ASTM - Volume 04.12 Building Construction II E 1671-Latest Property Management Systems 2008 Edition

Volume 04.12 cover standard procedures for measuring the performance of buildings, including: ventilation performance and air leakage; building preservation; building economics; durability performance of building constructions; exterior insulation and finish systems; structural performance; lead hazards associated with buildings; and performance of windows, roof systems, and doors.

Volume 04.12 includes standards that gives any entity, public or private, with the means to design and implement a cost-effective and efficient personal property/equipment management system. These standards encompass the entire life cycle of personal property: property management terms and definitions; establishing the guiding principles of property management; physical inventory; administrative control of property; valuation of inventory results; use and disposal; asset utility; assessment of damage, loss, and destruction; the recognition of retired or impaired personal property; and the life-cycle costing of property assets. In addition, applying the equipment management maturity model gives an excellent measure of the success and value of a system.

This volume also addresses career development and training for property managers. Finally, Volume 04.12 covers standards on technology and underground utilities. These standards include rehabilitation of sewers using chemical grouting techniques; deployment of optical fiber systems in natural gas pipelines; seismic fragility of water conveyance systems; and water line rehabilitation. 1744 pp.