Key to the ‘whole life’ planning method of construction design is the consideration of the eventual Facilities Management of the building during its operational period. In this episode Ian explains some problems Facilities Managers can encounter, their input into the design process and five steps that should be undertaken to ensure a successful project from a Facilities Management perspective.
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‘So as you can see the Facilities Manager covers a very wide aspect of services and therefore really knows what the building or facility is about in terms of what it needs and how it operates.’
‘Specific inputs into design that the Facilities Manager can get involved in. Use of experiences from existing buildings. We need to learn from the operation of existing buildings and put that into practice into the new building.’
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ABOUT THE HOST
Ian Rogers is an entrepreneur running businesses in the Real Estate, Construction and Facilities Management arena. Ian has over 40 years’ industry experience, as he was effectively born into construction with his father having his own building company and Ian spending time working on sites from the age of 11!. As a result Ian has seen the industry from a trades person perspective, as a chartered quantity surveyor working on large commercial projects, as a project manager and then working on structured project finance through PFI/PPP deals. This has given Ian a unique whole life approach to any project by considering the end game at the beginning.
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