A complete desktop reference, Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook -- by Paul Smith, Anand Seth, Roger Wessel, David Stymiest, William Porter and Mark Neitlich -- gives you all the tools you need for analyzing, comparing, anticipating, and managing the implications of engineering, maintenance, operating, and design decisions, and integrating facility systems for best results. The Handbook's life-cycle approach helps you put all relevant issues in context -- cost, durability, maintainability, operability, safety, and more -- so you can:
Make farsighted, well-integrated decisions
Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, control instrumentation, and other needs in any type of building
Handle today's concerns and technologies, such as smart buildings and telecommunications networks
Visualize solutions with hundreds of illustrations
Find information on all needed codes and standards governing facility design, installation, operation, and maintenance
Evaluate loads on mechanical and other systems
Use computer-aided systems
Prepare a whole-facility economic analysis
Apply useful guidance on complex specialized facilities, such as airports and industrial process plants--plus integrated complexes such as malls and government installations
Plan for and integrate fire, safety, security, data, communications, lightning, controls, fuel, power, plumbing, and many other types of systems