Customer Reviews

Facilities Planning

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I used this book for a graduate-level engineering course. This book is one of the worst textbooks I have seen.
Is is evident that several people wrote this textbook because the style of writing will change between sections from informal to formal. Some of the sections are better written than others. In the poorly written sections, it can be very hard to follow what they are trying to say. Overall, the writing is very disjointed and care should have been taken to properly introduce topics and create more of a flow to the text.
Also, there are numerous spelling errors and incomplete sentences in the text. For a third edition, one would expect those errors to be corrected; they are very obvious.
The examples also contain errors. Again, the errors are very obvious such as 11-2=7.
I would not recommend this textbook. At first glance, it appears to be a very comprehensive book but, actually it is very poorly written and does not explain the material well.

I've been in college for many years now, as I'm working on my second degree now, and this is absolutely the worst book I've ever bought.

There is at least one typographical error on each page.

There are gross grammatical errors, incomplete sentences, whole paragraphs that say absolutely nothing, and even paragraphs repeated (almost one after another).

I would like to think that some of the examples are incorrect on purpose to provoke thought and a more thorough understanding on part of the student, but I doubt that is the case.

The graphs and diagrams are dry and monotonous, and for the most part meaningless in enhancing or visualizing the subject matter.

Engineering texts aren't supposed to be entertainment; I understand that Facilities Planning isn't exactly the subject matter of J.R.Tolkien. Taking that fact into consideration, this book is still horribly written. I don't expect the authors to write a perfect text, but the quality of writing in this book is unacceptably low.

One gets the impression that the authors were doing their best to stretch out the material as much as they could. In my honest opinion, I believe this subject matter could be covered just as thoroughly in half as many words.

If you're a teacher, do the higher education system a favor and sit down and read any three chapters of this book before you make it your class's text.

If you're a student required to study this book, my sincerest sympathies go out to you.

This textbook is horrible. I am an engineering student and this is the most confusing book I have ever seen. Charts are randomly placed in paragraphs, with no mention of them in the writing. Equations are quoted, also with no explanation. It's like someone ripped up a bunch of good textbooks and this happen to land in a pile. This should not be used in classes, or by anyone.

i think the price is aquite cceptable for a hardcopy, good contents also. Shipment is OK. Good quality of the book!

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There is already a 5th edition for this textbook, so the $25 is a fair price for this 4th edition. the book is in great shape and I'm quite satisfied with this purchase.

Book is full of "Buzzword Bingo" phrases. For example, velocity is defined as synthesis with speed.

The authors seem to have an axe to grind with management about facilities planning. Perhaps the saying, "Those who can't... teach!" holds true. Sorry professors, the real life situation is that a facilities planner may have his/her plans squished like a little bug occasionally to meet an ROI or even a manager's ego, get over it or find a new line of work.

Book is also full of little changes in terminology between pages and chapters for the same material that the reader can find confusing. A few errors here and there that are probably typical of any technical text and some dated photos but generally an acceptable introduction to facilities planning.

Otherwise, the book is an extremely slow read with little information that you can't find elsewhere in a nice binding. It'll look good on a shelf.

This by far is the most horribly written textbook I have ever purchased/read. If it was not a course requirement for my major, I would've tossed it some time ago. There are excessive errors not only with grammar and spelling, but in the calculations of example problems as well. There are also excessive amounts of calculation errors in the solutions manual causing more confusion than it would help. I simply cannot believe this textbook was written by engineers, more so cannot believe that it was published and is on its third edition...

Technology will change but fundamental will remain. If you're looking for a fundamental facilities design book, you won't be disappointed with this textbook. It's one of the major reference book for IE students and professional.