Professional Practice in Facility Programming (Routledge Revivals)

by Wolfgang Preiser

Overview

This compelling resource, which was first published in 1993, was the first book on facility programming to design parameters and specifications over a broad range of project types. The book’s practical, how-to approach is exceedingly beneficial to professionals and students involved with a wide variety of building types – from corporate facilities, to parks, day care centres, health centres, and correctional facilities. It also covers the fine points of working with clients.

The contributors provide real-world case studies, endowing the reader with the tools necessary to reap a deeper understanding and a more critical assessment of the major programming approaches today. Professional Practice in Facility Programming is a uniquely current, self-contained resource that will prove invaluable to a wide cross-section of practitioners and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138859708
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/2014
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	562
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface;  Contributors;  Introduction;  Part 1: New Developments in Facility Programming;  1. Strategic Asset Management: An Expanded Role for Facility Programmers  2. Applying the Problem-Seeking Approach to Engineering Programming  3. NCR Corporation Worldwide Facilities Design Guideline  4. Facilities Managers and New Developments: The Experience of Broadgate and Stockley Park  5. Computer Usage in Facility Programming  6. Participating Programming of Campus Child-Care Facilities  7. Programming Office Space: Adaptive Re-Use of the H-E-B Arsenal Headquarters;  Part 2: Programming Case Studies;  8. Interior Programming: Stacking, and Blocking for Society National Bank  9. Programming: The Third Dimension  10. Programming Processes for Military Health Care Facilities  11. The Fit-Up for the World Headquarters of British Petroleum Company plc  12. Facility Master Plan for Mattel Toys Worldwide Headquarters 13. A Facility Planning Framework for Programming the Office Environment  14. Planning for a Captive Audience: Approaches and Problems in Programming Correctional Facilities;  Part 3: Issues in Facility Programming;  15. The Impact of the Client Organization on the Programming Process  16. The Role of the Programmer as Interpreter and Translator  17. Creating Decision-Support Systems  18. Research-Based Programming and Design  19. Programming for Safety  20. Programming Architectural Security in Facilities  21. Programming Considerations for Energy Conservation;  Epilogue;  Index