Facilities Management
PORTFOLIO SEMESTER 5
LECTURER:
MR. ANDREW CHEONG
Facility Management is an elective subject in my semester 5. There are few that we could choose such as sustainable housing, Industrial Building and few other but I decided to take this subject instead.
This subject is taught by Sr Andrew Cheong. Facility Management take up 2 hours lecture and 2 hours tutorial every week. This subject has taught me the role of facility manager. Beside that we also learn about how to organize and coordinate buildings.
We look into many things that are related to a complete building for instance the trouble that a building manager face and how to overcome those problems and who to complain to if it happens . This has open open my eyes in seeing things that we have to take precaution before we construct a building for a long term use .
There are also other things that we have looked into such as the authority that take charge in Malaysia such as Tenaga National Berhad, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya and many more. Facility Management is also important in order to keep a certain building clean and well maintained .
Buildings are also divided into few types, there are high maintenance, low maintenance and it all depends on area, finishing quality, selling price and located area. Facilities in building are very important to be maintain, and maintaining building is not as easy and as cheap as we thought. It would takes a lot of money to maintain it .
We are given a group assignment to do and this group assessment cover 100% of marks because there are no test or final examination for elective subjects. There are basically 3 part questions. The first question that we have to do is prepare a report regarding to building and their facilities including the property name and location, its management status, the view of subject property photograph including the facilities, the location maps and the feature design information.
There are 5 types of buildings that we need to obtain and observe. They are terrace shop or factory in single storey building, apartment or condominium with 2000 and above residential units that built within one plot of land, walked-up apartment consists of 150 or less residential units built within one plot of land, mixed retail with residential building and lastly is mixed retail with SOHO/office building. We need to finds two cases for each type of buildings mentioned above.
The second question is a case study on swimming pool facilities by presenting brief guidelines about the operation system, piping design and its relevant mechanical components. Then the third question is more to tutorial assessment questions to discussing the differences between Facilities Management and Construction Management, describing the type of common area within residential building and explaining the types of components on electricity consumption and the methods on energy saving for common area.
Here are some photos that I took during our visit to few buildings for our assignment :
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| Photos : Solaris Dutamas for mixed retail with office building |
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| Photos : Menara OUA Bangsar for mixed retail with office building |
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| Figure : Some answer regarding to tutorial assessment questions |
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