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Basics of Facility Management

Summary

The cross-cutting course will provide comprehensive knowledge of the basics of Facility Management. In particular, the principles of record keeping and passporting, interventions in the technical (modifications, repairs, maintenance) and economic (use of space, rent, energy costs) condition of the building, linked to the operational passport of the building. The course touches on the issue of innovative tools to extend the utility, with a focus on the application of the BIM method in the operation, use and efficiency phase of the building work in the context of public interest using Facility Management. The technical aspect of asset management is emphasized using economic and decision theories and tools to solve decision problems. It will explain the importance of Facility Management in the context of life cycle costs of buildings, benefits and maintaining long term sustainability in investments.

Literature

HENDERSON, John W. The facility manager's guide to safety and security. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4987-3772-2 .
THEN, Wes McGregor. Facilities management and the business of space. [Online-Ausg.]. London: Arnold, 1999. ISBN 03-407-1964-8 .
GUSTIN, Joseph F. The facility manager's handbook. New York: M. Dekker, c2003. ISBN 08-817-3432-2 .
DHILLON, B. S. Life cycle costing for engineers. Boca Raton, FL, c2010. ISBN 978-1-4398-1688-2.
MANN, Dheeraj. Facility management: human outsourcing solutions to clients. New Delhi: Global India Publications, 2009. ISBN 978-938-0228-518 .

Advised literature

ROPER, KATHY O.: The Facility Management Handbook. 4th ed. New York: AMACOM, 2014.
EASTMAN, M.: BIM handbook: a guide to building information modeling for owners, managers, designers, engineers and contractors. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-54137-1.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 222-0358
Abbreviation ZFM
Course title Basics of Facility Management
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Wernerová, Ph.D.