Facilities Management Handbook

The world of facilities management has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. From relatively humble beginnings, the role of facilities manager now encompasses a wide range of complex and challenging roles, often across entire estates. The Elsevier Facilities Management Handbook gives a complete overview of these roles. This highly practical book, now in its third edition, provides all the relevant legal compliance, strategic policies and best practice information needed to ensure the safe, efficient and cost-effective running of any facilities function. Complete with checklists and sources of further information, the Elsevier Handbook third edition offers easy-to-find practical advice plus a key chapter on the increasingly important subject of risk management and up-to-date information on business continuity planning. The wide range of subjects covered in the Facilities Management Handbook includes: health and safety law for facilities managers the law regarding employed, contract and casual workers property law for facilities managers financial management transport policies outsourcing business continuity IT and communications workplace facilities space planning access and security maintenance risk management This up-to-date, thorough and comprehensive handbook will be your guide for the changing times ahead.Booty, Frank is the author of 'Facilities Management Handbook', published 2006 under ISBN 9780750668422 and ISBN 0750668423.