Effective Building Maintenance: Protection of Capital Assets

North Carolina engineer Stanford has moved through the spectrum of mechanical, electrical, structural, and investigative and forensic engineering during his career and semi-retirement. He sets out the requirements for designing, implementing, and managing programs and procedures for maintaining major building elements from the foundation to the roof, including interior and exterior support systems and site work elements. Deferring to voluminous information available elsewhere, he does not discuss custodial services, landscape services, or safety and health issues. He does cover facilities as assets, planned replacement or major renovation, preventative maintenance, special maintenance considerations, and designing for building maintainability. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)