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PRESALE! [PRINT] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, 4th Edition PRESALE! [PRINT] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, 4th Edition.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, Editor in Chief and Theodore J. Weidner

 

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Take Advantage of the APPA Custodial Guidelines Presale and save 20%!

 

Step to the front of the line and preorder your copy of APPA's revised and updated Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial book, assuring that your copy will ship out to you as soon as it is printed, and at the lowest price possible.

Member Price:  $89.00 NOW: $72.01
Non-Member Price:  $120.00  NOW: $96.00

Order now to get the discounted price, and the book will ship directly to you as soon as it is printed!

*Note that full 20% discount will be reflected at checkout due to the APPA 10% discount sale currently underway.

Filled with updated color charts, graphs, and case studies, this highly anticipated release of the updated and revised edition is now available for preorder.

Our popular guidelines assist in establishing comprehensive staffing levels and exposing the reader to best management practices across a wide variety of campuses.

Additionally, they address a wide spectrum of issues facing the custodial community today:

  • the custodian’s role in student success,
  • SOPs,
  • APPA's Levels of Cleanliness (fully updated and expanded),
  • contracting options,
  • specialty areas,
  • the mathematics of cleaning,
  • staffing levels and worksheets allowing you to customize for your institution,
  • onboarding,
  • and much more!

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital verisons of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

Clearly, APPA's Custodial Guidelines is a resource no facilities department should be without! 

Softcover, 396 pages, ISBN 978-0-913359-15-0, Item A788
$ 96.00 (Member Price: $ 72.01)

Date Published: 06/01/2023
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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, 4th Edition [Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial, 4th Edition.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, Editor in Chief and Theodore J. Weidner

 

Filled with updated color charts, graphs, and case studies, this highly anticipated release of the updated and revised edition is now available for preorder.

Our popular guidelines assist in establishing comprehensive staffing levels and exposing the reader to best management practices across a wide variety of campuses.

Additionally, they address a wide spectrum of issues facing the custodial community today:

  • the custodian’s role in student success,
  • SOPs,
  • APPA's Levels of Cleanliness (fully updated and expanded),
  • contracting options,
  • specialty areas,
  • the mathematics of cleaning,
  • staffing levels and worksheets allowing you to customize for your institution,
  • onboarding,
  • and much more!

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital versions of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

Clearly, APPA's Custodial Guidelines is a resource no facilities department should be without! 

E-Book, 396 pages, ISBN 978-0-913359-15-0, Item A788-E
$ 120.00 (Member Price: $ 89.00)

Date Published: 01/01/2023
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[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition [Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, Editor in Chief, and Theodore J. Weidner, Editor and Project Lead

 

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.

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital versions of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

Be sure to update your library with this new must-have publication!

Softcover, 356 pages, ISBN 978-0-913359-19-8, Item A787
$ 120.00 (Member Price: $ 89.00)

Date Published: 02/08/2022
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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition [Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Maintenance, Third Edition.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, Editor in Chief, and Theodore J. Weidner, Editor and Project Lead

 

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.

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital versions of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

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
 

E-Book, 356 pages, ISBN 978-0-913359-19-8, Item A787-E
$ 120.00 (Member Price: $ 89.00)

Date Published: 02/08/2022
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[Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds [Print] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, R. Marc Fournier and Brandon Rux

 

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! 

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital versions of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

 

Softcover, 319 pages, ISBN 978-0-913359-13-6, Item A785
$ 120.00 (Member Price: $ 89.00)

Date Published: 11/1/2020
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[Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds [Digital Format] Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds.
Author: J. Thomas Becker, R. Marc Fournier and Brandon Rux

 

Fully updated with current and vital information on staffing, service levels, and technological advances, while emphasizing sustainability, and using real-world examples you can use at YOUR facility! 

APPA’s popular book series, Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities is available in digital book format. 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.

As an added bonus, this publication includes access to digital versions of many of the charts and forms included in the book.  They will be accessible via the APPA website once logged in.

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.

E-Book, 319 pages, ISBN Number: 978-0-913359-13-6, Item A784-E
$ 120.00 (Member Price: $ 89.00)

Date Published: 08/03/2020
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