Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Introduction to Building Services
- Building Services – What they are and why they are important
- The key elements of Building Services systems
- The categories of Building Services systems
- Maintenance & Asset Management as a business process
- Asset management landscape model – The asset management system
- Strategy framework
- Line of sight
- Asset management planning / strategic property management
- Asset management policy, asset strategy (demand analysis / asset policy), asset management strategy, maintenance strategy
- Maintenance & asset management objectives (goal setting)
- (Strategic) Asset management plan & maintenance reference plan
- Feedback & improvement
Building Services Maintenance
- Maintenance – What it is and why it matters
- Common terms used in Building Services maintenance
- Delivering a maintainable building
Building Services Maintenance Standards
- SFG20 – The standard specification for maintenance of Building Services
- Building Services systems and their maintenance (part 1)
- Sanitary installations
- Services equipment
- Disposal installations
- Water installations
- Heat sources
Building Services systems and their maintenance
- Building Services systems and their maintenance (part 2)
- Space heating
- Air conditioning
- Ventilation systems
- Electrical installations
- Fuel installations
Building Services systems and their maintenance (Continued)
- Building Services systems and their maintenance (part 3)
- Lift and conveyor installations
- Fire and lightning protection
- Communication systems
- Security and control installations
- Specialist installations and builders work
Risk Identification, Assessment & Management
- Identification & assessment of risk in building & facilities maintenance
- Risk management
- Risk matrix
- Risk register
- Safety management system
- Contingency planning
- Stakeholder Analysis – Stakeholder Risks
- Risk based maintenance concept for buildings and facilities
Outsourcing and Contracting
- What to outsource and what not
- Choosing the right contractor
- Contract types
- The contracting cycle
- Measuring the performance of the contractor
- Vendor management
Financial Aspects
- Insight in financial management basics
- Cashflow
- CAPEX/OPEX
- Working capital
- Budgeting principles
- An introduction to Life Cycle Costing and Nett Present Value
- Insight in funding of investments in buildings and facilities and the need for a long term investment & maintenance plans
