ARE 550 Essentials of Facilities Management
Facilities management (FM) growth, leadership and decision making, skills and functions. Facilities planning and administration. Business strategies for FM. Financial management. Space utilization. Quality management. Building performance. Operation and maintenance. Building support services and quality assessment. Asset management. Outsourcing. Human resource management. Building adaptive re-use. Business continuity during renovations. Facilities relocation. Sustainable FM practices. Information systems in FM. Environmental, legal, health, safety and security considerations. Approaches for effective management and operation of facilities.
ARE 551 Building Performance Assessment
Building performance and influencing factors. Facilities manager’s role in operating healthy and sustainable facilities. Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) use and benefits, elements of building performance: technical, functional, and behavioral. POE levels of effort, phases, and steps. Data collection and analysis methods. Performance measurement protocols, metrics, and instrumentation. Advanced rating systems of high-performance buildings. Emerging technologies and computer applications, case studies.
ARE 552 Intelligent Safety and Security Systems
Safety and security concepts in building design and operation. The role of the facilities manager. Fire development, propagation, and severity in buildings. Smart fire detection, notification, and suppression systems. Evacuation strategies. Smoke management techniques. Fire-resisting elements. National and International Safety codes and standards. Risk assessment processes. Emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Challenges of fire safety for building sustainability. Intelligent security systems in buildings. Innovative technologies. Potentials of IoT technologies for fire prevention in smart facilities, BIM tools and computer-predictive simulations for fire safety management. Case studies.
ARE 553 Real Estate and Property Management
Overview of real state and property management. Real estate strategies and techniques. Real estate assessment, acquisition and disposal. Building classifications. Types of tenants, tenants requirements. Site evaluation and selection. Market search and analysis, and feasibility studies. Real estate financing. Real estate economics, marketing and leasing. Tenant administration, maintenance and staffing. Scope of real estate management (rental housing, condominiums, and shopping centers and retail properties), Space and asset management. Entrepreneurial role of real estate management. The potential of BIM applications in the real estate and property management industry.
ARE 554 Automated Building Operation and Maintenance
Intelligent buildings, design, operation, and maintenance. Building systems functions, components, operational requirements. Building automation, commissioning and diagnostic technologies for building systems and equipment. AI and IoT applications for intelligent buildings, BIM-based operation and planning of facilities maintenance. Sustainable control, operation, and maintenance of mechanical, lighting, and electrical systems in buildings. Building systems maintenance requirements, fault detection and automated diagnostics. Operation and maintenance strategies. Case studies.
ARE 555 Smart and Sustainble Facilities
The concept and approach for sustainability in relation to facilities management (FM). The facilities manager’s role in the sustainable delivery of FM. Integration of building design, technology use, and management of support services in the context of sustainable FM. The role of information in FM, benefits achieved through the implementation of emerging technologies (e.g. IoT, AI and BIM) in the FM domain to achieve smart and sustainable facilities. Challenges associated with the utilization of emerging technologies in the FM domain: interoperability and enhancement of data integration, knowledge management, training and competence development for facilities managers. Case studies.
ARE 619 Project
Master report on an independent study that deals with the analysis and/or design of a significant problem related to the field of Facilities Management and prepared under the supervision of an FM faculty. This report should follow formal report format including an introduction, literature review, research methodology, collection and analysis of data, conclusions and recommendations, list of references and appendices of important information. The report will be presented and evaluated by a faculty committee.
ACCT 508 Financial Accounting
An introduction to the basics principles, assumptions, concepts and tools of financial accounting and corporate finance; the accounting cycle; the structure and contents of the financial statements; pro forma financial statements; time value of money with applications in capital budgeting; financial statement analysis; global, environmental and ethical dimensions of financial reporting and financial management.
EM 550 Engineering Project Management
Project management framework, strategic management and project selection, project organization, human aspects of project management, conflicts and negotiations, scope management, time management, cost management, risk management, contracts and procurement, project termination, the project management office, and modern developments in project management, including: PMI, PRINCE 2, and ISO 21500. Integrates and clarifies the principles and tools through case studies from a variety of disciplines.