Updated 8/14/2000

What's New?

SYNOPSIS

of the
Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook:
an Integrated Approach

To Be Published by
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Copyright Paul Smith and Associates 1996 - 2000
Boston, Massachusetts

Philosophy of This Book

 Table of Contents

 Writers'Guide

Supplement to the Writers' Guide

Contributor's Agreement

Permission to Copy Form

Questions For Reviewers

Steering Committee
and Contributors

The handbook will consist of three major Parts, which cover all the information for most types of facilities.
Part 1 will set the stage for the handbook.

• Chapter 1 (of Part 1) provides a general introduction to the principles and practices of facilities engineering and management. To accomplish this task the reader is introduced to the past and present practices of facilities engineering and management as well as the impact of these changes.

• Chapter 2 is management oriented. It shows the owner's requirements and how to translate these requirements into process and technical baseline requirements to which the facilit must be designed and maintained throughout the facility life cycle.

• Chapter 3 was written last because it will summarize the major information contained in the book. It divides the facility life cycle into processes that information can be grouped under for writing and organizing the book. These four topics are (a) planning and programming, (b) engineering and design,(c) construction and modification, and (d) ownership issues.
  

Part 2 will present and organize the information for architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation and controls systems. This Part will discuss the most fundamental and general facilities such as residential and commercial buildings, skyscrapers, hospitals, etc. Using a systems engineering approach, the major systems engineering topics for facilities will be presented including issues for (1) planning and programming processes (2) engineering and design processes (3) construction, modification, and renovation processes and (4) project management processes.

Part 3 will cover special buildings and facilities (which are more complex structures) such as health care processes, laboratories, and industrial & manufacturing facilities. Each Chapter in Part 3 is self-contained so a person in that particular industry can see all relevant issues in one Part.  Part 3 will also address interrelated complexes of buildings. Part 3 will deal with the infrastructure issues that occur with multiple building in a campus environment (for example, college, malls, military bases, airports, etc.) Rather than repeating topics, we will first present the common issues, followed by how each type of facility treats the issue differently (if applicable).