Fourth Dimension in Building Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence

Name: Fourth Dimension in Building Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence
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ISBN: 9780309048422

ISBN-10: 0309048427

ISBN-13: 9780309048422

Edition: 1993

Authors: National Research Council Staff, Building Research Board Staff, Facility Design to Minimize Premature Obsolescence Committee, Engineering and Technical Systems Commission, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Staff

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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: National Academies Press
Publication date: 2/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 126
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Executive Summary



Introduction


Obsolescence and Other Service Inadequacies


Scope of the Study


Organization of the Report



Obsolescence in Facilities


Identifying Obsolescence


Progression of the Service Life


Rising Expectations and the Onset of Obsolescence


Scale of the Obsolescence Problem


Incentives to Avoid Obsolescence



Actions and Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence


Actions in Planning and Programming


Actions in Design


Actions in Construction


Actions in Operations and Maintenance


Actions in Reuse and Retrofit


Responsibility for Action



Avoiding Obsolescence in Public Facilities


Public Facilities Planning and Fiscal Programming


Public Facilities Budgeting for Flexibility


Setting Facility Design Guidelines and Other Predesign Action


Facility Programming, Design, and Construction


Operations


Achieving Optimum Public Facilities Use


App. A. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff


App. B. Glossary of Terms


App. C. Workshop on Environmental and Health Regulations as Sources of Facility Obsolescence


App. D. Predicting Performance, Service Life, and Physical Life of Buildings and Their Components


App. E. Hospital Building Systems


App. F. Annotated Bibliography