TY - BOOK AU - Levitt,Joel TI - Facilities management: managing maintenance for buildings and facilities AV - TS177 .L484 2013 U1 - 658.2 23 PY - 2013/// CY - [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Momentum Press KW - Facility management KW - Facilities management KW - Building management KW - Building maintenance KW - Building maintenance management KW - Facilities maintenance KW - Managing building maintenance KW - Preventive maintenance for buildings KW - PM system for buildings KW - PM system for facilities KW - Facility Manager handbook KW - Maintenance management for buildings KW - Building manager KW - Maintenance management of stadiums KW - Maintenance of stadiums KW - Maintenance of office buildings KW - Maintenance of hospitals KW - Maintenance of schools KW - Managing Maintenance of office buildings KW - Managing Maintenance of hospitals KW - Managing Maintenance of schools KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP; Also available in print; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=954632 ER -