Facility management during planning and construction

Planning and construction-related facility management means that aspects of subsequent building operation and maintenance are already taken into account during the planning and construction phase in order to avoid costly subsequent repairs, inefficient processes, or increases in operating costs and to optimize the building for operation.

You will gain a practical overview of all relevant FM topics in the early project phases, including requirements planning, cost and life cycle cost analysis, resource and personnel planning, documentation concepts, digitization, and handover processes—precisely where subsequent operator decisions are prepared.

Because the course for later operating costs, quality of use, energy efficiency, process flows, and building availability is set in these early phases. Those who consider the operating concept early on can reduce risks and lower costs over the entire real estate life cycle.

Facility managers are often faced with questions such as

• How can I ensure that the building will run smoothly once it is operational?
• What requirements do I need to consider in planning and installation contracts?

·       How do I plan personnel, resource, and cost requirements early on?

This training methods and recommendations for approaching such questions in a structured manner and making informed decisions.

You will learn about practical tools for creating operating and usage concepts, calculating life cycle costs, designing quality assurance processes, and setting up an FM data and documentation system that will serve the future operating organization.

You benefit from a consistent understanding of the interfaces between planning, construction, and operation. This allows you to coordinate more efficiently where specialist planners, builders, facility management teams, and operating organizations need to work together, rather than having to react to costly corrections later on.

Costs incurred in the early stages of a project often have an impact on the total cost of ownership for years or even decades. Life cycle cost analysis allows you to identify early on which decisions make economic sense. It also enables you to compare quotes and implementation options in a more informed manner.

You will gain insights into modern IT systems, data and document management, and digital tools such as CAFM and Building Information Modeling (BIM), which are essential for controlling processes, maintaining transparency of information, and achieving operational efficiency gains.

The training also training topics such as sustainability concepts, energy and measurement/metering concepts, procurement of facility management services, and handover processes after completion of construction—in other words, all areas in which facility managers today have to work in an interdisciplinary manner.

You will learn how FM requirements can be integrated into planning contracts, tenders, and construction processes so that subsequent handover and operational processes do not arise as "tasks to be delivered later," but rather as an integral part of project management.