Getting a Job in Building Maintenance

Getting a Job in Building Maintenance

Author: Philip Wolny

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1448896142

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Building maintenance workers are engaged in operating and maintaining high-tech, computerized power plant systems, as well as light plumbing and electrical work in various types of buildings. This valuable guide instructs readers in how to parlay their handyman skills into a stable, secure, varied, and never boring career in a variety of buildings and institutions. The skills required for each specialty and type of building are spelled out, and proven job search and interview strategies are shared. Invaluable advice concerning workplace dynamics and etiquette, interactions with the public, relations with bosses and coworkers, and employee benefits is also offered. This is an eye-opening peek at all of the great employment possibilities available behind the scenes of nearly every building you pass every day. Devoted as it is to career preparedness, it is also a wonderful resource that satisfies the relevant Common Core Curriculum Standards for the reading of informational texts.


Knowledge Management and Information Tools for Building Maintenance and Facility Management

Knowledge Management and Information Tools for Building Maintenance and Facility Management

Author: Cinzia Talamo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-10-29

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 3319239597

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This book describes the latest methods and tools for the management of information within facility management services and explains how it is possible to collect, organize, and use information over the life cycle of a building in order to optimize the integration of these services and improve the efficiency of processes. The coverage includes presentation and analysis of basic concepts, procedures, and international standards in the development and management of real estate inventories, building registries, and information systems for facility management. Models of strategic management are discussed and the functions and roles of the strategic management center, explained. Detailed attention is also devoted to building information modeling (BIM) for facility management and potential interactions between information systems and BIM applications. Criteria for evaluating information system performance are identified, and guidelines of value in developing technical specifications for facility management services are proposed. The book will aid clients and facility managers in ensuring that information bases are effectively compiled and used in order to enhance building maintenance and facility management.


Building Maintenance Processes and Practices

Building Maintenance Processes and Practices

Author: Abdul Lateef Olanrewaju

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-14

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9812872639

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This book is designed to be an inclusive for the best practice approach to building maintenance management, where the processes, procedures and operational systems meet a high standard of professional and academic competence. It offers a different perspective on building maintenance management by presenting the schematic building maintenance value chain model and it’s implementation in Malaysian university buildings. The findings show an improvement to building performance, lower maintenance cost, building sustainability and increased maintenance service user satisfaction. The learning outcomes and summaries provided for each chapter and the extensive use of tables and figures add to the readability of the text. Though the book is based on data from Malaysia, it is useful for a much wider audience, and the informal writing style makes it an interesting reference source. This book is valuable for readers who are practitioners, professionals and for academic institutions that offer courses in the building field, including architecture, quantity surveying, civil engineering, building and facility management, property management, real estate. It will also be of interest to governments and others involved in the construction industry.


Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 798

ISBN-13:

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Supplement to 3d ed. called Selected characteristics of occupations (physical demands, working conditions, training time) issued by Bureau of Employment Security.