1-DAY TRAINING COURSE
20 AUGUST 2010

BUILDING LIFE CYCLE QUALITY &
COST MANAGEMENT
Performance Measures & Evaluation Methods

PE Board Accredited: 8 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:

  • The Concept of Building Performance
  • Definitions of Building Quality Performance Parameters
  • Building Life Cycle Design Management
  • Building Life Cycle Technical Management 
  • Evaluation of Building Cost-in-Use
  • Building Life Cycle Management & Maintenance

COURSE PROGRAMME (8.30 am – 5.30 pm)

1. Defining Building Performance

  • Functional Performance
  • Technical Performance
  • Financial Performance

2. Building Quality Parameters

  • Durability
  • Reliability
  • Maintainability and Flexibility

3. Design Management

  • Defining Life Cycle Requirements
  • Life-Cycle Quality Measures
  • Evaluating Designs

4. Technical Quality Management

  • Defining Technical Requirements
  • Assessing Technical Parameters Over Time
  • Technical Assessment Standardisation

5. Building Cost-in-Use

  • Life-Cycle Costs
  • Maintenance Cost Profiles
  • Assessing Design Options

6. Building Life Cycle Management

  • Legislations
  • Maintenance and Repair
  • Refurbishment & Renewal

COURSE LEADERS

Dr Quah Lee Kiang
Dr Quah is the Director of the Real Estate and Construction Centre in Singapore and Malaysia. She has extensive regional and international experience in Project and Facilities Management & Maintenance research, advice and academia. 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’. Her 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.

COURSE DATE AND VENUE

Friday, 20 August 2010
Training Lab C.303, Block C Level 3, Employment & Employability Institute
141 Redhill Road, Singapore 158828

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. SDF applications can be made on a case-by-case basis; please call SDF for details.

COURSE ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDENCE

The course has been approved for 8 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:

  • Developers
  • Building Owners
  • Government Officials
  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Project Managers
  • Quantity Surveyors
  • Contractors/Sub-Contractors/Suppliers
  • Property Managers
  • Facilities Managers
  • Maintenance Managers
  • Management Corporations
  • Town Councils
  • and Others

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
Tel:  6474 7442   Fax: 6474 7443   E-mail: recc@pacific.net.sg

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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