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Programming and Project Development

Pulse Points

  • The facility manager should program for maintainability as well as functionality, and place special emphasis on support areas.
  • Project planning integrates information from the facility plan with requirements gathered through programming.
  • The facility manager plans with care but always retains flexibility.
  • Planning for major projects nearly always understates engineering requirements.

As a part of overall programming, the micro-level locational factors listed below need to be considered during the site selection process (we have slightly modified Charles Carpenter's list).1 This location factor alone shows why the facility manager should manage real estate. Remember, we will be living with ...

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