Module Title
Built Asset Management
Keywords
Facilities, Asset Management, Space Utilisation, Whole Life Costing, Health& Safety, Benchmarking, Data Appraisal, Value Techniques |
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Prerequisites for Module
None.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To develop a professional working understanding of the role and processes utilised to manage the built assets as they relate to today’s built environment.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Define Asset Management in the context of the Built Environment.
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Compare and Contrast the impact Capital Cost and whole life costs have on a project.
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Discuss the management skills involved in Facilities Management, the stages of Facilities Management implementation, outsourcing and space utilisation issues.
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Analyse health & safety practice and implement the necessary legislation.
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Research, create and evaluate data appraisal systems for occupancy evaluation. Recognise and critically assess the relationship between costs, use, function and value. Apply the suite of Value Techniques to Built Asset Management.
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Indicative Module Content
Human influences, economic influences, effects on business, organisational structures, capital costs, cost in use, data collection, FM strategies, benefit analysis, occupancy evaluation, employee satisfaction, audit procedures, benchmarking, audit techniques, outsourcing, contracts and agreements.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Distance Learning | Assessment
| 15 | 15 | Lectures/Seminars
| 30 | 0 |
Directed Study
| | | Directed Individual Study
| 70 | 84 | Online Seminars/Discussion
| 0 | 16 |
Private Study
| | | Private Study
| 35 | 35 |
| Mode of Delivery
Full Time or Distance Learning
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 |
| | Component 2 | 1,2,3,4,5
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Module assessment will be recorded in two components. Component 1 will be formative in nature to provide students with a programme of developmental activities applied to module content as preparation for Component 2. This is weighted at 40% of the final grade.
Component 2 will be summative in nature; typically an individual piece of work. The component assesses all module learning outcomes and is weighted at 60% of the final grade.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Atkins, B., 2015. Total Facility Management, 4th Ed., Wiley
| | 2. | Holmes, D., Bicknell, C., Davies, J. (2012). Capital and whole life costs of buildings
Metric Handbook, 2012, p.4-1-4-8
| | 3. | Lloyd, C., Corcoran, M., (2019). Asset management: transforming asset dependent businesses. Institute of Civil Engineers Publishing.
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