Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5569NCCG-SEP-PAR
Aims
The aim of this module is to provide students an overview of the principal dimensions of contemporary and smart facilities management. The module will introduce the history, dynamics, and various aspects of facilities management including information technology systems and space management. On completion of the module the students will have knowledge and skills to achieve optimum results which has been the key to success in meeting the strategic challenges faced by many organisations in their use of built assets.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explain the history and growth of facilities management as a specialisation within the property and construction sector
2.
Assess and recommend appropriate facilities management solutions of benefit to an organisation
3.
Apply a range of specialist techniques in planning the facilities management function in an organisation
4.
Analyse client requirements, corporate real estate management, maintenance management, procurement and tendering, project financial control, supplier management, environmental management, GIS and health & safety
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Facilities management: An introduction and overview
Role of facilities manager
Facilities management strategies
Structuring and organising the facilities department
Property as a facility - space management
Property as an asset – asset management
Introduction to Quality Management for the Facilities Manager
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) as a tool in Facilities Management.
Support Services for Facilities Management.
Strategies for improving Facilities Management implementation in organisations.
Maintenance management systems and Best Value
Financial and assets management of building
Building disposal strategies
Computer aided facilities management systems (CAFM)
Space Management
Physical and functional obsolescence.
Sick Building Syndrome