Facilities Management

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Who : People concerned with office buildings, apartment complexes (large and small scale), sports venues, extensive facilities, airports, etc. Maintenance managers, building managers, supervisors, non-maintenance directors accountable for maintenance, leads, maintenance support people, and people in training for these positions

What : This 2-day class is available in longer formats. Training materials include a spiral-bound workbook and a textbook Facilities Management by Joel Levitt. We can tour the training venue for insight into building maintenance.

what you will Learn :

Our promise for this program is that you and your staff will have a new and more in-depth understanding of managing building maintenance effectively.  This understanding will translate into reduced costs of operation and higher levels of user/tenant satisfaction.

One day Lean class during PEMAC meeting in Toronto

2-day Facility Management Agenda

In the following agenda:

RED – are interactive exercises of various types

Day 1 :

  1. What does it take to manage buildings and facilities?
  2. What is the appropriate level of maintenance?
  3. Lean maintenance strategies.

          Ideas to save money.

          How to cut energy costs.

          Action exercise: Develop a money- saving project                                     

  1. Dealing with contracts.

            Types of contracts.

            Housekeeping contracts.

            Bidding and bid packages.

            Action exercise:  Decide which party is right in a mock contract dispute.

  1. Contractors

            Steps of contracting. 

            Tips to avoid claims. 

            Getting the work done with contractors.

            Choosing contractors. 

  1. Do work in-house.

            Training.

            Route maintenance.

  1. Purchasing and stocking materials

            Stocking and Purchasing Custodial supplies & materials.

Day 2 :

  1. Computerization,
    • Discussions of how systems work,
    • How to get more benefit from CMMS
  2. Budgeting for maintenance and housekeeping
  3. Action exercise: Maintenance fitness questionnaire
  4. Get Maintenance Organized,
    • Maintenance work order,
    • Auditing existing systems.
  5. Management of Housekeeping
    • Estimating housekeeping
    • Quality inspection process.
    • Action exercise: estimate housekeeping for a school,
    • Doing quality inspections in hotel
  6. PM Preventive Maintenance

 

Training options :

We are flexible about your specific needs for outcomes from the course.

Option 1
Option 1

The most basic way is to present a standard course after a brief email conversation about goals and objectives. The courses are tried and tested and have been used to good effect worldwide in many maintenance situations.

Option 2
Option 2

The second and most common option involves a one-day site visit before the class. This visit allows me to add examples from your facility, adjust the verbal presentation to suit your needs, meet some key players, and see some of the unique problems you face.

Option 3
Option 3

involves a more extensive site visit (to be defined) a few weeks before the class. This extra time allows me to customize and add examples from your facility and adjust the verbal presentation to suit your needs. It is always good to meet some of the key players and see for myself some of the unique problems you face.

Option 4
Option 4

The third option is to conduct a maintenance audit survey that looks at all the aspects of maintenance, evaluates areas where improvements are possible, and slanting the training to the competencies needed to implement the upgrades uncovered in the survey.

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