Handbook of Commercial and Industrial Facilities Management

A comprehensive guide and reference to help those who manage or design factory buildings, office complexes, hospitals, and other commercial and industrial facilities. Table of Contents: Faciltities Design for Global Competitiveness; Focusing Facilities; Strategic Master Site Planning; Site Planning; Site Selection; Factory Layout and Design; Material Handling and Storage Planning; Office Planning; Laboratory Space Planning; Designing Clean Rooms; Integrated Production and Capacity Planning; Evaluating and Selecting Alternative Facility Plans; Queing Methods for Factory Evaluation; Computer Modeling for Facility Design and Evaluation; Facility Management Systems; Planning for Integrated Systems Across a Facility; Facilities Maintenance; Design of Commerical and Industrial Buildings and Structures; Managing a Facilities Construction Project; and The Evoution of the Factory System. Illustrations. Index.

Facilities Design for Global Competitiveness.Focusing Facilities.Strategic Master Site Planning.Site Selection.Factory Layout and Design.Material Handling and Storage Planning.Office Space Planning.Laboratory Space Planning.Designing Clean Rooms.Integrated Production and Capacity Planning.Evaluating and Selecting Alternative Facility Plans.Queuing Methods for Facility Evaluation.Computer Modeling for Facility Design and Evaluation.Facility Management Systems.Warehouse Management Systems.Facilities Maintenance.