This easy-to-use tool helps you conquer the challenges of PM in higher education. Includes interactive models for the primary building types found in different-sized colleges and universities. The models, which include dormitories, classroom buildings, laboratories, athletic facilities, and more, incorporate systems and equipment most often found on campuses. Appropriate PM standards are linked to each piece of equipment or system, along with required labor hours to complete those tasks. Four established priority levels enable facility professionals to select and develop the best possible PM plan within their particular budget constraints. The PM for Higher Education system includes 13 interactive building models for small-to-large colleges and universities and 50 PM checklists outlining the specific PM tasks, associated labor hours and costs, and recommended frequencies. The book's dedicated website features the checklists and models in downloadable electronic format. FEATURES: The authors also provide guidance on: Selling the need for PM to the governing body, including identifying the impact if a PM program is not implemented. Defining the annual cost of PM, in labor and materials. Prioritizing PM tasks to fit your budget – based on accepted equipment maintenance practices. Carrying out the equipment inventory. Using PM standards checklists. Selecting a CMMS and incorporating PM into the program. 3-ring binder, with downloadable electronic files.
Answers virtually any question about facilities maintenance and repair — helps you head off serious problems before they happen! The importance of this reference to facilities managers, professionals and architects. An effective maintenance program is the only answer to lengthening the life and value of investments in buildings and related facilities. Defects, however, are seldom detected before they become obvious. When this happens, repairs must be made on a rush basis, at high cost. The result is that unbudgeted expenses must be paid, and at worst, the facility is put out of service while repairs are made — often for extended periods of time. Means Facilities Maintenance Standards is oriented toward locating deterioration and material and systems failures before they become serious. Special attention is given to the causes and correction or repair of both common and uncommon defects. Because many maintenance problems and material failures are related to engineering and design decisions, the book is an invaluable aid to architects, engineers and designers as well as facilities professionals. Unique features of this one-of-a-kind working guide for facilities maintenance comprehensive guidance for understanding and solving every imaginable maintenance problem ready-to-use forms, checklists, worksheets and comparison tables authoritative commentary explains what to do — and why analysis of materials systems, and the "why's" of deterioration and wear concise help for planning, scheduling and controlling costs for maintenance guidance for estimating maintenance and repair costs with man-hours, equipment and tools Means Facilities Maintenance Standards — planned and written to solve today's building and facilities maintenance problems Here is a full-range facilities maintenance expertise, tightly written, contemporary and thoroughly relevant to you as a facilities professional. Every area of modern maintenance and repair is put under a magnifying glass for you... materials behavior and deterioration... major structural decay... interior and exterior finishes... managing the work... estimating costs... planning and scheduling. Means Facilities Maintenance Standards is an extremely valuable, working encyclopedia that points the way to solutions to every kind of maintenance and repair dilemma. A comprehensive overview of the facilities management process. Through a program of planned steps incorporating a process of elimination, almost any maintenance problem can be remedied at a reasonable cost. The book steps you through a complete understanding of the underlying causes of wear and deterioration and shows you how to analyze the effects. Only then are you ready to proceed to the right repair solutions, and ultimately, the prevention of future trouble. Because all of the checklists in Means Facilities Maintenance Standards are organized in the order you need them, you'll never have to worry about overlooking an important consideration or crucial step in repairs. An entire section of this monumental work is devoted to the management of facilities operations. If you're at all uncertain about planning, estimating or scheduling work, these three chapters will bring you right up to speed — in a hurry!
Essential information for the design of college and university facilities Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the planning process and successfully complete the design of college and university buildings, large or small, on time and within budget. Award-winning architect and planner David J. Neuman and a roster of industry-leading contributors share their firsthand knowledge to guide you through all aspects of planning higher education facilities, including learning centers, academic buildings and professional schools, scientific research facilities, housing, athletics and recreation facilities, social and support facilities, and cultural centers. The book combines up-to-date coverage of essential issues related to campus planning, programming, and building design guidelines with detailed project examples. This new edition offers: Numerous photographs, diagrams, plans, and sections Updated project examples, including several buildings completed in the last decade Up-to-date coverage of sustainability and technology issues A new chapter on historic preservation, rehabilitation, and adaptive use of existing buildings New material on the influence of interdepartmental collaboration and renewed communication on the built environment for campuses This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get educated quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves professionals countless hours of research.
