Publisher Fact Sheet The first primer to teach facility managers financial skills that will help them sell their department to senior management, win funds for crucial projects, & to become fully integrated into an organization.

Today's rapidly changing marketplace can seem like a jungle for many professionals. Engineering & Management Press offers the books needed to navigate through the wilderness of business techniques and acronyms. EMP's titles provide practical information and proven business methods for most corporate and industrial environments. Our titles cover crucial, timely topics of importance to businesses and managers today -- management, productivity improvement, quality, and related issues.Downsizing, teams, product focus, work cells -- these business and manufacturing trends are changing the face of facilities today. Because facilities are strategic elements of any enterprise, companies cannot afford to build new structures or revamp old ones without careful planning. Written for both new and experienced designers and IEs, Facilities and Workplace Design features 25 illustrated tasks that can be applied to most projects. Layout at the building and departmental levels is the central issue, but site planning, workstation design, and material handling are also addressed. The third book in the Engineers in Business Series, this truly is a practical guide for the '90s and beyond.

This book has been written to address many of the developments since the 1st Edition which have improved how companies survey and select new sites, evaluate acquisitions, or expand their existing facilities. This book updates the appendices containing both the recommended separation distances and the checklists to help the teams obtain the information they need when locating the facility within a community, when arranging the processes within the facility, and when arranging the equipment within the process units.

Standards to guide the design and construction of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, independent living settings, and related outbased service facilities, including adult day care

Now in this fourth edition, the Facilities Management Handbook has been fully updated from the acclaimed previous editions, continuing its status as an invaluable resource to those working in facilities management, whether just starting out or as seasoned campaigners and practitioners. Information is presented in a clear and logical way, offering easy-to-find advice and best practice information that’s essential in guaranteeing the safe, efficient and cost-effective running of any facilities function. Many sections have been completely revised, such as the chapters on complying with health and safety and property law. Other information on workplace facilities has been brought completely up to date in line with legal compliance and strategic policies to create a reliable and accurate overview of the role of today’s facilities manager. This up-to-date and revised handbook will be a key guide for the changing times that are ahead.