Get the big picture in facility management and engineering for greater safety, efficiency, and economy A complete desktop reference, Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook -- by Paul Smith, Anand Seth, Roger Wessel, David Stymiest, William Porter and Mark Neitlich -- gives you all the tools you need for analyzing, comparing, anticipating, and managing the implications of engineering, maintenance, operating, and design decisions, and integrating facility systems for best results. The Handbook's life-cycle approach helps you put all relevant issues in context -- cost, durability, maintainability, operability, safety, and more -- so you can: Make farsighted, well-integrated decisions Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, control instrumentation, and other needs in any type of building Handle today's concerns and technologies, such as smart buildings and telecommunications networks Visualize solutions with hundreds of illustrations Find information on all needed codes and standards governing facility design, installation, operation, and maintenance Evaluate loads on mechanical and other systems Use computer-aided systems Prepare a whole-facility economic analysis Apply useful guidance on complex specialized facilities, such as airports and industrial process plants—plus integrated complexes such as malls and government installations Plan for and integrate fire, safety, security, data, communications, lightning, controls, fuel, power, plumbing, and many other types of systems

Paul R. Smith is a principal with Peak Leadership Group in Boston, Massachusetts, and has more than 25 years of diverse experience focused on defining and improving business operations, including development of high performance cross-functional teams. He writes and presents workshops nationwide for the American Management Association (AMA), the Project Management Institute (PMI), The Northwestern University MBA Program, and Boston University (BU). He is a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Licensed Project Management Professional (PMP). Smith is also the author of Piping Systems and Their Supports (McGraw-Hill), and has presented more than 15 papers at national conferences, two of which were reprinted in international magazines. Mark W. Neitlich, the retired Owner, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Engineer of a chemical manufacturing company, has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration in Management from New York University. He has copy edited a wide range of scientific books and journals for the past five years. Mark W. Neitlich, the retired Owner, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Engineer of a chemical manufacturing company, has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration in Management from New York University. He has copy edited a wide range of scientific books and journals for the past five years William L. Porter is Professor of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning. He is Co-Director of the Space Planning and Organization Research Group (SPORG) at MIT. He has taught courses on programming and workplace design and conducted research with his students on the relationships between physical and informational settings for work. He has co-authored Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice, (John Wiley & Sons, 1999). Dr. Porter is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture degrees from Yale University and a Ph.D. from MIT. William L. Porter is Professor of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning. He is Co-Director of the Space Planning and Organization Research Group (SPORG) at MIT. He has taught courses on programming and workplace design and conducted research with his students on the relationships between physical and informational settings for work. He has co-authored Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice, (John Wiley & Sons, 1999). Dr. Porter is a Registered Architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture degrees from Yale University and a Ph.D. from MIT Anand K. Seth is the Director of Utilities and Engineering for Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (PHS) in Boston, Massachusetts. He has published numerous papers on HVAC, energy conservation, and other facilities issues. He also co-authored Laboratory Design Health and Safety Considerations, (John Wiley & Sons, 1993). Seth has taught extension courses at Franklin Institute of Boston and Cambridge College and regularly teaches extension courses at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers and a member of TC 9.8: Large Building Air Conditioning Systems and is chair of a special project committee SP91, in charge of writing a design manual for HVAC systems for hospitals and clinics. Seth is a Registered Professional Engineer in several states, a Certified Plant Engineer, and a Certified Energy Manager.Anand K. Seth is the Director of Utilities and Engineering for Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (PHS) in Boston, Massachusetts. He has published numerous papers on HVAC, energy conservation, and other facilities issues. He also co-authored Laboratory Design Health and Safety Considerations, (John Wiley & Sons, 1993). Seth has taught extension courses at Franklin Institute of Boston and Cambridge College and regularly teaches extension courses at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers and a member of TC 9.8: Large Building Air Conditioning Systems and is chair of a special project committee SP91, in charge of writing a design manual for HVAC systems for hospitals and clinics. Seth is a Registered Professional Engineer in several states, a Certified Plant Engineer, and a Certified Energy Manage David L. Stymiest, is Senior Electrical Engineer for the Partners HealthCare System, Inc., and has more than 27 years of intensive professional experience in all phases of electrical systems analysis, facilities engineering, and project electrical design, engineering, and construction for health care, institutional, industrial, commercial, civil works, transportation, alternative energy, and utility projects. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. Stymiest is both a Senior Member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and member of the Board of Advisors of Healthcare Circuit News. He has written and presented numerous papers on electrical engineering and facilities engineering and management topics. A paper he co-authored was published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine and two of his papers were published by the American Society for Health Care Engineering as Technical Documents in their Healthcare Facilities Management Series.David L. Stymiest, is Senior Electrical Engineer for the Partners HealthCare System, Inc., and has more than 27 years of intensive professional experience in all phases of electrical systems analysis, facilities engineering, and project electrical design, engineering, and construction for health care, institutional, industrial, commercial, civil works, transportation, alternative energy, and utility projects. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. Stymiest is both a Senior Member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and member of the Board of Advisors of Healthcare Circuit News. He has written and presented numerous papers on electrical engineering and facilities engineering and management topics. A paper he co-authored was published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine and two of his papers were published by the American Society for Health Care Engineering as Technical Documents in their Healthcare Facilities Management Serie Roger P. Wessel, is the Principal of RPW Technologies, Inc., consultants, involved largely with the engineering, management, and operations of commercial and industrial facilities. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with forty years of experience involving power plants and facilities design, engineering, construction, and operations. Formerly, as a Senior Program Manager at Raytheon Engineers and Constructors, Inc., he was responsible for various energy conservation, waste-to-energy, and thermal energy storage projects at several Raytheon facilities, as well as other industrial and commercial facilities. Wessel graduated from SUSNY Maritime College with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree and worked for twenty years on the design, engineering, and construction, and testing of nuclear submarines and their support and testing facilities at Groton, Connecticut, and at the Naval Reserve Test Facility in A