About[]
Facility management (plant services management, facilities engineering) is an interdisciplinary field primarily devoted to the maintenance and care of large commercial care buildings, such as hospitals, ambulatory-care, clinics, oxygen storage sheds. Duties may include the care of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, emergency power (i.e. generators, flyback transformers, UPS), plumbing and lighting systems; housekeeping/cleaning; waste-removal; conducting infection-control risk assessment (ICRA); elevator maintenance; decoration; space utilization, safety and/or security officer, emergency management, grounds-keeping and security, and more.
It is the role of the Facility Manager to coordinate and oversee the safe, secure, and environmentally sound operations and maintenance of these real-property assets in a cost effective manner aimed at long-term preservation of the asset value.
The term "facility management" is similar to "property management" although not exactly the same. While both manage the day to day operations of a facility the property manager has an expanded role which includes leasing and marketing activities whereas the facility manager role focuses on existing tenants who usually are owner occupants.[1]
Disciplines []
Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Please cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
Here is a list of Disciplines in Facilities Engineering
- Pipes and Fittings
- Construction
- Regulatory Compliance
- Life Safety
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- American with Disabilities (ADA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- The Joint Commission (TJC)
- National Fire Protection Association(NFPA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS)
- Healthcare Interior Design
- Hospital emergency codes
- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
- Administration
- Environment of Care Management Plans: (x7)
- Buliding and Grounds
- Plant maintenance
- Architecture/Design
- Planning, Design, and Contruction
- Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA)
- Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM)
- Change Order Request (COR)
- Request For Information (RFI)
- Maintenance and Operations
- Coordinate a maintenance management program for:
- buildings
- equipment
- utilities
- grounds
- Coordinate a maintenance management program for:
- Financial Management
- Manage budgets for:
- operations and maintenance
- construction projects
- capital
- utilities
- Manage budgets for:
References[]
- ↑ American Hospital Association Certification Center. "CHFM Certification and Handbook". 24 pages. June 2010. 2010 CHFM Certification and Handbook.
Links[]
- American Society for Health-care Engineering
- Association for Facilities Engineering Journal
- Health-Care Facility Manager Magazine
- Health-Care Builders Ideas Magazine