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Book SynopsisThis book offers all important industrial communication systems for buildings in one single book! It stimulates a basic understanding of network and bus systems for the automation of buildings. After an introduction to EIB/KNX, LON und BACnet technologies, the authors illustrate how these systems can be utilized for specific applications, like air conditioning or illumination. This book assumes only a basic knowledge of mathematics and thanks to its simple explanations and many examples is ideal for students and professional engineers who require practical solutions.Numerous practical examples explain basic concepts of industrial communication technology as well as the procedure for the transmission of digital data. All chapters have been thoroughly revised for the 2nd edition and the book includes the latest technical developments and standards.Table of Contentsto Building Automation.- The Basics of Industrial Communication Technology.- Konnex.- Building Automation with LonWorks®.- BACnet.

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Book SynopsisLoaded with helpful hints and easy-to-understand examples -- and now with 20 percent more content -- this book covers the type of mathematical problems that golf course superintendents face every day. You''ll learn how to handle budgeting estimates and figure how much fertilizer or pesticide you should buy. You''ll also find guidance on the ordering of topdressing, irrigation volume and coverage, area and volume calculations, and many other aspects of golf course operation that require a thorough understanding of basic mathematical principles. Whatever the management calculation may be, this book has the solution you need! Example problems and answers help you get the job done right.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Area Measurement Calculations 7 Chapter 3 Volume Calculations 29 Chapter 4 Fertilizer Calculations 45 Chapter 5 Pesticide Calculations 65 Chapter 6 Spreader and Sprayer Calibration 79 Chapter 7 Irrigation Calculations 107 Chapter 8 Seeding Rate Calculations 115 Chapter 9 Application of Small Amounts of Material to Greenhouse Pots and Small Field Plots 123 Appendix A Conversion Factors 129 Appendix B Answers to Problems 131 Index 159

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Book SynopsisThe optimal approach to design, build, operate, and maintain buildings With this strategic guide to building information modeling (BIM), you'll learn how to implement this new technology as part of a comprehensive systems approach to the design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and use of buildings. The authors, among the leading experts and pioneers in BIM, show you how BIM supports more streamlined, integrated, and efficient business processes throughout the life cycle of buildings, from their initial conception through their eventual retirement or reuse. The result is better quality buildings, lower construction and operating costs, shorter project turnaround times, and a higher quality of building information to support better business decisions. Moreover, they set forth a plan for incorporating BIM into every organization's existing workflows, enabling you to take full advantage of all the benefits that BIM offers. Everything you need to implemenTable of ContentsForeword xi Introduction xv Chapter 1 Building Industry Challenges and Opportunities 1 Global Trends in Supply and Demand 2 Benchmarking Construction Productivity 3 Construction Productivity Metrics 6 Benchmarking Building Performance 8 Converting Inefficiency and Waste into Profit 10 Benchmarking Waste 11 Identifying Business Opportunities 12 Emerging Business Strategies 15 Choosing the Right Tools, Deploying the Right Tool Suites 16 The BIM Value Proposition 19 Process Engineering 20 Thinking Like an Owner 22 Building Performance Metrics 23 New Metrics for Real Property Valuation 23 Chapter 2 BIM Implementation Strategies 27 Leaving the CAD Era Behind 28 A Systems Approach to BIM Implementation 29 Avoiding Ideological Pitfalls 30 Aligning a BIM Implementation Strategy with Technology Trends 32 Assessing Fundamental Risks 33 Fostering a Culture of Information Stewardship 33 Managing Culture Change 35 Using Technology to Build Trust and Mitigate Risk 36 Maintaining Data Exchange Capabilities 37 Assessing Team Capabilities 41 Managing Expectations 42 Measuring Progress toward Strategic Goals 44 Toward a New Business Paradigm 54 Chapter 3 Business Process Reform 57 Managing Innovation Risk 58 The Imperative of Change 59 Innovation Management Strategies 60 The “I” in BIM 62 Business Reform Strategies 63 Industry-wide Reform Efforts 64 Industry Standards and Innovation 66 The Industry Standards Landscape 68 Aligning Business Strategies with Industry Standards 70 Integrating Information Gathering into the Business Process 72 Leadership and Vision 75 Engaging Business Partners 77 Business Process Modeling 78 Business Process Modeling Case Study 82 Managing Change 83 Populating the Building Information Model 87 Chapter 4 BIM-Based Enterprise Workflow 89 BIM Implementation Fundamentals 90 Sidebar: Integrating Data Collection with Business Processes 94 Business Operations and BIM 98 Marketing/Business Development 99 Human Resources 101 Finance 102 Information Technology 104 Operations 105 Workflow Visualization 108 Chapter 5 The Building Life Cycle 111 Life Cycle Views of Building Information 111 The Feasibility, Planning, and Development View 115 The Design and Construction View 116 The Operations and Maintenance View 118 The Ownership and Asset Management View 123 Chapter 6 Building Information Exchange Challenges 129 Sidebar: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom 130 Information Management 131 Sidebar: Case Study: Information Management 134 Information Provenance 135 Information Maturity 137 Sidebar: The Wayback Machine: Archiving the Web 138 Information Content Decay 140 Information Electronic Degradation 140 Information Integrity and Continuity 141 Information Transparency, Accessibility, and Security 143 Information Flow 144 The Life Cycle of Information 146 Stakeholder Views 146 Interoperability 146 Chapter 7 Building Information Exchange Requirements 153 The Big Picture 154 Information Delivery Manuals 154 Defining “Best Case” Business Processes 159 agcXML: Organizing Transactional Information 161 SMARTcodes: Automating the Regulatory Process 162 The Construction Operations Building Information Exchange 163 Specifiers Property Information Exchange (SPIE) 166 Coordination View Information Exchange (CVIE) 168 Chapter 8 The Way Forward 171 Workflow: From Sequential to Parallel Processing 173 Business and Contractual Relationships 176 Evolving Roles and Responsibilities 177 Bibliography 179 Index 183

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Book SynopsisFacility management - as any profession encompassing multiple disciplines and integrating technology, people and physical space - is not only complicated but fraught with occasions to be exposed to various legal liabilities Successful facility managers need the ability to manage risk well.Table of ContentsAbout the Author xiii Acknowledgments xv Preface xvii PART I FUNDAMENTALS 1 Introduction 1 1 American Jurisprudence 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Definition 4 1.3 Functions 4 1.4 Sources of law 6 1.5 Chapter summary 13 1.6 Questions 13 References 14 2 Law in Operation 15 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 A brief background on US courts 17 2.3 Functions of the US legal system 19 2.4 Chapter summary 31 2.5 Questions 31 References 31 3 Legal Concepts 32 3.1 Introduction 32 3.2 Who are the players? 33 3.3 Statutes 36 3.4 Administrative laws 37 3.5 Executive orders 37 3.6 Common law 37 3.7 Appeals 38 3.8 Recording the common law 39 3.9 The United States Constitution 42 3.10 Legal research 43 3.11 Useful legal theory 44 3.12 Legislation 48 3.13 Procedural and substantive laws 49 3.14 Chapter summary 54 3.15 Questions 54 References 55 Summary of Part I 56 PART II FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND THE LAW 57 Introduction 57 4 Property Law I: Rights 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.2 What is property? 60 4.3 Property law 61 4.4 Personal property for Facility Managers 62 4.5 Property ownership 63 4.6 Rights to real property 66 4.7 Legal duties of the parties 68 4.8 Chapter summary 69 4.9 Questions 69 References 70 5 Property Law II: Responsibilities 71 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 Legal duty of care 72 5.3 Americans with Disabilities Act 74 5.4 Chapter summary 77 5.5 Questions 77 6 Environmental Law 79 6.1 Introduction 79 6.2 Historical perspective 80 6.3 Complications with environmental law 80 6.4 The role of regulators 81 6.5 Sources of environmental law 81 6.6 State laws 86 6.7 Common violations 87 6.8 Chapter summary 88 6.9 Questions 89 References 89 7 Tort Law 90 7.1 Introduction 90 7.2 What is a tort? 91 7.3 Defenses to torts 98 7.4 Premises liability 100 7.5 Damages 105 7.6 Chapter summary 106 7.7 Questions 106 References 107 8 Contract Law 108 8.1 Introduction 108 8.2 Defining contract law 109 8.3 Autonomy to contract 109 8.4 Built environment contracts 110 8.5 Contract elements 112 8.6 Statutes of fraud 114 8.7 Other legal issues in contract law 114 8.8 Contract interpretation 115 8.9 Contractual duty 118 8.10 Preserving the risk assignment 120 8.11 The property lease contract 120 8.12 Additional contract concepts 124 8.13 Chapter summary 125 8.14 Questions 125 References 126 9 Criminal Law 127 9.1 Introduction 127 9.2 Criminal procedure 128 9.3 Facility management and crime 134 9.4 Chapter summary 138 9.5 Questions 138 References 139 10 Employment Law 140 10.1 Introduction 140 10.2 Employment statutory law overview 141 10.3 Independent contractors 144 10.4 Labor law 147 10.5 Chapter summary 151 10.6 Questions 151 References 152 11 Emerging Legal Issues 153 11.1 Introduction 153 11.2 Environmental justice 154 11.3 The Construction Manager 155 11.4 Project delivery systems 157 11.5 Surety bonds 160 11.6 Design bid build 160 11.7 Design build 161 11.8 Construction Manager at risk 161 11.9 Construction Manager, agent 162 11.10 Integrated Project Delivery 162 11.11 Design services 163 11.12 Evidence laws and their impact on facility management 165 11.13 Chapter summary 169 11.14 Questions 169 References 169 Summary of Part II 170 PART III APPLICATION 171 Introduction 171 12 Responsibilities of the Facility Manager 173 12.1 Introduction 173 12.2 Professional services 173 12.3 Chapter summary 193 12.4 Questions 194 References 194 13 The Professional Facility Manager and the Law 195 13.1 Introduction 195 13.2 Health and safety management 197 13.3 Physical security issues 201 13.4 Vicarious liability 206 13.5 Premises liability litigation 215 13.6 Chapter summary 218 13.7 Questions 218 References 219 14 Risk Management 220 14.1 Introduction 220 14.2 Risk management 221 14.3 Conflict avoidance 225 14.4 Insurance 230 14.5 Chapter summary 237 14.6 Questions 238 References 238 Summary of Part III 239 Cases 240 Index 243

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Book SynopsisHurricane Andrew, the Mississippi River floods, a fire in the basement of a high-rise office buildingdisasters cost billions in lost business every year. This book helps companies create and implement disaster contingency plans in event of a business interruption. It shows what to do before, during and after the emergency.Table of ContentsThe Facility Professional. Why a Disaster Planning and Recovery Strategy? Problems and Performance. Prescriptives. Risk Management. Managing Risks: Reducing the Probability of Problems, Impacts, andConsequences. The Vulnerability Search, Vulnerability Analysis, and VulnerabilityRectification. Contingency Management. "...But the Process is Tedious." Communication. Myths and Some Precarious Perceptions. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisEffective Maintenance The Key to Profitability Paul D. TomlingsonPlant maintenance represents a high percentage of operating costsin many industries--and as global competition increases, so doesthe need for reduced downtime and cost-effective maintenance.Effective Maintenance is geared toward helping managers develop,measure, and enhance the maintenance organization. Every aspect ofthis multi-faceted topic is explored and explained--with anemphasis on practical, use-it-today advice. This comprehensive,results-oriented resource will help you to: * Establish what maintenance should be doing in your plantenvironment * Determine whether maintenance is organized correctly * Find out whether maintenance is performing effectively * Implement an improvement program, if needed * Ensure continuous improvement and effective performance Invaluable coverage includes team organization, predictive andpreventive techniques, planning, scheduling, and effective workcontrol. This Table of ContentsHOW SHOULD MAINTENANCE ORGANIZE, DEFINE, AND EXECUTE ITS PROGRAM TOBEST SUPPORT YOUR OPERATIONS? Maintenance Organization. Maintenance Program. Preventive Maintenance. Planning, Scheduling, and Work Execution. Labor Control. Information. Maintenance Engineering. Non-maintenance Work. Shop Operation and Services. Material Control. Training. WHAT SHOULD YOU EXAMINE TO ESTABLISH THAT: THE PLANT ENVIRONMENT ISCONDUCTIVE TO THE SUCCESS OF MAINTENANCE/ MAINTENANCE IS ORGANIZED TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO ITSOBJECTIVES WHILE MAKING THE BEST USE OF ITS PERSONNEL?/THEMAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS WELL-DEFINED AND UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE WHOCARRY IT OUT, USE ITS SERVICE (OPERATIONS), OR SUPPORT IT (STAFFDEPARTMENTS)?/ MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE IS ASSESSED AND STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TOACHIEVE IMPROVEMENT? Environment: Encourages Success. Organization: Responsive and Efficient. Program: Understood and Supported. Performance: Assessed and Improved. WHAT EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY WILL ENSURE SUCCESSFULMAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE? Evaluation and Improvement Strategy. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisProven set of best practices for security risk assessment and management, explained in plain English This guidebook sets forth a systematic, proven set of best practices for security risk assessment and management of buildings and their supporting infrastructures.Trade Review"Used by government and private corporations, it sets forth a systematic, proven set of best practices for security risk assessment and management of both buildings and their supporting infrastructure." (ENR.com; 11/7/07)Table of ContentsFigures xv Tables xix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv Part I 1 1 Security Risk Assessment and Management Process 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Security Risk Equation 6 1.3 Security Risk Assessment and Management Process 8 1.3.1 Facility Characterization 9 1.3.2 Threat Analysis 10 1.3.3 Consequence Analysis 11 1.3.4 System Effectiveness Assessment 13 1.3.5 Risk Estimation 16 1.3.6 Comparison of Estimated Risk Levels 17 1.3.7 Risk Reduction Strategies 17 1.4 Presentation to Management 18 1.5 Risk Management Decisions 18 1.6 Information Protection 19 1.7 Process Summary 19 1.8 References 20 1.9 Exercises 21 2 Screening Analysis 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Screening Analysis Methods 23 2.3 Summary 30 2.4 References 30 2.5 Exercises 30 3 Facility Characterization 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Undesired Events 32 3.3 Facility Description 33 3.3.1 Physical Details 33 3.3.2 Cyber-Information System 34 3.3.3 Facility Operations 34 3.3.4 Security Protection Systems 35 3.3.5 Workforce Description 38 3.3.6 Restrictions, Requirements, Limitations 39 3.4 Critical Assets 40 3.4.1 Generic Fault Tree 40 3.4.2 Identifying Critical Assets 42 3.5 Protection Objectives 44 3.6 Summary 45 3.7 References 46 3.8 Exercises 46 4 Threat Analysis 49 4.1 Introduction 49 4.2 Sources of Threat Information 50 4.2.1 Local and State Sources 51 4.2.2 National Sources 52 4.3 Adversary Spectrum 53 4.4 Adversary Capability 56 4.5 Threat Potential for Attack 58 4.5.1 Outsider Threat 62 4.5.2 Insider Threat 69 4.6 Summary 71 4.7 References 71 4.8 Exercises 72 5 Consequence Analysis 75 5.1 Introduction 75 5.2 Reference Table of Consequences 75 5.3 Consequence Values for Undesired Events 77 5.4 Summary 81 5.5 References 81 5.6 Exercises 81 6 Asset Prioritization 83 6.1 Introduction 83 6.2 Prioritization Matrix 84 6.3 Summary 85 6.4 References 85 6.5 Exercises 86 7 System Effectiveness 87 7.1 Introduction 87 7.2 Protection System Effectiveness 88 7.2.1 Adversary Strategies 88 7.2.2 Physical Protection System Effectiveness 90 7.2.3 Cyber-Protection System Effectiveness 106 7.3 Summary 116 7.4 References 117 7.5 Exercises 118 8 Estimating Security Risk 121 8.1 Introduction 121 8.2 Estimating Security Risk 121 8.2.1 Conditional Risk 122 8.2.2 Relative Risk 122 8.3 Summary 125 8.4 References 125 8.5 Exercises 125 9 Risk Reduction Strategies 127 9.1 Introduction 127 9.2 Strategies for Reducing Likelihood of Attack 127 9.3 Strategies for Increasing Protection System Effectiveness 129 9.3.1 Physical Protection System Upgrades 129 9.3.2 Cyber-Protection System Upgrades 129 9.3.3 Protection System Upgrade Package(s) 129 9.4 Strategies for Mitigating Consequences 132 9.4.1 Construction Hardening 133 9.4.2 Redundancy 141 9.4.3 Optimized Recovery Strategies 143 9.4.4 Emergency Planning 145 9.5 Combinations of Reduction Strategies 148 9.6 Summary 149 9.7 References 150 9.8 Exercises 151 10 Evaluating Impacts 153 10.1 Risk Level 153 10.2 Costs 157 10.3 Operations/Schedules 159 10.4 Public Opinion 160 10.5 Other Site-Specific Concerns 160 10.6 Review Threat Analysis 161 10.7 Summary 162 10.8 References 162 10.9 Exercises 163 11 Risk Management Decisions 165 11.1 Introduction 165 11.2 Risk Assessment Results 166 11.2.1 Executive Summary 167 11.2.2 Introduction 167 11.2.3 Threat Analysis 168 11.2.4 Consequence Analysis 168 11.2.5 System Effectiveness Assessment 169 11.2.6 Risk Estimation 169 11.2.7 Risk Reduction Strategies and Packages 170 11.2.8 Impact Analysis 170 11.2.9 Supporting Documentation 171 11.2.10 Report Overview 171 11.3 Risk Management Decisions 171 11.4 Establish Design Threat 173 11.5 Summary 174 11.6 References 174 11.7 Exercises 174 12 Summary 175 12.1 Facility Characterization 177 12.2 Threat Analysis 178 12.3 Consequence Analysis 180 12.4 System Effectiveness Assessment 180 12.5 Risk Estimation 182 12.6 Comparison of Estimated Risk Level to Threshold 183 12.7 Risk Reduction Strategies 183 12.8 Analysis of Impacts Imposed by Risk Reduction Upgrade Packages 184 12.9 Presentation to Management 185 12.10 Risk Management Decisions 185 Part II 187 13 Demonstration of the Security Risk Assessment and Management Process 189 13.1 Introduction 189 13.2 Security Risk Assessment and Management Process 190 13.3 Screening Analysis 192 13.4 Facility Characterization 195 13.5 Operations 196 13.6 General Description 198 13.7 Threat 214 13.8 Consequences 228 13.9 Prioritization Analysis 238 13.10 Protection System Effectiveness 243 13.10.1 Physical Protection System Effectiveness 245 13.10.2 Analysis of Blast Effects 264 13.11 Estimation of Risk 269 13.11.1 Risk Summary 269 13.12 Risk Reduction Strategies 272 13.12.1 Physical Protection System Upgrades 273 13.12.2 Result of Physical Protection System Upgrades 276 13.12.3 Cyber-Protection System Upgrades 280 13.12.4 Results of Cyber-Protection System Upgrades 281 13.12.5 Consequence Mitigation Upgrades 281 13.12.6 Summary 284 13.13 Impact Analysis 285 13.13.1 Impacts of Upgrade Package 285 13.13.2 Impacts of Consequence Mitigation Package 288 13.14 Presentation to Management 288 13.14.1 Threat Description 289 13.14.2 Security Risk Estimates for the Baseline System 289 13.14.3 Risk Reduction Packages 290 13.14.4 Impact Analysis for Risk Reduction Package 294 13.15 Risk Management Decisions 295 Appendix A: Generic Fault Tree for Buildings 297 Appendix B: Adversary Sequence Diagrams 303 Appendix C: Physical System Effectiveness Worksheets 309 Appendix D: Insider Threat 329 Acronyms 345 Glossary 347 Index 353

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Book SynopsisBuilding maintenance now accounts for over half the construction industry''s output. Therefore, there has been growing recognition of the role of the building maintenance manager. Since it was first written by Reg Lee, this book has played a significant part in developing the framework of the subject, covering in a systematic and comprehensive way a wide range of issues from the legal to the technical and financial. The Fourth Edition, the first in 14 years, has been substantially revised by Paul Wordsworth of Liverpool John Moores University. It provides an overview of new developments, changes in legislation and information technology, a more scientific approach to the section on defect diagnosis, and a new chapter on the increasingly important subjects of conservation and the environment. The book provides a core text for undergraduates of building surveying and students of facilities management.Table of ContentsMaintenance system; Maintenance standards; Statutory control; Maintenance planning; Cost control; Information management; The maintenance organisation; Maintenance procurement; Service delivery; Repair diagnosis; Conservation and the environment; Standard maintenance descriptions; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe analysis of the four historic sites featured in this publication - Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site in Canada, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the United States, Port Arthur Historic Site in Australia, and Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom - provides valuable insight into the creation and management of heritage values. Each case study articulates how values are identified and assessed by the governing bodies; where (and with whom) the values reside; how the values are implemented into management policies and objectives; and the impact that these decisions have on the sites themselves. This book will be a vital tool for institutions and individuals engaged in the study or practice of site management, conservation planning, and/or historic preservation. Also included is a CD-ROM that contains supplemental management and planning documents created and used by the site-management authorities.

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book presents a comprehensive understanding of the new technologies impacting the digital era of built asset and facility management. Informative and accessible, it illustrates how the concepts, principles, strategies and applications of digital built asset management can be improved and implemented in real-life practice.

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Book SynopsisReal estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity. International Real Estate provides the understanding of real estate strategies and transactions that cross national boundaries. International organizations lament the narrow perspective of professionals in the real estate field, which stems from training that takes a parochial rather than international view of the practices and processes of real estate markets. This book takes an explicitly international perspective to the decision-making process leading to final ''accept'' or ''reject'' investment decisions. It will be the first to adopt an institutional approach that directly addresses the problems of how to identify and avoid the main pitfalls of cross-border investment in real estate. The key to understanding international real estate comes from understanding the impact on investment and management decisionTrade Review'an important and very valuable contribution to the understanding of the pitfalls and the functioning of foreign real estate markets. International Real Estate - An Institutional Approach is truly inspiring. It is written in a clear and understandable manner and can, without doubt, serve most participants of international real estate markets as a guide or 'handbook' for carrying out or advising on real estate investments in foreign market environments. Recommended to investors, corporate real estate and funds managers or project developers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students. ' Building Research & Information 2005 33(3) This book is a wonderful contribution to greater knowledge and I look forward to making much use of it. It may hold the promise of fewer acts of self-destruction in our industry but it is also a fascinating insight into the disconnection between rational analysis and action.’ Jeremy Newsum, Group Chief Executive, Grosvenor Group HoldingsTable of ContentsContributors ix Foreword by Jeremy Newsum, Grosvenor Group Holdings xi Preface xiii Part 1 Analysis of Real Estate Transactions in Unfamiliar Markets, Using an Institutional Approach 1 1 Real Estate Transactions: an Institutional Perspective 3 William Seabrooke and Hebe Hwee Hong How The international real estate phenomenon 3 Real estate transactions and transacting 4 Transaction cost concepts 14 A transaction-based approach lends itself to institutional analysis 28 2 Resolving Institutional Uncertainty in International Real Estate Decisions 35 William Seabrooke and Paul Kent The institutional nature of transactions 35 Real estate transactions 37 A scoping template for 'mapping' the institutional 'landscape' within which a real estate transaction takes shape 55 Conclusion 70 3 An Institutional Analysis of the Subject Matter of Real Estate Transactions 73 Paul Kent Property rights in institutional analysis 73 Institutional determinants of title to real estate in Hong Kong 76 Institutional determinants of property rights in real estate in the PRC 81 Conclusion 88 Part 2 Evolution of the Institutional Context of International Real Estate 93 4 Local Property Markets and Effective Flexible Market Institutions 96 Michael A. Goldberg The issues 96 Global forces introduced: an overview 97 Indications of global integration in urban property markets 100 Local, regional and national forces impinging on global cities 102 Globalisation of world city property markets: observations and caveats on volatility 105 Vancouver: an emerging world city facing prototypical issues in the global economy 107 Vancouver’s globalised property market: the cycle of the late 1980s 111 Policy issues and fl exible institutional responses for global cities when they are both determinants and outcomes of globalisation 113 Public attitudes to cope with change 115 Possible national government roles in urban policy in a global setting 119 Growing vulnerability of cities in the connected global environment 122 Conclusions 122 5 Facilitation and Constraint: Institutions of Urban Planning in Hong Kong 130 Bo Sin Tang, Sujeet Sharma, Stanley Chi Wai Yeung Urban planning and development control 133 Planning, politics and economy 144 Conclusions 148 6 Emerging Institutions in Europe 155 Derek C. Nicholls Historical context 155 Single market 157 Single continent? 160 Implications for real estate markets 168 7 Institutional Aspects of Real Estate Investment and Project Appraisal 173 Eddie Chi Man Hui and Yat Hung Chiang Institutional aspects 173 Institutional features of project appraisal 186 Role of international funding agencies: the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank 190 Conclusion 193 Part 3 Institutional Aspects of National Real Estate Markets 197 8 US Pension Funds and Real Estate: Still Crazy After All These Years 200 Bernard Winograd In the beginning… 201 The end of innocence 204 The cavalry arrives 205 The pension funds react 211 Where do we go from here? 215 9 Real Estate Markets in the United States 220 Mark J. Eppli and Charles C. Tu The interrelation between the space and capital markets 223 Space markets in the United States 227 Capital markets in the United States 235 The space market/capital market disconnection 245 Summary 259 10 Real Estate Markets in the United Kingdom 262 Andrew Baum UK real estate: the asset class 262 The sectors: principal characteristics 266 The vehicles available for property investment 269 Commercial property owners 282 Property fund managers and advisers 284 The role of government 288 Conclusion 290 11 Real Estate Markets in Canada 293 C. Tsuriel Somerville Government institutions and real estate 295 Property rights 299 Land-use regulation 302 Canadian real estate markets 306 Conclusion 321 12 Real Estate Markets in Japan 325 Yu Ichiro Kawaguchi The Japanese rental market 326 The market for ownership of real estate assets 329 Capital markets 336 Conclusion 339 13 Real Estate Markets in Mainland China 342 Chang Chun Feng and Stanley Chi Wai Yeung Market structure 342 The reform of urban land-use policy 343 Reform of the urban housing system 347 Relationship between real estate industry and national economic development 352 Long-term development of the real estate market in China 356 Acknowledgement 361 References and further reading 361 Index 363

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Book SynopsisThis guide shows how to implement a sustainability strategy in properties across different sectors including offices, retail and manufacturing. It explains the facilities manager's role in incorporating sustainability into the whole life-cycle of a building - from initial briefing to final disposal.Trade Review'Gives detailed practical guidance and information which can be implemented to integrate sustainability into the day-to-day activities of those who manage buildings.' June issue Croner's Voluntary Organisation Management 'In addition to case studies many other things are done to make this a practical source for the reader; there are photographs, diagrams and models, questionnaires, tables, graphs and a very helpful list of other sources to follow up many issues in more detail depending on your interests.' Building Engineer 'As sustainable practice becomes, of necessity, the norm in all aspects of society, facilities managers will find this book a useful point of reference in their daily work. Those new to the field will be hard-pressed to come across a better overview of the subject. For students of facilities management and related subjects this book represents an important introduction to and treatment of the topic and one that should remain useful throughout their professional careers.' Professor LovedayTable of ContentsCase Studies. Company Profiles. Preface. Introduction. 1. Sustainable development and facilities management. 2. Sustainable Business Management. 3. Facilities Lifecycle. 4. Operation of the Facility. Further reading. Websites. Appendix 1: Sources and documents relevant to environmental management for facilities managers. Appendix 2: Initiatives/bodies relevant to sustainable design, construction and property. Index

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Book Synopsis* Presents a fresh light on facilities management by considering front-of-house aspects. * Treats workplace productivity and customer service as its central theme. * Brings together a number of relevant themes from the design of the workplace to customer service and stakeholder management.Table of ContentsPreface xi Contributors xiii 1 Facilities Change Management in Context 1 Edward Finch Chapter Overview 1 1.1 Forces of Change Affecting the Built Environment 1 1.2 Inertia and Change 2 1.3 Understanding the S-curve 3 1.4 The Context of Change 5 1.4.1 State Versus Direction 6 1.5 Facilities Management and the Business of Change 8 1.6 The Scope of Facilities Change Management 9 1.7 Replacing Like with Unlike 11 1.8 The Intelligent Client 11 1.9 The Change Management Cycle 12 1.9.1 Recognise 13 1.9.2 Evaluate 14 1.9.3 Adjust 14 1.9.4 Carry Out 15 1.9.5 Track 15 1.9.6 Treasure 15 1.10 Summary 16 2 Change Readiness 17 Edward Finch Chapter Overview 17 2.1 Service Providers and Partnering 18 2.2 Outsourcing Relationships 18 2.3 The FM Supply Chain 20 2.4 Flexibility in Support of Change Readiness 21 2.5 Building Design Decisions and Flexibility 22 2.6 Types of Flexibility 23 2.7 Conclusions 24 3 Form, Function and the Economics of Change 26 James Pinder, Simon Austin, Rob Schmidt III, and Alistair Gibb Chapter Overview 26 3.1 Introduction 26 3.2 Changing Demands 27 3.3 Designing for Adaptability 31 3.4 Adaptive Re-use 35 3.5 Conclusions 38 3.6 Acknowledgements 38 References 39 4 The Change Management Challenge in Growth Firms 42 Paul Dettwiler Chapter Overview 42 4.1 Introduction 43 4.2 The Dynamic Relation of Facilities Management Variables and Growth Firms 44 4.3 The External Factors Relevant to FM 47 4.4 External Factors Relevant to FM Requirements 50 4.5 Discerning the Relevance of Needs 51 4.6 Summary 55 5 The Business of Space 57 Danny Shiem Shin Then Chapter Overview 57 5.1 Introduction 58 5.1.1 Space as a Business Resource 58 5.1.2 Technology and Its Impact on the Corporate Workplace 59 5.2 Context of Space Planning and Management 59 5.2.1 Business Management and Economic Drivers 59 5.2.2 Business Planning and Space Planning 60 5.3 Strategic Space Planning --- The Accommodation Strategy 61 5.4 Assessing Demand --- Organisational Needs 63 5.5 Assessing Supply -- Premises Audit 65 5.6 Reconciling Demand and Supply -- Facilities Solutions 67 5.7 Maintaining Strategic Relevance 69 5.8 The Need for Dialogue 70 5.9 Managing Occupancy Cost --- Monitoring Utilisation 70 5.10 Managing Space Demand Over Time 72 5.10.1 Future Role of Work and Workplace Design 72 5.10.2 Implications on Workplace Management 73 5.11 Acknowledgements 74 6 Project Inception: Facilities Change Management in Practice 76 Jim Smith and Peter Love Chapter Overview 76 6.1 Introduction 76 6.2 Project Inception 78 6.3 Definition of Project Inception 79 6.4 The Decision to Build 81 6.5 Framework for the Decision to Build 82 6.6 Gaps/Discontinuity in the Process 82 6.7 Model of the Project Inception Process 83 6.8 Performance Briefing 84 6.9 Example Performance Brief 86 6.10 Summary 86 7 Pre-design Evaluation as a Strategic Tool for Facility Managers 92 Sheila Walbe Ornstein and Claudia Andrade Chapter Overview 92 7.1 Introduction 92 7.2 The Pre-design Evaluation Stage 93 7.3 Pre-design Evaluation: Methods and Techniques 96 7.3.1 Facility Audit (Performance Evaluation of the Building Infrastructure) 97 7.3.2 Space Audit (Performance Evaluation of the Physical Occupation) 97 7.3.3 Survey and Analysis of the Legislative Restrictions 98 7.3.4 Financial Feasibility Studies 98 7.3.5 User Satisfaction Evaluation 98 7.3.6 Data Gathering for the Project Briefing 99 7.3.7 Design Team Briefing (Focus on the Definition of the Design Team) 100 7.3.8 PDE final report 101 7.4 Case Study Example 102 7.5 Conclusions 105 8 Implementing Change 108 Melanie Bull and Tim Brown Chapter Overview 108 8.1 Participation in the Move 108 8.2 The Project Team and Preparing the Stage 109 8.3 Alternative Workplace Strategies and Space Utilisation 111 8.4 Communication 112 8.5 Change Management Theory 112 8.6 Communication in Change Management 113 8.7 Communication Methods/Mediums 114 8.8 Case Study 115 8.9 Communication Methods Used 115 8.10 Feedback 116 8.11 Satisfaction with Method Used 117 8.11.1 Communicating Impact and Reason for Change 117 8.11.2 Suggested Methods for Improving Communication 118 8.12 Satisfaction 118 8.13 Communication of Change Not Appropriate or Effective 118 8.13.1 Case Study: Conclusion and Recommendations 119 8.14 Recommendations 120 9 User Empowerment in Workspace Change 123 Jacqueline C. Vischer Chapter Overview 123 9.1 The ‘Science’ of User Participation 123 9.2 Facilities Managers and User Participation 124 9.3 The New Workspace Opportunity 125 9.4 Principles of Workspace Transformation 128 9.4.1 Transformation as Imperative 129 9.4.2 Play Out the Process 130 9.4.3 Embrace Conflict 131 9.4.4 Avoid the Default 132 9.4.5 Not a Zero-sum Game 133 9.4.6 Empowerment is Key 133 9.4.7 Change is Positive 134 9.5 Results of Empowering Building Users 135 10 Post-occupancy Evaluation of Facilities Change 137 Theo J.M. van der Voordt, Iris de Been and Maartje Maarleveld Chapter Overview 137 10.1 Introduction 138 10.2 Aims and Objectives of Poe 138 10.2.1 Testing Aims and Expectations 138 10.2.2 Exploration and Testing of Theory 139 10.2.3 Improving Understanding of Decision-making Processes 139 10.2.4 Database of Reference Projects 140 10.2.5 Input to Existing or New Decision-making Processes 140 10.2.6 Tools, Design Guidelines and Policy Recommendations 140 10.3 Data-collection Methods 140 10.3.1 WODI Light 143 10.3.2 WODI Light Performance Indicators: Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction 143 10.3.3 Workplace Game 144 10.3.4 Space Utilisation Monitor (SUM) 146 10.4 Application in Practice: A Case Study 146 10.4.1 Context and Aims of the Case Study 146 10.4.2 Data Collection 147 10.4.3 Moving in 148 10.4.4 Post-occupancy Evaluation 149 10.4.5 Lessons Learned 151 10.5 Concluding Remarks 151 11 Change and Attachment to Place 155 Goksenin Inalhan and Edward Finch Chapter Overview 155 11.1 The Age of Everything 155 11.2 Loss and Grief 156 11.3 Is Place Attachment Healthy? 158 11.4 Dimensions of Place Attachment 160 11.5 The Process of Place Attachment 161 11.6 Evidence of Place Attachment and Territoriality in the Workplace 165 11.6.1 Employees’ Predisposition to Change 167 11.6.2 Attitudes Towards Existing Workspaces 167 11.6.3 Retrospective Views of the Change 167 11.7 Findings 169 11.8 Implications 170 12 Change Management and Cultural Heritage 175 Ana Pereira Roders and John Hudson Chapter Overview 175 12.1 Introduction 175 12.2 Cultural Heritage 176 12.2.1 Cultural Significance 178 12.3 Cultural Heritage Management 181 12.3.1 Cultural Heritage Assessments 182 12.3.2 Cultural Heritage Impact Assessments 185 12.4 Change Management and Cultural Heritage 187 References 187 Index 191

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Book SynopsisFrom Training to Performance in the 21st Century is a seriessponsored by the National Society for Performance and Instruction(NSPI) which provides valuable how-to resources to help trainers,human resource professionals, and human performance technologistsimprove performance in the workplace. This book is part of thefirst three-volume set, Designing the Work Environment for OptimumPerformance, which shows how to fix the workplace, not the worker. The set provides hands-on tools to help create work environmentsthat support human performance. Draws on numerous scientific studies and the author's professionalexperience in assessing real-life ergonomic problems in diverseworkplaces nationwide to provide a systematic approach includingreproducible checklists and worksheets--for performing ergonomicassessments to identify and correct health hazards at work. He presents a variety of practical, cost-effective solutions fromadjusting chairs, lowering computer keyboards, taking frequentmicrobreaks, and finding new ways of performing repetitivetasks--for preventing work-related health problems.Trade Review"Occupational health and safety practitioners no longer need to be apprehensive about ergonomic issues in the workplace. Lee Ostrom's straightforward methods can readily enable all of us to solve many problems as well as identify those requiring outside help." --Ron Williams, CIH, CSP, NPC ServicesTable of ContentsPart One: How the Physical Work Environment AffectsPerformance 1. What Are the Benefits of Ergonomic Workplace Design? Part Two: Techniques for Creating the Ergonomically-SoundWorkplace 2. Assessing Workplace Ergonomics 3. Posture: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Body Alignment 4. Work Activities: Eliminating the Risk of Injury 5. Environment: Ensuring Proper Lighting and Visibility 6. Making Follow-Up Adjustments Part Three: Techniques in Action 7. Restoring Lost Productivity: The Case Study of the SpringfieldLoan Office Part Four: Resources A.Accident Statistics Review Sheet B.Interview WorksheetsC.Worksheet for Organizing the Ergonomic Assessment D.Assessmentand Evaluation Worksheets E.Furniture and Equipment SelectionWorksheets F.Glossary

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Book SynopsisPrivate property's form is crucial to contemporary debates in land use and environmental policy and management. For some, restrictions on private property are so severe as to threaten the very freedoms property is designed to protect. For others, the realities of life in the 21st century require property's reshaping. The re-emergence of private property as an issue of social conflict within US policy and politics is explored in this comprehensive volume. Private property is central to American character, culture and democracy. The founding fathers understood it as key to the liberties America was designed to foster. However, over the last 200 years what one owns has evolved; ownership is different now than for an owner 200, 100, even 50 years ago. Harvey Jacobs has brought together an interdisciplinary, politically divergent group of contributors to speculate on private property's future.The ownership and control of privately owned lands is critical for many fields. Scholars, students, and professionals of urban and regional planning, geography, law, natural resources, environment, real estate, and landscape architecture will all find this volume of great interest.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction: Is all that is Solid Melting into Air? Part I: Philosophical, Legal and Economic Perspectives on Property Rights 2. Property Rights: Locke, Kant, Pierce and the Logic of Volitional Pragmatism 3. Charting the Constitutional Course of Private Property: Learning from the 20th Century 4. Why are Judges so Wary of Regulatory Takings? 5. Propriety Through Commodity? Why Have Legal Environmentalists Embraced Market-based Solutions? Part II: New Realizations of Property in the 21st Century? 6. Local Government as Private Property: Towards the Post-Modern Municipality 7. Property Without Community: The (Frequent) Consequence of Tax Exemptions for Non-profit Institutions 8. Property Rights in the 21st Century: Righting Past Wrongs Part III: Private Property in the 21st Century 9. The Future of an American Ideal Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book poses interesting theoretical and methodological questions for the processes of spatial design and the treatment of workspaces in organizational settings of various kinds. The contributors expertly answer the need for practical field research on spatial settings and materiality in organizations of various sorts.Organizational Spaces explores a wide range of interfaces between built spaces and organizational actors, including the ways the former can potentially affect and shape the behaviours and acts of employees at all levels, as well as clients, other visitors and onlookers. Using innovative interpretive methods, the book provides detailed empirical and theoretical analyses of field research that focus on the meanings that organizational spaces can communicate to multiple audiences.Scholars and graduate students in the areas of organizational culture, cultural change and intervention in organizations, international business, design sciences, as well as in organizational studies more broadly, should not be without this important and highly original resource.Trade Review‘Space and spatiality have been “present absentees” of organization studies for decades. Since the early days they figured prominently in studies of organizations yet important conceptualization of their nature and import has not been begun since recently. Improved understanding of contemporary management and organization cannot circumvent a more profound questioning of space and spatiality. An important stepping-stone in that work is to do away with the assumption of separation between a space “out there” and actors’ experience “in here”. The papers in this volume represent such a break by showing us how space may become not just embedded, but also embodied in a range of different settings. The volume thus contributes importantly towards a badly needed yet historically neglected area of organization and management.’ -- Tor Hernes, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Spatial Turn in Organizational Studies Alfons van Marrewijk and Dvora Yanow PART I: SEEING ORGANIZATIONAL SPACES 1. ‘All Together, Altogether Better’: The Ideal of ‘Community’ in the Spatial Reorganization of the Workplace Karen Dale and Gibson Burrell 2. Corridor Communication, Spatial Design and Patient Safety: Enacting and Managing Complexities Rick Iedema, Debbi Long and Katherine Carroll 3. Bendable Bars in a Dutch Prison: A Creative Place in a Non-creative Space Patrick Kenis, Peter M. Kruyen and Joan M.J. Baaijens PART II: LIVING ORGANIZATIONAL SPACES 4. What do Buildings do? How Buildings-in-use Affect Organizations Marja Gastelaars 5. The Beauty and the Beast: The Embodied Experience of Two Corporate Buildings Alfons van Marrewijk 6. Space as Context and Content: The Diwan as a Frame and a Structure for Decision-making David Weir PART III: THINKING ORGANIZATIONAL SPACES 7. Giving Voice to Space: Academic Practices and the Material World Dvora Yanow 8. Virtual Worlds for Organizational Spaces Mark Mobach 9. Firms in Film: Representations of Organizational Space, Gender and Power Alexia Panayiotou and Krini Kafiris Afterword: Organizational Spaces: From ‘Matters of Fact’ to ‘Matters of Concern’ Kristian Kreiner Index

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Book SynopsisPhysicians are increasingly moving into leadership roles and possess enormous potential to advance health care. However, clinical training and practice does not provide the necessary skills for a transition from clinician into physician-leader. In fact, the very skills that make for an outstanding physician often compete, or interfere, with the skills required to be successful in wider leadership roles.The authors provide the aspiring physician-leader with the understanding of what is required to be a successful physician-leader and the tools necessary for the transition including: Understanding the business of health care; Recognizing physician-leader psychology; Establishing influence, the bedrock of leadership; Creating a compelling strategy; Developing high-performing teams; Delegating to maximize leadership impact; Communicating for effectiveness; Negotiating for maximum benefit.This book is practical and realistic with case studies and recommendations on how to make the changes necessary to transform into a successful and fulfilled physician-leader.

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Book SynopsisWhen people need healthcare, few worry about being harmed by someone from the medical team making a mistake. Unfortunately, mistakes do happen, and many of the adverse events are not only serious but also preventable. Many countries struggle with top-heavy systems, in which decisions are made about how care is provided by those who are far from experienced in caring for patients. This must change. Professionals at the sharp end need support, structure, and help organizing necessary information to create a safe culture, a learning environment, and safe patient care—all at lower costs.This handbook provides tools for designing a structure for a management system, as well as the tools for documenting processes within it. The starting point is based on current safety research.The book is designed for medical professionals, managers, project members, politicians, public officials, and executives—all who work with patient safety matters. The content shows a new way to healthcare management, presenting an alternative approach together with concrete advice on how healthcare executives and practitioners can begin to think and act differently in order to provide safe healthcare.

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Book SynopsisImproving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators presents sound practical advice from an author who successfully lived the experience. Transitioning from a traditional business model to one that is data driven and entrepreneurial can be difficult. This book explains the rationale and importance of each indicator along with data collection issues and presentation advice. It guides you through that process from launch and trial, up to making analytics an indispensible part of your management strategy.

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Book SynopsisImproving Convention Center Management Using Business Analytics and Key Performance Indicators presents sound practical advice from an author who successfully lived the experience. Transitioning from a traditional business model to one that is data driven and entrepreneurial can be difficult. This book explains the rationale and importance of each indicator along with data collection issues and presentation advice. It guides you through that process from launch and trial, up to making analytics an indispensible part of your management strategy.

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Book SynopsisThe challenges of affordable housing are manifold. However this presents an opportunity to private investors, real estate companies, and developers. With the growing global trend for impact-based investments, many institutional investors have begun to consider the merits of this asset class. This book examines not only the profitability of these assets, but also whether these assets rely on government subsidy. It discusses why investors have become more interested in this product and which investment criteria influence the financial performance of these assets. The authors employed a mixed method approach to collect data at two tiers, first through surveys and afterwards through interviews of 8 firms (3 publicly listed companies, 3 private equity companies, 1 foundation, and 1 state bank) across Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Investment criteria are analyzed using inferential statistics, specifically the Hierarchical Algorithm Cluster Analysis. The financial characteristics of the companies are examined and compared using descriptive statistics and the qualitative interview output is explored using the thematic Latent Coding Analysis. Furthermore, the book explains how the bond-like nature of affordable housing is a profitable impact investment option, and how this strategy is particularly worthwhile for institutional investors. It also describes that profitability of affordable housing products is not dependent on subsidy. Still, affordable housing products supported by government incentives in the United Kingdom and United States are most attractive. The book illustrates six important investment strategies identified by veterans in this field to have an influence on the financial feasibility of affordable housing products.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Foundational Concepts.- Chapter 3. Literature Review.- Chapter 4. Research Design.- Chapter 5. Research Analysis.- Chapter 6. Discussion of Results.- Chapter 7. Study Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisFinance is essential to the real estate project development sector's success. However, there is still an enormous gap in the real estate sector. What seems to be required is a model that could guide managers in securing real estate project development finance. Findings have shown that no comprehensive framework is presently available. This book presents a toolkit to support real estate managers in securing real estate project development finance. The book will help managers to understand the different financing options and criteria required by financiers. The study includes case studies from developed and emerging economies, including Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, China, Nigeria, and South Africa. The author concludes that the dominant challenges common to managers in both economies are access to land, collateral, and rising interest rates.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Real Estate Market in Developed Economies and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 2. The Research Design and Methods.- Chapter 3. The Finance Options & Criteria for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development in Developed and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 4. Critical Success Factors, Challenges & Opportunities for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development in the Developed and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 5. The Key Decisions and Processes for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development in Developed and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 6. Skills, Knowledge and Competences for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development in Developed and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 7. Management Career Path, Training, and Education for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development in Developed and Emerging Economies.- Chapter 8. Development of a Toolkit for Securing Finance for Real Estate Project Development.

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Book SynopsisIn dem Buch wird erstmals die gesamte immobilienwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfungskette in einem geschlossenen Konzept behandelt – aus Sicht der Nutzer, Eigentümer und Betreiber von Gewerbeimmobilien. Der Autor zeigt, wie das Immobilieninvestmentmanagement, das Asset- und Property Management, das Corporate Real Estate Management sowie das Facility Management mithilfe betriebswirtschaftlicher Methoden optimiert werden kann. Die 3. Auflage wurde erheblich erweitert und berücksichtigt aktuellste Entwicklungen bei Immobilieninvestoren und -dienstleistern.Table of ContentsKONZEPTIONELLE GRUNDLAGEN: Einführung.- Grundlagen.- Grundkonzept eines modernen Immobilienmanagements. EIGENTÜMERORIENTIERTES IMMOBILIENMANAGEMENT: Entwicklungstendenzen in der immobilienwirtschaftlichen Wertkette.- Einführung in die Immobilienbewertung.- Wertorientiertes Immobilienmanagement.- Investitionsrechnung bei Immobilieninvestitionen.- Performance Controlling von Immobilieninvestments und Portfoliosteuerung.- Finanzierung von Immobilieninvestments. NUTZERORIENTIERTES IMMOBILIENMANAGEMENT: Konzeptionelle Grundlagen des Corporate Real Estate Managements.- Bereitstellung von Immobilien.- Management von Immobilien als Betriebsmittel im Leistungserstellungsprozess.- Institutionalisierung des Corporate Real Estate Managements.- Desinvestments und Perspektiven eines Real Estate Corporate Finance. LEISTUNGSIWRTSCHAFTLICHES IMMOBILIENMANAGEMENT: Immobilienentwicklung.- Facility Management als organisatorisches Konzept.- Immobilienbezogenes Kostenmanagement.- Immobilienmarketing und Vermietungsmanagement.- Prozessmanagement.- Immobilieninformationssystem. IMMOBILIENMANAGEMENT AUS EINER HAND: Lebenszyklus übergreifende Wertschöpfungspartnerschaften

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Book SynopsisDarstellung der sich verschärfenden Anforderung hinsichtlich Wassergewinnung, höhere Anforderung bei der Abwassereinleitung sowie der Preisdruck bei Energie- und Rohstoffen. Lösungsmöglichkeiten für Industriebetriebe durch wassersparende Produktion, Abwasserrecycling, Rohstoffrückgewinnung, Regenwassernutzung und energieeinsparung.​Table of ContentsWasser im Kreislauf - Der Wasserkreislauf als Vorbild - Produktionsintegrierter Umweltschutz - Abwasserrecyclingtechniken - Beispiele für Kreislaufführung von Prozesswässern unterschiedliicher Branchen - Stoffrückgewinnung aus Abwässern - Beispiele für Wertstoffrückgewinnung aus Abwässern - Energierückgewinnung aus Industrieabwässern -​ Kreisläufe durch Regenwassernutzung schließen - Chancen und Perspektiven der betrieblichen Abwasserwirtschaft

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Book SynopsisDieses Fachbuch führt in die Thematik des nachhaltigen Bauens ein und setzt dabei den Schwerpunkt auf die Bewirtschaftung von Wohngebäuden. Welche Kriterien sind aus Sicht des Facility Management zu beachten, damit ein Gebäude einer Nachhaltigkeitsbetrachtung standhält? Als Methode zur Messbarkeit werden verschiedene Zertifizierungssysteme beleuchtet sowie Lebenszyklusabschnitte und Lebenszykluskosten definiert. Anhand eines sanierten Beispielgebäudes werden Wirtschaftlichkeitsaspekte untersucht und praxisnah dargestellt. Trade Review Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisDer Autor zeigt in diesem Buch die Möglichkeit auf, durch Simulation am PC die Heizungsanlage einschließlich des Gebäudes zu simulieren und so die optimalen Einstellungen für eine gegebene Außentemperatur zu ermitteln. Dazu entwickelt er die theoretische Basis des Heizungsbetriebs. Anschließend zeigt er, wie sich Rechenmodelle zur Simulation eines 24-Stunden-Betriebs aus der theoretischen Basis erstellen lassen. Auch eine mehrtägige Simulation für den Urlaubsbetrieb wird vorgestellt. Dem Leser werden die Simulationsmodelle zur Verfügung gestellt, mithilfe derer er das Verhalten von Heizungsanlagen selbst nachvollziehen und dabei unterschiedliche Parameter erproben kann.Table of ContentsEntwicklung der Theorie des Heizungsbetriebs.- Aufstellen von Simulationsmodellen.- Ergebnisse und Erkenntnisse aus Simulationen.- Anleitung zum Auffinden der Gebäudeparameter.

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Book SynopsisMichael Risch beschreibt, wie man Baustellen sicherer gestaltet, die eigene Verantwortung erkennt und damit das Unfall- und Haftungsrisiko reduziert. Ausgehend von den realen Erfordernissen an die Arbeitssicherheit unterstützt der Autor so bei der Einordnung, Wertung und Anwendung von Vorschriften und Regeln zur Unfallvermeidung und zum Arbeitsschutz auf Baustellen. Auf dieser Grundlage wird der Leser befähigt, diese auf den jeweiligen Sachverhalt in der Praxis zu übertragen und sinnvoll danach zu handeln. Die Planung komplexer Gebäuden sollte mit einer möglichst genauen Kenntnis der tatsächlichen Bauabläufe Hand in Hand gehen, denn nur so kann bereits im Planungsprozess eine vorausschauende Gefährdungsbeurteilung für die Bauausführung erfolgen. Mit der Inbetriebnahme und Nutzung eines Gebäudes muss auch dessen Wartung, Pflege und Instandhaltung sicher und ungefährdet durchführbar sein, was im Planungsprozess zu berücksichtigen und in der Bauausführung umzusetzen ist.Table of ContentsWas Sie in diesem Essential finden können.- Einleitung.- Sicherheitsanforderungen für die Erstellung von Bauwerken.- Grundlagen - Vorschriften.- Sicherheitsanforderungen – Planung und Bauleitung.- Sicherheitsanforderungen – Nutzung.- Sicherheitstechnische Fragestellungen.- Was Sie aus diesem Essential mitnehmen können.- Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch beschreibt die anlagentechnischen Komponenten für die Wärmeversorgung von Gebäuden sowie die Anlagentechnik und die dazugehörigen Parameter. Es wird beschrieben, wie die Parameter für eine energieeffiziente Auslegung zu wählen sind. Auf diese Weise hilft das Buch dem Praktiker bei einer kundenorientierten und energieoptimierten Umsetzung.Table of ContentsVerbrauchs-Kosten-Darstellungen.- Meteorologische Grundlagen.- Außentemperatur.- Globalstrahlung.- Gradtagszahl.- Jahresdauerlinie.- Wärmeleistung in Abhängigkeit der Außentemperatur.- Wärmezähler als Informationsquelle.- Beurteilung des Wärmeverbrauchs von Gebäuden.- Heizungsanlagen und Heizkurven.- Trinkwasser-Erwärmungsanlagen.- Regelungseinrichtungen.- Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz.- Ausgewählte Anlagentechniken.- Gaskessel mit thermischer Solaranlage.- Fernwärmekompaktstation.- Wärmepumpe. Blockheizkraftwerk (BHKW).- Lüftungsanlage.

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Book SynopsisDieses Fachbuch beschäftigt sich mit der Flexibilität und Umnutzungsfähigkeit von Büro- und Geschäftshäusern aus objektplanerischer, konstruktiver, ökonomischer und ökologischer Sicht und zeigt die relevanten Parameter für die Gebäudestruktur auf, die eine Umnutzung in andere Gebäudetypen wirtschaftlich und somit nachhaltig machen. Dies geschieht mit dem Fokus auf Gebäude, die in Stahl- und Verbundbauweise konstruiert sind.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Nachhaltigkeit.- Mischgenutzte Geschäftshäuser.- Objektplanung.- Konstruktion.- Referenzgebäude.- Ökonomie.- Vermarktungsfähigkeit.

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Book SynopsisThomas Glatte provides a comprehensive view on the essentials of corporate real estate management (CREM). The author explains in the influence of corporate strategies on real estate strategies for non-property-companies as well as the importance of corporate real estate portfolios, the set-up of CREM organizations and the handling of respective services. He also elaborates the specifics of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, corporate architecture & design and workplace management.Table of ContentsDerivation and Delimitation of Corporate Real Estate Management.- Introduction to Corporate Real Estate Management.- Data management as the basis of professional CREM.- Portfolio, organization and sourcing of real estate services.- Specific aspects of corporate real estate management.- Summary – The (bumpy) road to becoming a CRE manager.

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Book SynopsisMotivation.- BIM aus der FM-Perspektive.- Moderne Digitalisierungstechnologien in der Immobilienbranche.- BIM-Grundlagen.- IT-Umgebungen für BIM im FM.- BIM und CAFM.- Digitaler Zwilling.- Datenmanagement und -austausch für BIM und FM.- Wirtschaftlichkeit von BIM im FM.- BIM-Einführung in FM-Organisationen.- Kooperation von BIM und anderen IT-Anwendungen.- Praxisbeispiele für BIM im Betrieb.- Perspektiven und Forschungsansätze.- Checkliste BIM-Einführung im FM.- Überblick BIM-Aktivitäten von Verbänden und Organisationen.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch erfahren Sie aus jeder Perspektive, was ein Büroraum ist und wie dieser in Zukunft aussehen wird. Die Entwicklung einer neuen Funktion des Raums wurde durch die Corona-Pandemie beschleunigt und ist auch in kurzer Zeit zwangsläufig alternativ virtuell getestet worden. Dennoch wird das Büro als Ort der Arbeit nicht verschwinden, sondern lediglich mit dem Privatraum verbunden und neu genutzt werden. Arbeit, Kosten, Mobilität, Nutzung und Nutzer werden sich stark verändern, um den Raum effizient in unser Leben für alle Generationen und Branchen einzugliedern. Noch nie zuvor hat sich eine Transformation so schnell vollzogen und wurde unsere Denkweise so radikal verändert. Die Auswirkungen auf den Beruf, das private Leben und die sozialen Kompetenzen der Individuen sowie den gewerblichen Raum werden unternehmerische Strategien in sehr spannender Weise verändern.

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Book SynopsisDie Bauwelt sieht sich infolge der noch anhaltenden Corona-Pandemie sowie des Ukraine-Krieges mit einer Vielzahl an baubetrieblichen und rechtlichen Fragestellungen konfrontiert: beginnend bei der Frage zur Risikoverteilung bzgl. gestiegener Material- und Beschaffungspreise sowie dem Umgang mit Beschaffungsengpässen, über die Anspruchsgrundlagen zur Übernahme von Preissteigerungen, bis zur Betrachtung der Termini Höhere Gewalt sowie Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage. Dieses essential gibt Orientierung in einer undurchsichtigen Situation und beleuchtet dabei die Kernfragen, die in der Bauwelt diskutiert werden. Das primäre Ziel ist die Aufrechterhaltung des laufenden Baubetriebs durch einen partnerschaftlichen Umgang der Vertragsparteien sowie dem korrekten Umgang mit den baubetrieblich und rechtlich kritischen Thematiken, bspw. der Preisgleitklausel. Zudem wird ein pragmatischer Lösungsansatz vorgestellt, welcher nach baubetrieblich-sachverständigen Aspekten zur Wiederherstellung des Risikogleichgewichts zwischen den Vertragsparteien beiträgt.Table of ContentsWegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage im Kontext von Krisen.- Gewichtung von Höherer Gewalt in der aktuellen Situation.- Vorstellung eines pragmatischen Lösungsansatzes.

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Book SynopsisDieses Fachbuch befasst sich mit den grundlegenden Herausforderungen der Bauwirtschaft und den Möglichkeiten, die digitale Transformation zu deren Bewältigung einzusetzen. Aufbauend auf den bekannten Begrifflichkeiten soll ein Weiterdenken stattfinden, wie die Bauwirtschaft die digitale Transformation umsetzen kann und den Einflüssen, welche auf die Branche wirken, gerecht werden kann, ohne dass die Digitalisierung ausschließlich zu deren Selbstzweck eingesetzt wird. Es werden grundlegende Notwendigkeiten für die Digitalisierung in der Bauwirtschaft herausgearbeitet und in den Kontext der zukünftigen Ausrichtung des Wirtschaftsbereichs gestellt.Table of ContentsHerleitung der Problemstellung.- Die Digtalisierung des Bauwesens.- Kritk am Status Quo des Bauwesens und der Digitalisierung.- Die Digitalisierung und die Bauwirtschaft.- Wege aus der Branchenlogik.

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Book SynopsisDer Wohnungsmarkt in Deutschland ist ein zeitveränderliches und von der allgemeinen Wirtschaftslage abhängiges Gefüge aus örtlichen Teilmärkten. Die Grundstücks- und Wohnungswirtschaft gehört zu den wichtigen gesellschaftlichen Funktionssystemen, die mit zahlreichen Wirtschaftskreisläufen vernetzt sind. Aufgezeigt werden Eckwerte, Rahmenbedingungen und die künftigen Herausforderungen.Table of ContentsWohnungsmarkt in Deutschland - Zahlen, Geschichte, Rechtsgrundlagen.- Überblick über heutige und künftige Spannungsfelder.- Phänomenologie des Wohnens als zeitloser Denkansatz.

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Book SynopsisBüroimmobilien und die Anforderungen an dieselben erfahren aktuell einen enormen Wandel. Insbesondere die Treiber Nachhaltigkeit und New Work sorgen für veränderte Ansprüche an eine zukunftsfähige Büroimmobilie. Dieses Werk beschäftigt sich mit einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung dieser Aspekte und der Klärung der Fragestellung, welche essenziellen Anforderungen an eine zukunftsfähige Büroimmobilie in Bezug auf New Work und Nachhaltigkeit entstehen.Diese Publlikation ist Teil der Schriftenreihe Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften. Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Zukunftsfähigeit einer Büroimmobilie.- Treiber der Veränderung.- Methodik.- Ergebnisse.- Fazit.

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Table of Contents1. Background, Structure and Objectives2. Facilities Integrity Excellence Model3. Facility4. Asset Integrity and Reliability5. Maintenance Management6. Operations7. Supporting Processes8. Risk Focused Culture9. The Organization10. Continuous Improvement11. Implementation12. Policy and Strategy

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