GPA

3.83

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This course provides the student with an understanding of the issues related to facilities management for owner organizations. The course is oriented toward upper class and graduate students familiar with the delivery of capital construction projects and provides an owner's perspective of capital construction and ongoing operation. The course will focus on the total life-cycle cost of a capital construction project beginning with planning, business rationale, economic analysis, and programmatic specifications. The owner's perspective on annual operating costs will be examined including calculation of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual operating costs. The implications of stewardship and customer service will be reviewed and analyzed including the implications on total life-cycle costs. The human resources implications of operating a facility will be reviewed including determination of staffing requirements to meet various levels of service as well as tools and techniques to determine and manage contracted services. Numerous case studies will be described and discussed which will demonstrate the importance of careful planning and budgeting of annual and periodic maintenance. Issues of sustainability, regulations, and other legal factors will be discussed and examined.

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