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PE Board Accredited: 7 PDUs COURSE BACKGROUND Evaluation of building quality has hitherto been focussed more on measurement of ‘Initial Quality or Time Zero Quality’ rather than ‘QualityOverBuilding Life’. The continual strive for higher quality and developments in the Total Quality Management paradigm has led to greater awareness of the need to adopt a life cycle approach in assessing building quality, reliability and costs when considering investments in new and existing buildings. Building quality over time will depend on the performance of building systems and components with the aim to contain cost-in-use within the limits predicted at design and planning. A building's ‘Global Life’ is influenced by variables such as changing user needs and natural ageing of materials and components, the former may bring on the end of building ‘Functional Life’ and ‘Economic Life’ before the end of its ‘Physical Life’. The temporal horizons for projecting and planning building investments should thus be factored when defining a building's useful life; this will involve procedures and tools to measure and evaluate building quality and costs over its life cycle.COURSE OBJECTIVES The course will provide knowledge on Building Life Cycle Quality and Cost Parameters and Tools to measure and evaluate these parameters and will cover:
COURSE PROGRAMME (8.30 am – 5.30 pm) 1. Defining Building Performance
2. Building Quality Parameters
3. Design Management
4. Technical Quality Management
5. Building Cost-in-Use
6. Building Life Cycle Management
COURSE LEADERS Dr Quah Lee Kiang MRICS Dr Quah led the EU funded project BE4213 Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Buildings and Building Components, which among other things, sought to develop an objective building condition assessment system. This project formed part of ongoing research over the last 20 years which culminated in Dutch Standard NEN 2767 on Condition Assessment of Buildings, believed to be a ‘world first’. Dr Quah’s professional and research affiliations include being Coordinator of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Working Commission 70 on Facilities Management and Maintenance from 1990-2000 and past President of the Chartered Institute of Building Singapore Centre for two terms. She is also a member of both the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Asia and Singapore Board. Dr Quah was conferred an Honorary Fellow by Oxford Brookes University for her work in real estate and construction education and the unusual impact her career has had on this particular academic field in Asia. COURSE DATE AND VENUE Friday, 3 February 2012 COURSE FEES The course fee of $595.00 includes course documentation and refreshments at breaks. A group discount of 10% will apply for three or more delegates from the same organisation. COURSE ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDENCE The course has been approved for 7 PDU units under the PE Board Continuing Professional Development programme. Attendance certificates will be issued; they may also be suitable for meeting the CPD requirements of other relevant professional bodies not operating a CPD course accreditation system. WHO SHOULD ATTEND The course will benefit those who have a vested interest in buildings including:
CANCELLATIONS Cancellations made later than 1 week before the commencement of the course will be subjected to an administrative fee of $100.00. Substitutions can be made at any time. COURSE ENQUIRIES AND REGISTRATIONS Mr Ken Chew PLEASE NOTE It may be necessary for reasons beyond RECC’s control, to change the content and timing of the programme and the identity of the course leader/s.
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