Certificate in Corporate Real Estate and Facility Mgmt

Facility management is the total management of all services that support the core business of an organization. Good facilities management makes a huge difference to the efficiency and productivity of a company, its staff and even its clients.

Facility Managers can influence how a company’s operating costs can be reduced while its productivity is increased. It is essential to ensure that all the different buildings and services of a company work as efficiently as possible. Facility management is the total management of all services that support the core business of an organization, and good facility management makes a huge difference to the efficiency and productivity of a company, its staff and even its clients.

Our course will equip you to recognize the factors that influence property choice, nature of tenure and acquisition and disposal of corporate real estate. This includes the cost implications of the property life cycle and the consideration of liabilities and legal issues. You will also be able to apply the techniques you learn to improve workplace productivity, sustainability, communication and the overall competitive strategy of an organization.

Course Benefits
This course will enable you to recognize the factors that influence property choice, nature of tenure and acquisition and disposal of corporate real estate:

• Enhanced knowledge of the role that CRE&FM plays in supporting organizational productivity and hence profitability.
• Apply the methodologies available for ensuring organizational efficiency and effectiveness in terms of cost, process and performance
• Appreciate of how Corporate Real Estate & Facility Management needs to change to meet the challenges posed by IT convergence, sustainability, new methods of working and increased regulation.
• Understand the broad spectrum of services encompassed by CRE&FM and how getting it wrong in one area can have unexpected implications elsewhere.

Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for professionals who have worked in the corporate and commercial real estate and facility management sector for at least 2 years. It is suitable for property managers, asset managers, facility managers, project managers, accommodation managers and all those who want to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the corporate real estate facility management services that they are responsible for providing and managing.

Content
This course is made of up of 6 units delivered across a 6-month period. The technical units covered within this course are listed below:

• Unit 1 – Strategic Corporate Real Estate and Facility Management
• Unit 2 – Corporate Real Estate Life Cycle
• Unit 3 – The FM Life Cycle
• Unit 4 – The Workplace
• Unit 5 – Facility Support Services
• Unit 6 - Management Information Systems
  
  

Learning resources format

E-learning
Within each module will be dedicated e-learning sessions. Within these courses delegates will gain an understanding around the practical techniques and international standards required within the construction and quantity surveying pathway.

Reading material
Learners will further study and understanding of the methodologies with the directed reading material. Sourced from textbooks and articles, these readings support development throughout the course program.

Case study
Technical case studies provide examples of practice, within these case studies participants will practice the theory taught within the module. Responses will be shared within the online forums.

Discussion forum
Questions, comments, case studies will be posted to the forum (one module) with the objective of allowing the participants to reflect on the e-learning and also to discuss their own experiences under each module heading around QS practice.

End of module quiz
At the end of each module is a short quiz, to check understanding of the content and to help track progress.

Live web classes
On completion of all the technical modules, participants will be required to attend one 1.5 hour live online web class. The structure of this session is to provide a detail overview of the practices and principles of QS. Provide participants with an open live forum to discuss their own interpretations and understanding of the learning outcomes of the course.