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Building Commissioning Handbook, Third Edition

It has been more than 40 years since the inception of building commissioning (Cx) as a discrete profession. This third edition of The Building Commissioning Handbook captures the many changes in the building market that are – and will continue to be – advancing and accelerating the role and value of commissioning. The design, construction, operation, and optimization of increasingly complex building systems and assemblies requires unique and expanding skill sets along with broad and deep knowledge of building science.

 

Produced by APPA and the Building Commissioning Association, this handbook provides a sequential, phase-based approach to the building commissioning process for all who have a stake in understanding, participating, and delivering properly functioning higher education and other commercial and institutional facilities.






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[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition

Filled with color charts, graphs, and case studies, the guidelines assist in creating staffing levels for your institution using APPA’s Levels of Maintenance, and exposing the reader to best management practices across a wide variety of campuses.  

Additionally, the book addresses a wide spectrum of issues facing the maintenance community today such as outsourcing, maintenance of buildings, customer service, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), sustainability, staff development, turnover of work (TOW), and managing a major interruption of basic services.  

This book also provides real-world management examples of the impact and importance of technological enhancements within the facilities profession. It explores the evolution and broader implications and opportunities of integrated platforms, and the utilization of data and mega-data in identifying pending concerns, and their use in driving decisions and procedures to address them.
Be sure to update your library with this new must-have publication!

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Maintenance of Buildings
Chapter 2: Levels of Maintenance and Benchmarking
Chapter 3: Maintenance FTE Determination with Applied Case Studies
Chapter 4: Zero-Based Staffing Build-Up
Chapter 5: Survey Data with Statistical Methodology for Maintenance FTE Estimation
Chapter 6: Staff Development, Hiring, and Training
Chapter 7: Staffing Considerations for Auxiliaries and K-12
Chapter 8: Contracting and Partnerships 
Chapter 9: Proactive Maintenance Implementation: From Fixing Problems to Optimizing Performance
Chapter 10: Reliability-Based Maintenance and Implementation
Chapter 11: Facilities Information Systems
Chapter 12: Customer Satisfaction and Public Relations
Chapter 13: Compliance and Safety
Chapter 14: Sustainability
Chapter 15: Turnover Work Group Practices
Chapter 16: Operations During a Crisis







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[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial

 

Fully revised and updated.  Recalculated times for 33 standard room categories; 21 chapters; 7 appendices, including an extensive glossary and room/time matrices.  Recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council - 1 point toward LEED for Existing Buildings, Operations & Maintenance.







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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial

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[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds

Fully updated with current and vital information on staffing, service levels, and technological advances, while emphasizing sustainabilty, and using real-world examples you can use at YOUR facility! Please see the APPA Guidelines/GroundsOpsStaff Package which includes a free copy of this publication!

 

 







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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds

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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition

Filled with color charts, graphs, and case studies, the guidelines assist in creating staffing levels for your institution using APPA’s Levels of Maintenance, and exposing the reader to best management practices across a wide variety of campuses.  

Additionally, the book addresses a wide spectrum of issues facing the maintenance community today such as outsourcing, maintenance of buildings, customer service, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), sustainability, staff development, turnover of work (TOW), and managing a major interruption of basic services.  

This book also provides real-world management examples of the impact and importance of technological enhancements within the facilities profession. It explores the evolution and broader implications and opportunities of integrated platforms, and the utilization of data and mega-data in identifying pending concerns, and their use in driving decisions and procedures to address them. Be sure to update your library with this new must-have publication!

The “flip-file” digital books allow you to easily navigate to the chapter or section you need, and the text is completely keyword searchable. The books can be read on your computer, tablet, or smartphone, and require an Internet connection.

Note: The digital books are only accessible by the purchaser, and are not not downloadable or printable. 

For the print version of this book, please click here.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Maintenance of Buildings
Chapter 2: Levels of Maintenance and Benchmarking
Chapter 3: Maintenance FTE Determination with Applied Case Studies
Chapter 4: Zero-Based Staffing Build-Up
Chapter 5: Survey Data with Statistical Methodology for Maintenance FTE Estimation
Chapter 6: Staff Development, Hiring, and Training
Chapter 7: Staffing Considerations for Auxiliaries and K-12
Chapter 8: Contracting and Partnerships 
Chapter 9: Proactive Maintenance Implementation: From Fixing Problems to Optimizing Performance
Chapter 10: Reliability-Based Maintenance and Implementation
Chapter 11: Facilities Information Systems
Chapter 12: Customer Satisfaction and Public Relations
Chapter 13: Compliance and Safety
Chapter 14: Sustainability
Chapter 15: Turnover Work Group Practices
Chapter 16: Operations During a Crisis
 







This item is also available as:

A software/book package

[Software] Maintenance Guidelines/MainOpsStaff Software Package

A printed book

[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition

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Thought Leaders Report 2022: From Thin Words to Thick Action: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Not so long ago, diversity and inclusion were not goals for most college and university campuses. For most of the history of higher education in the United States and Canada, colleges and universities focused on instructing white, cisgender, middle-and upper-class men in their late teens and early 20s. Exceptions existed, primarily in the form of women’s institutions and historically black colleges and universities, and roughly two-thirds of institutions were coeducational by 1935. However, it wasn’t until the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s that thinking began to shift toward diversity as a value.

What we understand now is that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are rooted in the deepest-held values of higher education: excellence, integrity, respect, responsibility, and community. Yes, DEI benefits the institution by increasing innovation, boosting productivity, and preparing students for a global economy. A classroom of students from diverse backgrounds with a variety of life experiences is an electric environment, snapping with energy and ideas. But DEI isn’t a priority because someone ran a cost-benefit analysis and diversity came out with a higher ROI. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion because it is the right thing to do.

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