A building that only gets attention when something breaks is already the more expensive building to run — emergency repairs cost more, disrupt operations more, and shorten equipment life faster than a planned maintenance programme ever would. The real question facilities teams face isn't whether to maintain a building, but how to do it with the right mix of prevention, prediction and lifecycle thinking.

This training course builds that mix from the ground up. Participants learn to assess the condition of building systems, plan preventive and predictive maintenance around actual risk and criticality rather than habit, apply lifecycle costing to replacement and refurbishment decisions, and use facilities engineering to keep HVAC, fire safety, building automation and other systems performing as designed — from commissioning through to end-of-life.

Delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, the Keeping Buildings Running: Maintenance Management and Facility Lifecycle Engineering Training Course sits within Engineering Maintenance and Operation, with specialization in Construction and Civil Engineering Training Courses.

• Apply preventive, predictive, corrective and condition-based maintenance approaches to building systems
• Assess the condition and performance of building assets, and schedule maintenance based on criticality
• Apply lifecycle costing to maintenance, refurbishment and replacement decisions
• Understand building asset management and facilities engineering principles across a building's lifecycle
• Manage maintenance resources — contractors, materials and work orders — efficiently
• Identify maintenance risks and apply appropriate control measures
• Use maintenance data and performance indicators to support engineering decisions
• Improve reliability, availability and service performance of building systems
• Improve energy efficiency and operational sustainability through effective maintenance

Target Audience

• Building maintenance managers and maintenance engineers/supervisors
• Facilities managers and facilities engineers
• Civil and construction engineers, and building services engineers
• Property and asset managers
• Engineering operations and technical services managers
• Project and construction managers
• Anyone responsible for building lifecycle performance

Module 1: Knowing What You're Maintaining

• Building structure, systems (mechanical, electrical, HVAC, fire, automation) and asset registers
• Building condition surveys and inspection techniques
• Defect identification, failure modes and root-cause analysis

Module 2: Fundamentals of Building Maintenance Management

• Principles and objectives of Building Maintenance, and maintenance management functions
• Planned versus reactive maintenance
• Maintenance performance and its link to asset performance

Module 3: Planning and Scheduling Maintenance

• Preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance programmes
• Work-order planning, scheduling and resource (labour, tools, spare parts) planning
• Emergency and corrective maintenance planning

Module 4: Asset Management and Lifecycle Costing

• Asset criticality assessment and lifecycle stages of building assets
• Lifecycle cost analysis and replacement/renewal strategies
• Whole-life asset management decisions

Module 5: Facilities Engineering and Reliability

• Role of facilities engineering in building performance and technical operations
• Reliability-centred maintenance and equipment reliability/availability
• System performance monitoring and operational efficiency

Module 6: Cost, Safety and Compliance

• Maintenance budgeting, KPIs and contractor/service-provider performance
• Safety requirements, permit-to-work and regulatory compliance
• Documentation and maintenance records

Module 7: Sustainable and Practical Building Maintenance

• Energy-efficient and sustainable maintenance practices
• Extending asset life through lifecycle approaches to refurbishment and replacement
• Developing real maintenance strategies, schedules and asset registers