COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date knowledge on housing and facilities maintenance management. The concept of maintenance dimension including the demand for construction work, building maintenance in the construction industry, government policy and maintenance cost trends and the maintenance organizations which comprises of the context within which maintenance exists as well as its maintenance policy framework and other issues. 

 

The course will also discuss the design /maintenance relationship considering their performance requirements, construction, life cycle costing and maintenance feedback; the nature of maintenance work and its various types, classification and applications; the principle of information management used in building and facilities; the maintenance planning methodology and maintenance contracts. 

 

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to, employ techniques in cost estimating and budgeting; carryout cost-based maintenance decisions; describe the process of the maintenance workload including planned and unplanned maintenance work and the work identification process; demonstrate the method of evaluating and executing maintenance work; and employ preventive maintenance on buildings and facilities.