Facilities Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Total facility management. 3. Facilities management skills. 4. Building performance. 5. Project management. 6. Property management. 7. Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems. Index.

"Facility Management is one of the most important topics in today\'s world. Many books have been written in this topic. This modest effort is another pearl in the sequence. This book has been designed in mind the mentality of the general readers language which is easy to understand. The aim of this book is to provide students with a clear concise and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of facility management.

The objective of the book is to bring together a blanked selection of core concepts as well as new perspectives that collectively articulate a knowledge based view of facility management. This book is designed to be a comprehensive text on facilities management in hospitality for students in all over the world.

This book covers a wide range of facility management issues, and attempt to introduce the subject in a comprehensive way. It avoids the narrow focus and considerable complexity of many other books in this area here in depth treatment is required, students are recommended to read relevant texts by leading contributors to idea about facilities management." (jacket)