A guide to help plant and facility managers conduct inspections and evaluate their facilities for safety, fire protection, and environmental compliance. Includes a self-evaluation checklist, instructions for how to develop a definitive and cost-effective action strategy, and more. Previous edition not cited. DLC: Buildings--Performance.

Facilities Evaluation Handbook: Safety, Fire Protection and Environmental Compliance (2nd Edition)

Engineering & Transportation

Thumann, Albert

Petrocelly, K. L.

Engineering

PRENTICE/HALL

Facilities Evaluation Handbook: Safety, Fire Protection and Environmental Compliance

Fairmont Pr

Simple and easy-to-use, this A-Z answerbook will prove a reference source for maintenance technicians and their supervisors in industry. The guide covers tools, materials and forms required; how to improve manual systems through computerization, the skills required of personnel; how to use reports generated from a database and more. A model of actual maintenance department reorganization and the computerization of its manual systems is also offered.

Maintenance Computerization Handbook

Written specifically to address the everyday on-the-job needs of stationary engineers, this practical reference covers all aspects of operation, maintenance, and safety for power plant facilities. A wealth of easy-to-follow guidelines are presented for optimizing the efficiency of boiler and combustion systems and improving overall plant operations, including a review of basic engineering concepts, and a variety of diagnostic tests and measurements. The text is loaded with practical tips such as how to boil out oil contamination, how to blow-down a water column, how to store a boiler--both short term and long term, how to insure optimum steam trap performance, how to avoid cavitation, how to degrease a fuel oil heater, how to perform a refrigerant leak test, how to evacuate a refrigeration system, and much more. Appendices contain tried and proven documentation on a variety of subjects covered in the text, as well as an excellent set of engineering table references. The extensive glossary covers terms commonly used in the stationary engineering field. A classic reference for power engineers.

Stationary Engineering Handbook

Science & Math

Technology

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Explains how to keep costs down and quality up when having a house built, by choosing a reliable builder, setting a budget, working with architects, inspectors, and subcontractors, and negotiating contracts

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Architecture

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Here is the first-ever "nitty-gritty" guide to help plant & facility managers conduct thorough inspections & evaluations of their facilities to pinpoint & solve problems in the areas of maintenance, safety, energy efficiency & environmental compliance. Also covered is how to develop a definitive & cost-effective action strategy. The book is geared to meet the needs of facility managers whose goal is to insure operational safety & environmental compliance while maximizing profitability.

Facilities evaluation handbook: Safety, fire protection, and environmental compliance

Distributed by Prentice-Hall

Maintenance computerization handbook

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Distributed by PTR Prentice-Hall

Virtually everything you will need to know to optimize operations in a physical plant is covered in this practical desk reference, complete with tables, illustrations and quick-reference checklists. All aspects of system set up and operating procedures are addressed, including equipment management, preventive maintenance, the work order system, safety and fire protection, emergency preparedness, service agreements, regulatory compliance, energy management and more. You'll find out how to select the best software to computerize your maintenance operations, as well as how to optimize boilers, chillers, auxiliary equipment, air handling systems, electric power systems and steam equipment. Other topics include equipment testing and troubleshooting, contingency planning, and energy conservation measures that can pay off in significant savings.

Managing physical plant operations

Fairmont Press

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Facilities Evaluation Handbook: Safety, Fire Protection and Environmental Compliance (2nd Edition)

Facilities Evaluation Handbook: Safety, Fire Protection and Environmental Compliance

Maintenance Computerization Handbook

Stationary Engineering Handbook

Build It Right: Supervising the Construction of Your Home

Build It Right: Supervising the Construction of Your Home

Before You Build: 100 Home-Building Pitfalls to Avoid

Facilities evaluation handbook: Safety, fire protection, and environmental compliance

Maintenance computerization handbook

Managing physical plant operations