This reference work, in an easy-to-use A-Z format, covers all aspects of facilities and property strategy, administration and control, backed up by a wealth of practical suggestions.
With 64 separate entries arranged in an accessible expanded index format, the reader is able to focus on each particular subject and find answers to problems quickly and efficiently. The work includes recent case studies, checklists and sample forms.
Like all of David Martin's books, this is clear, concise and concentrates on what needs to be done in practice. It covers every aspect of facilities administration, budgetary and expenditure control and property administration, from accommodation planning, acquisition, building works and condition surveys through dilapidations, environmental considerations, health and safety, and insurance to maintenance, outsourcing, privity of contract, rating, security, underletting, VAT, waste and zoning - and much more.

David M. Martin runs his own successful consultancy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Institute of Directors. He is a regular seminar and conference speaker and has written over 60 business books. He helped set up and wrote several best selling titles as well as several others for the ICSA "One Stop" series. His latest books, The Instant Company Secretary, The Company Directors Desktop Guide, and The A-Z of Facilities and Property Management, are all published by Thorogood.