Zugl.: Karlsruhe, Univ., Diss., 2009 / Hergestellt on demand. - Zusätzliches Online-Angebot unter http://uvka.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/shop/isbn/978-3-86644-395-2

Diplomarbeit Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, 1996.

The traditional two-dimensional (2D) delivery system in construction industry creates communication gaps among owners, architects, and contractors. These gaps exist in all phases of project, but are more evident in operation and maintenance. Owners, especially colleges, are now starting to explore and implement new methods to receive more valuable as-built information. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an emerging information technology that promotes a collaborative process for the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Facilities Management (AECFM) industry; it can facilitate the exchange and interoperability of information management, and therefore could provide enhanced benefits to colleges and universities¡¯ physical plant. The objective of this thesis is to determine the feasibility of using BIM concepts, principles and tools to support and enhance the informational needs for planning, design, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the physical plant of WPI. The methodologies used in this research include literature review of previous research conducted by WPI students; case study analysis; interview with managers at Department of Facilities, review other universities and owners¡¯ experience with BIM, and the review of material documented on the subject. The thesis provides a conceptual guideline for implementation of BIM for WPI that can be extended to other college campuses. The proposed guideline identifies the scope of information that needs to be included in the model, establishes a process for identify specific ways in which the information can be managed to meet the needs of the facility management at WPI.

Facilities management is emerging rapidly as a distinct and critical field of study and professional practice for all sectors of the economy. In the past it has tended to be regarded as a service function and subsumed within other areas such as engineering, the built environment and business management. The health sector is an important part of the overall FM industry because it represents a driver of capital works that is both extensive and expensive. The health sector building requirements are growing, demand regular maintenance and upgrading, and are critical to core business. An extensive literature review revealed that there has been minimal published research into the development and implementation of a central feature of effective FM, namely, performance management. Performance management provides the primary evaluation and planning tool for FM, in that it identifies the performance indicators that are meaningful to FM and core business, provides measures for those indicators and enables projective planning and benchmarking to be undertaken. This research study assesses the possibility of developing a comprehensive performance measurement system for FM in the healthcare sector. The research has two main aims: - To identify the knowledge gaps in current FM performance measurement systems in general, and for the healthcare sector in particular. - To investigate the possibility of benchmarking FM performance across the healthcare sector using a weighted assessment across all categories of performance. In order to meet the research purpose and data collection requirements from the relatively limited number of FM experts who specialise in the health sector, the research methodology employs a combination of a case study approach as an exploratory tool, and a phenomenological approach as the main qualitative design. In achieving the aims and objectives, this research helps in improving FM practice in the healthcare sector through: - Providing facility managers with a comprehensive study which highlights the achievements and knowledge gaps in FM and its performance measurement - Providing top management with a study for the effectiveness of developing decision support strategy to make effective and efficient changes to their facility management practices - Facilitate the implementation of benchmarking techniques in the health sector, in order to improve the performance of the healthcare sector FM over time. The study concludes that developing aggregate/collective KPIs for each performance measurement category of possible measure (social/quality, financial, environmental, functional, and technical) is feasible. However, before being able to develop and implement that approach an improvement to the current FM practices is required. The improvement can be achieved via either a voluntarily or compulsory commitment from top management towards FM in the organizations. This commitment should be implemented with an appropriate hierarchy from the bottom to the top. The key components include: establishing the contribution of FM to the success of the overall business in financial terms; setting agreed FM objectives; deriving meaningful general KPIs; defining the data required for each KPI; establishing the system for collecting, analyzing and interpreting the data; and conducting the benchmarking process for continual improvement.

Zugl.: Speyer, Dt. Hochsch. für Verwaltungswiss., Diss., 2007.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has changed the ways buildings are designed and constructed. Along with design and construction, operation and maintenance of the built facility is also gaining importance in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction industry. Facility management (FM) is widely adopted by industrial, healthcare and other types of commercial facilities for better maintenance and management of assets. BIM is being adopted in the field of Facility management and has become one of the most important tools for better application of operation and maintenance. Facility management is performed by professionals with training and experience in the related fields of building operation, maintenance, upgrade and repair. BIM is a professional tool which requires intense training and knowledge. This tool cannot be used and is hard to understand for non-professionals and people who do not have training to use it. Management of residences is as important as management of commercial, industrial and healthcare facilities for the life and smooth running of such facilities. Residential facilities are properties with one or more residential units or buildings. These buildings could be low rise, high rise or individual units. This thesis will help in analyzing the scope of using BIM and Application Programming Interface (API) for management of maintenance in residences by the owner who are not professionally trained. The research analyzes a single, basic function of a BIM tool to determine the potential for such a tool to help non-expert, first time user to be able to understand their residential facilities maintenance requirements. It is an attempt to propose a system which provides alerts to the owners regarding required maintenance and which shows the location of the work in a 3D model. The system was designed and tested in Microsoft Windows 7 operating system by using Autodesk® Revit building information software to make the 3D model, a Revit API plug-in to craft the alerts and show the location of work and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to export the model to a web browser. The system worked through Revit program, but the concept of applying the system to work through web browser failed.

Denna rapport handlar om kvalitet på tekniska installationer i fastigheter. Det har blivit allt vanligare inom fastighetsbranschen att organisationer/företag handlar upp FM tjänster som stöd till sin kärnverksamhet. Detta för att kunna effektivisera sin kärnverksamhet och göra kostnadsbesparingar.   Själv har jag arbetat några år som fastighetsförvaltare och då kommit i kontakt med FM tjänster. Funderingar som har funnits hos beställare av FM tjänster på den tekniska sidan har varit om FM leverantör utfört tillsyn och skötsel enligt avtal. Av egen erfarenhet har de uppenbarligen inte gjort tillsyn och skötsel enligt avtalen. Som ett exempel kan nämnas när nödbelysning inte har fungerat vid strömbortfall. Enligt avtalet skulle batterier till nödbelysning kontrolleras med jämna intervaller och bytas ut av FM leverantör. Denna kostnad ingick i det fasta arvodet till FM entreprenören. Eller när tillsyn och skötsel av hängrännor uppenbarligen inte hade rensas på flera år. Följden av det blev frostsprängning i tegelfasaden då det under senhöst/vinter byggde på så mycket mossa, löv och annat skräp att vattnet som rann på fasaden sögs in i tegelfasaden och frös till.   Rapporten handlar inte om specifika fall som ovan utan om det finns några viktiga parametrar att tänka på som beställare av FM tjänster på de tekniska installationerna. Hur kan en beställare av FM tjänster kvalitetssäkra de tekniska installationerna?

In dieser Arbeit wird das Komponentenmanagementsystem CCM, der Aufbau der zugrunde liegenden Datenbank sowie seine Benutzerschnittstelle analysiert. Ansätze, ein neues flexibleres und kostengünstigeres System durch Verwendung von Open Source-Software wie PHP und MySQL zu schaffen, werden untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, daß ein solches System realisierbar ist. Seine anfänglichen Einschränkungen und zukünftige Lösungsmöglichkeiten werden dargestellt. Die Phase der Datenmigration wird erörtert und ein Plan zum schrittweisen Übergang von der bestehenden zu einer neuen Komponentenverwaltung erstellt. Während der Entwurfsphase werden Richtlinien für die Benutzerschnittstellen- und Programmcodegestaltung gesetzt und eine grundlegende modulare Systemarchitektur mit Hilfe eines objektorientierten Ansatzes zur Umsetzung der geforderten Erweiterbarkeit erarbeitet. Die entwickelten Schnittstellen werden implementiert und aufbauend auf sie die Kernalgorithmen von CCM portiert und erweitert. Mit dem Abschluß dieser Arbeit steht ein einsatzbereites modulares und insbesondere kostenfreies System zur Produkt-, Komponenten- und Inventarverwaltung der Netzwerkkomponenten der TU Chemnitz bereit , welches die Arbeitsaufgaben dieser Bereiche mit den aus CCM übernommenen Daten teilweise schneller oder effizienter erfüllen kann. Seine Schnittstellen werden schnelle und einfache Anpassungen und Erweiterungen der Datensichten ermöglichen.

Zugl.: Regensburg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2009.

Zugl.: Wuppertal, Universiẗat, Diss., 2009.