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Workplace Strategies And Facilities Management: Building In Value, Rick Best, Craig Langston, Gerard De Valence
Workplace Strategies And Facilities Management: Building In Value, Rick Best, Craig Langston, Gerard De Valence
Craig Langston
This book provides comprehensive coverage of issues that facility managers in the property industry need to understand and apply in the pursuit of value for money over the life span of built facilities. The authors introduce the fast-growing discipline of facility management, examine the core competencies that facility managers should possess and study different contemporary drivers of change. The book emphasises the need to consider facilities management issues at the pre-design stage of the construction process, rather than only when the building is completed, in order to maximise value for money.
Future Housing In The United States: Senior’S Housing Demand, Sandeep Singh
Future Housing In The United States: Senior’S Housing Demand, Sandeep Singh
Masters Theses
In the United States, persons born between 1942 and 1964 are within 10 to 15 years of traditional retirement age and are identified as baby boomers. The data shows that the number of persons aged 65 years and older have grown from 10 percent of the population in 1970 to nearly 13 percent in 1996. Furthermore, the population that is 65 years old or older is projected to be 20 percent of the population in 2030. As a result, the demographic change nurtures a demand for senior’s housing.
On the other hand, the concern is for the elderly living in …
Orville Elias Babcock (1835-1884), Janet Butler Munch
Orville Elias Babcock (1835-1884), Janet Butler Munch
Publications and Research
Orville Elias Babcock (1835-1884) was an army general, engineer, and a private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant..
Workplace Strategies And Facilities Management: Building In Value, Rick Best, Craig Langston, Gerard De Valence
Workplace Strategies And Facilities Management: Building In Value, Rick Best, Craig Langston, Gerard De Valence
Rick Best
This book provides comprehensive coverage of issues that facility managers in the property industry need to understand and apply in the pursuit of value for money over the life span of built facilities. The authors introduce the fast-growing discipline of facility management, examine the core competencies that facility managers should possess and study different contemporary drivers of change. The book emphasises the need to consider facilities management issues at the pre-design stage of the construction process, rather than only when the building is completed, in order to maximise value for money.