INTRODUCTION

Many premises and facilities managers, without an engineering or teechnical background are being given the added responsibility of the operation and maintenance of building engineering services. Often, these managers are unclear what building services are, or lack of full understanding of hoe they functions.

This intensive  5-days course is designed to explain in a simple straightforward manner what building services are, why theya re necessary and who they operate.

The course format is informal and interactive to provide delegates with an oppurtunity to ask questions about their particular service problems.

The programme is intended to give a broad interview of building services, look at some of the problems and examine possible solutions. no prior knowledge of building sefvices is assumed.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES 

Attending this seminar will help you:

• Appreciate how building design affects services
• Understand why services are necessary
• Comprehend how building services operate
• Understand problems arising from buildings services
• Identify cost issues in building and service design
• Clarify your responsibility for safety matters
• Understand the roel of maintenance in service provision

Ghasson has obtained his Ph.D. in Architecture from Bath University, UK. He is Course Leader of the MSc Property Management at faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society at Birmingham City University in the UK.  He is an architect by profession with a wide range of experience in the design and property management of office, residential and commercial buildings. He has acted in an advisory capacity to Housing Associations, PROMIS (UAE), CIB and Building Research Establishment (BRE).

His main areas of specialism are in property Management, business continuity and management information system. His consultancy and research interests focused on flexibility of buildings in use, maintenance and property management of buildings and life cycle cost and  IT applications to property in building use. He has more than 43-refereed papers in construction and Property management journals. He has published in several specialised areas of property and real estate including such conferences as the IHAS, Design Decision Support Systems (Holland) and Catalyst 95 & 97 (Australia). CIB, W89, W70,  CIB TG24, CIB W98. He has been involved in reviewing more than 7 books in built environment related topics. He has been involved in delivering many workshops and CPDs related to design and Property management of buildings in the UK and overseas.

Ghasson is engaged in research that investigates the interaction between technology and building occupiers. He is especially interested in developing 'space planning' techniques and in providing a greater understanding of the methods by which a  property can match user/occupier needs more accurately.

He has carried out extensive research on flexibility of design layout and its implications for the theory of property management.

Day One

Building Design

• New building type e.g. old, new, listed
• Height, shape, orientation and location
• Form of construction
• Services design
• Risers
• Lifts - traction, hydraulic, scissor lifts and hoists

Electrical supply & lighting

• Supply and distribution
• Transformers, electrical intake and switchgear
• Distribution board
• Emergency supply
• Lighting type e.g. incandescent, flourescent emergency
• Emergency
• Efficiency

Day Two

Water

• Cold water
• Hot water

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning

• Plant rooms and boilers
• Distribution and circulating pumps
• System design complexities
• Other methods e.g. electric, gas heaters
• Natural ventilation
• Air conditioning
• Air Handling units
• Cooling & chilled water
• Humidifiers
• Fans, noise and other issues

Day Three

ITC

• Services to server rooms
• Computerized systems
• Block wiring
• Moves and changes
• Call logging

Day Four

Maintenance

• Design criteria and cost/implications
• Manuals and as-fitted drawings
• Maintenance type e.g. planned, reactive conditioned based
• Building management systems
• Trouleshooting

Legislation

• Building/H&S regulation/IEE regulations
• Electricity at work regulations (including PPE, PAT)
• COSHH
• CDM
• Risk assessments
• Permits to work
• Fire

Day Five

Risks

• Asbestos
• Legionnaires disease
• Sick building syndrome
• Other e.g. flood, fire

Environmental issues

• Energy management
• Electrical
• Water
• Waste management