Operational Guidelines Trilogy Package (Custodial, Grounds, & Maintenance)

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The complete APPA trilogy in one purchase — Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial (Fourth Edition), Grounds (Third Edition), and Maintenance (Third Edition). All three books have been fully revised and expanded, with numerous figures, graphics, glossaries, and additional resources for benchmarking performance, building staffing cases, and raising service levels. Your purchase includes digital access to all three books plus the supplemental materials for each.

✓All three digital books — Custodial, Grounds, and Maintenance, viewable in your browser through your APPA account

✓Supplemental materials for each book — downloadable files and online resources to help you apply the guidelines

✓Package savings — all three guides at a bundled price versus buying each individually

✓One-time purchase — access is tied to your personal appa.org account, with no subscription or renewal

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Just need one guide? Each book is also available individually: Custodial, Grounds, or Maintenance.

Already purchased? Read your digital books anytime at learn.appa.org.

What's in the Package

Custodial, Fourth Edition (2023)396 pages · service-level standards, task frequencies, and staffing matrices for every space type on campus

Grounds, Third Edition (2020)319 pages · staffing models and service levels for six campus space types, from athletic fields to snow and ice operations

Maintenance, Third Edition (2022)356 pages · FTE determination, reliability-based maintenance, outsourcing, compliance, and crisis operations

Edited by J. Thomas Becker, Editor in Chief, with Theodore J. Weidner, R. Marc Fournier, and Brandon Rux. Digital books are read online through your APPA account and are not downloadable or printable. Prefer print? Softcover editions of each book (book only — no digital materials) are available on Amazon.

Questions? Email bookstore@appa.org

Non-Member Price: $296

Member Price: $228