Course

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

1.  Defining Building Performance

• Concept of Building Performance
• Performance Parameters & Measures

2.  Building Obsolescence & Quality Parameters

• Building Obsolescence
• Building Quality Parameters

3.  Design Management

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

4.  Building Cost-in-Use

• Operating & Maintenance Costs
• Life-Cycle Costs

5.  Technical Quality Management

• Building Ageing, Defects & Technical Performance
• Assessing Technical Performance Over Time
• Technical Assessment Standardisation
• Technical Requirements & Maintenance Priority

6.  Building Life Cycle Management

• Performance Evaluation Over Time
• Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Facility Audit
• Legislations for Life Cycle Management

Dr Quah Lee Kiang PhD, MSc (Maintenance Management), BSc Building, FRICS

Dr Quah is the Director of the Real Estate & Construction Centre and the Real Estate & Construction Academy in Singapore. 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’.  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 for a decade and past President of the Chartered Institute of Building Singapore Centre. She was also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Asia Board, Singapore Board and Asia Pacific Sustainability 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.

$615 nett per person. Course fees includes full colour course documentation and refreshments at tea breaks.

In addition, all Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their $500 SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. Visit the SkillsFuture Credit website (www.skillsfuture.sg/credit) to choose from the courses available on the Training Exchange course directory.

NTUC members may claim up to $250 under the Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).

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.

Cancellations made one week before the scheduled commencement date of the course will be subjected to an administrative fee of $100.00. The full fee of $615.00 will be payable thereafter for any cancellation; substitutions can be made at any time.

Mr Ken Chew
Tel: 6563 4166
Fax: 6563 4156 
E-mail:exectrg@recc.com.sg

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.