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Building maintenance management / Barrie Chanter and Peter Swallow.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 317 p. : ill ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405135061 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405135069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.2/02 22
LOC classification:
  • TH3361 .C47 2007
Summary: This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners. With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK. Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.202 CH BU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0044242
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.202 CH BU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0032723

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners. With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK. Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms.

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