Computer-Aided Facility Management
Published on 1. March 1991
Book
Hardback
181 pages
978-0-07-063405-3 (ISBN)
Description
Facilities management is a fast growing profession in the building industries, and computers are being put to ever greater use in this field. This book aims to advise facilities managers on choosing the right hardware and software, reducing leasing and maintenance costs and planning for future changes in such areas as network workstations, database standards and integrated CAFM. Overviews of typical applications programs for space planning, space forecasting, project management and lease management are also given.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
50 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 157 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-063405-3 (9780070634053)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Computer purchases and organizational policy; what to look for/system performance criteria; vendor evaluation criteria; selling management on CAFM; implementation plan; the use of facility service bureaus - why a sevice bureau, working with a CAFM service bureau, summary; management issues - why CADD/CAFM fails, making CADD/CAFM work, summary; applications - space planning, forecating, asset management, project management, maintenance planning and control systems, lease management; technical issues - operating system characteristics and shells, raster technology and imaging systems, storage technologies, CADD and PC LANS, characteristics of PCs, workstations, personal computer advantages, large system advantages; future trends in CAFM - the integrated CAFM database system, PC and workstation CAFM systems, database standards, data capture, summary.