PE Board Accredited: 7 PDUs

COURSE BACKGROUND

Building maintenance work is either reactively or proactive addressed. Whilst Cyclical-Based systems may be held as proactive and preventive; maintenance cycles are determined at design stage and do not factor quality of construction and maintenance effort and building use. This could lead to over-maintenance due to premature replacement or to unexpected consequences when failure occurs before stipulated schedules.

In a Predictive/Condition-Based system, work is based on real time evidence of need as ascertained from inspections, and planned and prioritised accordingly. Some 30% cost savings have been achieved in moving from a Cyclical-based to a Condition-based system in engineering installations maintenance.

Predictive/Condition-Based building maintenance systems requires objective inspection data, the variability in defect prognosis arising from subjectivity of inspectors needs to be addressed as a pre-requisite to implementation. A new Dutch standard NEN 2767, believed to be a world-first in Building Condition Assessment, seeks to provide uniformity in condition assessment, through an inspection and reporting system based on defect classification and condition scores. The resultant data also serves as a means of communicating building technical condition between strategic, tactical and operational level decision makers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course will provide knowledge and understanding of:

• Defects and the Role of Maintenance
• Pitfalls in Traditional Response and Cyclical Maintenance Systems
• Features of a Predictive/Condition-Based Maintenance System and Process Model
• Defects Assessment Standardisation: NEN 2767 & Condition-Based Maintenance
• Guidelines for Implementing a Predictive/Condition-Based Maintenance System

COURSE PROGRAMME (8.30 am – 5.30 pm)

1. Building Degradation and Defects

• Building Performance and Degradation
• Common Causes and Manifestation of Defects
• Design-Construction-Maintenance-Defects Link

2. Building Maintenance: Concepts and Change

• The Maintenance Concept
• Change Drivers in Maintenance
• Tenability of Traditional Response and Cyclical Based Maintenance Systems

3. Predictive/Condition-Based Building Maintenance System

• Process Model
• Maintenance Budgets and Repair Prioritisation
• Information Needs and Objective Condition Assessment

4. Condition Assessment and Condition Scores: NEN 2767

• Defect Parameters
• Defects-Condition Score
• Maintenance Planning & Repair Prioritisation

5. Establishing a Condition-Based Maintenance System

• Methodological Phase
• Organisational Phase
• Operational and Administrative Phase
• IT and Computerisation

COURSE LEADERS

Dr Quah Lee Kiang
Dr Quah is the Director of the Real Estate and Construction Centre in Singapore and Malaysia. She is a second-generation builder with extensive regional and international experience in Project and Facilities Management & Maintenance research, advice and academia. 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 and past President of the Chartered Institute of Building Singapore Centre. She 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 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 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:

• 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

COURSE SCHEDULE, 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.