Facilities management : an explantion (2nd ed)

Facilities management is the growth profession for all concerned with the management of premises and the assets within them.

It represents a field of activity beyond the design, procurement and furnishing of buildings into the skills of managing the use of a facility and how it evolves and develops in response to the changing demands of the occupier.

This is an introductory text to facilities management, with two chapters added, covering property portfolio management and practical case studies.

It also stresses the role of IT to make facilities management an immediate manager's tool.