Elevator and Escalator Maintenance for Building Managers Second Ed.
Author :
Publisher : Elevator World Inc
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 1886536627
Engineering Maintenance Management, Second Edition,
Author : Benjamin W. Niebel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 1994-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780824792473
Book Description
This work sets out to furnish all levels of engineering management with the material necessary to provide cost-effective maintenance, discussing the functional design of products as well as the identification of failure systems that permit scheduled maintenance procedures. This second edition presents information on ISO 9000 requirements, utilities management, the use of bar-coding in maintenance efforts, plant re-arrangement and minor construction, and more.
Elevator and Escalator Rescue, 2nd Ed
Author : Theodore Jarboe
Publisher : Fire Engineering Books
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1593703163
Book Description
The long-awaited second edition of Elevator & Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide from Theodore Jarboe & John O'Donoghue is written by firefighters for firefighters and contains important information for technical rescue members, training officers, and fire company members alike. This book details the risks involved in elevator and escalator rescues and how to face them successfully. Key Features: --A comprehensive guide for dealing with elevator and escalator emergencies, including a complete review and updating of all chapters. --Coverage spanning the evolution of elevators from their most primitive stages to include today’s high-tech innovations, modular, wind turbine, pneumatic and destination control systems as well as STM suspension belts. --A new chapter (Chapter 35) containing information and the description about the Fire Service Access Elevator (FSAE). What they are, where will they be found, and building code changes that will help safeguard the firefighters using these elevators. This will include the use of a Narrative Sheet to ensure compliance with requirements. --A new chapter (Chapter 33) on the Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) and Occupant Evacuation Elevator (OEE) elevators. These systems are already in place in new design ultra high-rise buildings in the US. They will be used to evacuate the occupants in these buildings. --An updated elevator glossary of elevator and escalator terminology. --Chapter ending questions to test students’ comprehension.
Maintainability of Facilities
Author : Yit Lin Chew
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2016-08-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9814725706
Book Description
This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and green facility management right from the design stage. The text introduces the concept of green maintainability, and discusses considerations to maximize the performance by achieving resource and energy efficiency, while minimizing the total life cycle cost in embodied energy; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout the life cycle of a facility, by "doing it right the first time". In this edition, existing chapters have been brought up to date, to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as: sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features. Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, facilities management, quantity and building surveying.
Malaysian Taxation for Individuals and Businesses (Second Edition) (UUM Press)
Author : Zaimah Zainol Ariffin
Publisher : UUM Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9672486693
Book Description
This book is designed to provide a frame of reference for students pursuing a Malaysian Taxation for Individuals and Businesses course in local universities, polytechnics and colleges. It is believed that the structured content of the book will facilitate easy reading and understanding of the readers even without any prior knowledge of taxation.
Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners, Second Edition
Author : Douglas D. Gransberg
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 149878853X
Book Description
Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Construction Managers, Second Edition has been extensively rewritten to not only bring it up to date with the state of current practice, but also to serve as a textbook for university courses in construction engineering and management. The authors advanced the previous edition’s practical, hands-on approach and added material on the future of construction equipment fleet management, which they believe will require a new technology-based skillset to maximize the cost-effectiveness of construction equipment operations. As such, the book covers the latest construction equipment technologies. Features: Examines emergent technologies in the field, including automated machine guidance systems, intelligent compaction operations, and equipment-related civil integrated management tools. Provides information on how to reduce an equipment fleet’s environmental impact, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions through enhanced equipment management and optimization practices. Discusses estimating equipment ownership, operating costs, economic life and optimal replacement timing. Demonstrates how to maximize profit by determining the optimum equipment mix and estimating productivity. Illustrates the use of production-based linear scheduling and stochastic simulations to maximize project cost and schedule certainty. This new edition will serve as an essential textbook for students as well as a valuable reference for a wide range of professionals within the construction, architecture, and engineering industries.
Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition
Author : Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1439852081
Book Description
Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection highlights bridge engineering specimens from around the world, contains detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject. Published in five books: Fundamentals, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Seismic Design, and Construction and Maintenance, this new edition provides numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures, includes contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering, contains 26 completely new chapters, and updates most other chapters. It offers design concepts, specifications, and practice, as well as the various types of bridges. The text includes over 2,500 tables, charts, illustrations, and photos. The book covers new, innovative and traditional methods and practices; explores rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance; and examines seismic design and building materials. The fifth book, Construction and Maintenance contains 19 chapters, and covers the practical issues of bridge structures. What’s New in the Second Edition: Includes nine new chapters: Steel Bridge Fabrication, Cable-Supported Bridge Construction, Accelerated Bridge Construction, Bridge Management Using Pontis and Improved Concepts, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Health Monitoring, Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Bridge Elements, Life-Cycle Performance Analysis and Optimization, and Bridge Construction Methods Rewrites the Bridge Construction Inspection chapter and retitles it as: Bridge Construction Supervision and Inspection Expands and rewrites the Maintenance Inspection and Rating chapter into three chapters: Bridge Inspection, Steel Bridge Evaluation and Rating, and Concrete Bridge Evaluation and Rating; and the Strengthening and Rehabilitation chapter into two chapters: Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Highway Bridge Superstructures, and Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks This text is an ideal reference for practicing bridge engineers and consultants (design, construction, maintenance), and can also be used as a reference for students in bridge engineering courses.
Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services
Author : Charles D. Reese
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 2008-10-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 1420053833
Book Description
Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services constitutes a much-needed source for the identification and prevention of most of the injuries and illnesses occurring in the financial and information sectors. The text thoroughly explains the issues of office health management, major safety and electrical hazards, and emergency response to
Elevator and Escalator Accident Reconstruction and Litigation
Author : James Filippone
Publisher : Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1933264039
Book Description
You're considering the case of a maintenance worker injured while repairing an elevator. Or perhaps it's an elderly woman hurt on a department store escalator while Christmas shopping with her grandkids. An initial search of the literature has turned up almost nothing useful. Your instinct tells you it's a good case, but to evaluate it properly, you need this latest addition our litigation series. The key questions are: what caused the accident, and what were the contributory factors? Some accidents have an element of "in the wrong place at the wrong time" about them, and others have an element of disregard for the equipment involved. Sadly, others fall into the category of sheer negligence or incompetence. This book will help you tell the difference. The authors have had the unpleasant task of investigating numerous elevator and escalator accidents. Their expertise will guide you as you make your decision to take or reject the case, and their experience will give you the basic understanding of the issues you need to proceed with confidence. TOPICS INCLUDE Codes, regulations and related subjects--for the U.S., with consideration of Canada and the U.K.Accident statistics and selected incidents The elements of typical elevator accidents The elements of typical escalator accidents Reviewing and understanding maintenance documents Presuit investigation: should a suit be instituted? Legal theories and negligence A glossary and a sample expert report Pleadings--excerpt of a typical complaint Discovery--sample interrogatories, request for production of documents and corporate designee notices Expert opinion: the applicability of Daubert, Khumo and Frye
Performing Arts Management (Second Edition)
Author : Tobie S. Stein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1621536955
Book Description
Do you know what it takes to manage a performing arts organization today? In this revised second edition of the comprehensive guide, more than 100 managers of top nonprofit and commercial venues share their winning strategies. From theater to classical music, from opera to dance, every type of organization is included, with information on how each one is structured, key managerial figures, its best-practices for financial management, how it handles labor relations, and more. Kennedy Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, the Mark Morris Dance Company, the New Victory Theater, the Roundabout Theater, the Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theater Company, and many other top groups are represented. Learn to manage a performing arts group successfully in today’s rapidly changing cultural environment with Performing Arts Management.
