidebook that offers a genuine insight and essential systems approach to commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities management, engineering, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and renovation.

Written for everyday use as a complete desktop reference for facilities managers, constructors, operators, engineers, and designers, the Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook gives you all the tools you need for analyzing, comparing, anticipating, and managing the implications of engineering, maintenance, operating, and design decisions, and integrating facility systems for best results.

The ideal workbook for initial concept, design, new construction management, and operation and maintenance, FACILITIES ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK is also an outstanding source for handling retrofits, additions, renovations, and the myriad other projects and decisions facilities managers routinely face. It's a timely, all-in-one guide for facility managers and designers who want to be at the forefront of their field.

The Handbook's life-cycle approach helps you put all relevant issues in context - cost, durability, maintainability, operability, safety, and more - throughout your facility. As you glance through this book, you'll find that Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook can help you"

*Make farsighted, well-integrated facilities and building engineering, and management decisions *Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, control instrumentation, and other needs in any type of building *Handle today's concerns and technologies, such as smart buildings and telecommunications networks *Visualize solutions with 340 illustrations *Find information on all needed codes and standards governing design, installation, operation, and maintenance of buildings and facilities *Evaluate loads on mechanical and other systems *Have the advantage of using computer-aided design and management systems *Prepare a whole-facility economic analysis *Apply useful guidance on complex specialized facilities, such as hospitals, laboratories, prisons, airports, and industrial process plants--plus integrated complexes such as colleges, malls, and government installations *Plan for and integrate fire, safety, security, data, communications, lightning, controls, fuel, power, plumbing, and many other types of systems

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