The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School AN INFORMATION FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITY OPERATORS A Thesis in Civil Engineering by James P. Beckett Copyright 1991 James P. Beckett Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science August 1991 T251898 / fo&id C.X- ] grant The Pennsylvania State University the I nonexclusive right to use this work for the University's own purposes and to make single copies of the work available to the public on a not-for-profit basis if copies are not otherwise available. 1 We approve the thesis of James P. Beckett. Date of Signature