Description
Building Maintenance is a core text on the technical aspects of maintenance for undergraduate degree students on built environment courses, particularly building surveying and facilities management. It addresses the 'who, what, where, when, how and why' of maintenance activities and shows that maintenance should be considered seriously at the design stage. Extensive case studies illustrate what can go wrong, how to put matters right and how to get it right first time, next time.
A professional approach is required to building maintenance. By encouraging maintenance managers to stand back and take a strategic view of building maintenance alongside their day-to-day tasks, this book will help practitioners and students to achieve that.
About the Author
Brian Wood is a senior lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. He previously worked in the public and private sectors as an architect and surveyor. He was a contributor to Quality in Traditional House Building, published by the Building Research Establishment, and is author of Building Care (Wiley-Blackwell).
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Reviews
"Brian Wood continues to push forward this long important but 'emerging' discipline and must take his share of the credit for the awareness now developing about the maintenance manager's role ... .I highly commend the work and intend to include it on the reading list for the Facilities Management degree students I feel privileged to assist in this vital career." (Building Engineer, February 2010)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405179676
Author Brian J.B. Wood
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 717g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 173mm * 18mm
