Facilities Economics (EU version) - electronic edition

Bernard Williams


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PART A FACILITIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
1.1The scope of facilities: Introduction.
1.1.1"Definitions: Facilities, Facilities management, The Intelligent Client Function (ICF), Sponsorship, Intelligence, Services management, Liaison/contract management."
1.1.2Services Management Structure
1.1.3"Facilities Cost Centres: Facilities management, Premises, Support services,"
1.1.4The Facilities Mission
1.1.5"Facilities and the Corporate Plan: The premises policy, The support services policy."
1.1.6Core and Non-core Activities
1.2The performance of facilities: Introduction.
1.2.1The Balanced Scorecard.
1.2.2"The Concept of Performance: Management and performance, Performance Indicators,Service level agreements, Cross charging, back to back agreements, quality of service, implementing the full internal market, benchmarking"
1.2.3"The Performance of Building: The significance of building performance, Definition of building performance, The three facets of building performance, The physical performance of buildings, The functional performance of buildings, The financial performance of buildings - initial and operating costs, The financial performance of buildings - investment and functional values, Measuring building performance, Building performance and the facilities manager"
1.3The costs of facilities: Introduction.
1.3.1"Pan European Cost Comparisons, Pan European classification protocol, inter-country cost comparisons, cultural differences, purchasing power parity (PPP)"
1.3.2"General Cost Comparisons: Interpolation, Service, level components, Macro-economic factors, Total costs."
2.1"Facilities and core business management, introduction."
2.1.1"Scope of Facilities Management: The emergence of facilities management, The mission statement, Scope of responsibilities, Management functions and skill requirements."
2.1.2"Management Structures: Facilities management organisation, Structures for in-house management, The Ôintelligent clientÕ, Case Studies - the Intelligent Client Function."
2.1.3"Outsourcing: Practical criteria for deciding on an outsourced solution, Economic issues, Size of operation, Pay structures, Experience, Quality issues, Motivation, Flexibility, The availability of skills"
2.1.4"Devolved Responsibility: Watching the costs, Responsibility for facilities policy, taking independent advice, management options, shared savings. The Partnering Approach, The devolved risk, familiarisation and due diligence, can it work, the Help Desk."
2.1.5The Cost of Facilities Management
2.2"Financial Management, Introduction."
2.2.1"Cost Effectiveness,."
2.2.2Competitive Procurement.
2.2.3"Value Enineering, redundant performance, Value engineering and value management, the concept of value, performance appraisal,."
2.2.4"Budgetary control, definition, pro-active budgetary control, estimates and assumptions,"
2.2.5Interdependence of the three facets
2.2.6"Financial appraisal techniques, discounted cash flow,"
2.3"Information Management, Introduction."
2.3.1"Data and Information, the data processing cycle, data and information flow,"
2.3.2"The Internet and information management, a culture change, e-commerce, information concentration, independent v integrated information."
2.3.3Facilities information and applications.
2.3.4"Facilities Management Systems, CAD-based systems, cafoms, cafims, The economics of computer aided facilities management systems"
2.3.5"E-FM, the internet and facilities management, intelligence gathering, performance information, E-procurement, control of projects and service delivery"
2.4"Asset Management, introduction."
2.4.1Conflicts of interest
2.4.2Categories of Assets.
2.4.3"Property Asset Management, property v premises, property management functions, performance appraisal, the condition of the property, ownership and professional advice, the cost of investment property management."
2.4.4"Inventory Asset Management, the facility managers role, asset registers,"
2.4.5Asset Depreciation
2.4.6Asset Stripping
2.5"Quality Management, introduction."
2.5.1Quality and the facilities policy
2.5.2"The Business Case, Educational issues, justifying the strategy"
2.5.3"Quality management procedures, the processes, quality assurance, specification, performance specification, key performance indicators (KPIÕs), output performance specification prescriptive input specification, measuring quality attitudes, measuring process output performance, measuring input performance, measuring policy output performance Ð user satisfaction surveys, complaints"
2.5.4Investing in quality
2.6"Risk management, introduction."
2.6.1The risk centres
2.6.2"The risk management process, the three facets of risk management, risk identification, risk appraisal, risk containment, monitoring"
2.6.3Risk transfer.
2.6.4Formal v informal approach.
2.7"Project Management, Introduction."
2.7.1Project risk exposure
2.7.2"Programme Management Tools, principal generic tools, milestone chart, the Gantt chart, critical path method (CPM/PERT)- network analysis, float management, resource allocation, operational scheduling, work breakdown structure WBS, S curve progress analysis chart, line of balance (LOB) computerised applications"
2.7.3PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUALITIES
2.8"VALUE MANAGEMENT, introduction"
2.8.1"THE VALUE MANAGEMENT PROCESS, value management of facilities, the three facets of value management, risk, quality, cost and value"
2.8.2"VALUE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES value management stages, identification and appraisal, implementation, monitoring.."
2.8.3VALUE MANAGEMENT IN CONTEXT
2.9Change management: Introduction.
2.9.1BUSINESS CHANGE
2.9.2MANAGING CHANGE - THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH
2.9.3"CHANGE AND THE FACILITIES MANAGER: The key principles, Mergers and takeovers."
PART B PREMISES
3.1Interests in property: Introduction.
3.1.1CATAGORIES OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
3.1.2"ABSOLUTE IN POSSESSION INTERESTS, absolute ownership, moveables v immoveables, buildings and structures."
3.1.3"LEASEHOLD INTERESTS, types of lease, building leases, occupational leases, sub or underleases, sale of lease/assignments"
3.1.4JOINT OWNERSHIP
3.1.5"LESSER RIGHTS OF OCCUPATION AND OTHER INTERESTS, servitudes, usufruct, building and dwelling rights"
3.1.6"THE NATURE OF LESSER RIGHTS TO OCCUPY AND USE LAND, lesser rights to occupy land, lesser rights to use,"
3.1.7RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
3.2Leasehold conditions: Introduction.
3.2.1THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LEASE
3.2.2"RENT: The nature and payment of rent, Failure to pay rent, or delay, Rent reviews, Rent suspension, Rent on renewals of a lease."
3.2.3"REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE AND INSURANCE: Full repairing and insuring lease (FRI), Multiple occupation leases, Insurance, Entry."
3.2.4"LANDLORD'S APPROVALS: Alienation, Alterations and improvements."
3.2.5SALE AND LEASEBACK
3.2.6SURRENDER AND RENEWAL
3.2.7LEASE RENEWAL - ISSUES AND OPTIONS:.
3.2.8REDEVELOPMENT AND REFURBISHMENT
3.3LandlordÕs asset management and service charges: Introduction.
3.3.1"DEALING WITH PHYSICAL DETERIORATION: The problem and its treatment, Enforcement of the repairing covenants."
3.3.2"SERVICE CHARGES: The nature and purpose, The content of service charges, Key financial issues, Scope of the service contract."
3.3.3COST LEVELS
3.3.4RESERVE FUNDS AND SINKING FUNDS
3.3.5QUALITY AND TYPE OF WORK
3.3.6DISPUTES
3.3.7APPORTIONMENT OF CHARGES
3.4The valuation process: Introduction.
3.4.1"THE ROLE OF THE VALUER/ESTATES SURVEYOR: Professional services, Professional qualifications, Why use a recognised asset valuer?"
3.4.2THE VALUATION CONSULTANT
3.4.3EUROPEAN VALUATION STANDARDS (EVS 2000)
3.4.4SOME NUANCES OF THE TERM 'VALUE'
3.4.5THE VALUATION CERTIFICATE OR REPORT
3.4.6SPECIFIC LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE
3.5Valuation methodology: Introduction.
3.5.1APPROACHES TO VALUATION
3.5.2DIRECT COMPARISON METHOD
3.5.3"INVESTMENT METHOD: The rental level, Factors affecting yields, Investment value calculations, The ÔYears PurchaseÕ multiplier, Single and dual rate multipliers, Inflation and the investment yield, The equated yield, Refinements of these investment valuation techniques."
3.5.4THE RESIDUAL METHOD
3.5.5THE PROFITS METHOD
3.5.6VALUATIONS BASED UPON COST
3.5.7RECONCILIATION
3.5.8VALUATION OF LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS: The sinking fund.
3.5.9PREMIUMS
3.5.10SURRENDERS
3.5.11REVERSE PREMIUM AND SURRENDER VALUES
3.5.12SALE AND LEASEBACK
3.5.13PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVES
3.6Premises and property ÔinvestmentÕ: Introduction.
3.6.1"THE NATURE OF PROPERTY AS AN INVESTMENT: Factors influencing value, Rent review or indexation intervals, Expected rental growth, Yield impact, Risk factors."
3.6.2"OWNERSHIP AND INTERMEDIARIES: Objectives of direct property ownership, Status of direct owner, Indirect property ownership, Categories of owner, Financial intermediaries."
3.6.3"THE MARKET FOR PROPERTY: The Ôproperty marketÕ, Property investment criteria, Location and property, Quality of a property portfolio, The owner-occupierÕs portfolio."
3.7Property insurance and other cover: Introduction.
3.7.1PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE
3.7.2"NEED FOR INSURANCE: Risk management by insurance, Compulsory insurances, Contractual insurance obligations."
3.7.3"TYPICAL PERILS AND ALL RISK COVER: Material damage insurance, Getting the right cover, Consequential loss."
3.7.4"ACQUIRING, PROCURING AND HOLDING PROPERTY: Acquisition issues, Funding and insurance, Construction issues, Remedies, Occupation issues, EmployerÕs liability insurance, Public liability insurance, Contents insurance, All risks policy check, Professional indemnity insurance, Loss of rent insurance."
3.7.5"VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE: Approaches, Reinstatement value, Modern substitute building, First loss, Market value approach."
3.7.6"INSURANCE PREMIUMS: Premium rating, Taxation."
3.7.7ADMINISTRATION
3.7.8"CLAIMS: Planning and preparation, Avoidance of claims, Under-insurance and average, Lease terms."
3.8Depreciation of property: Introduction.
3.8.1"THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DEPRECIATION: Meaning, Significance, Practice."
3.8.2"THE FIVE FACETS OF ECONOMIC LIFE OF PROPERTY: Economic obsolescence, Functional obsolescence, Strategic obsolescence, Environmental obsolescence, Configurative obsolescence, Building performance, Land."
3.8.3PREMATURE OBSOLESCENCE
3.8.4CALCULATION OF DEPRECIATION
3.8.5INFLATION AND DEPRECIATION
3.9Commercial Property management: Introduction.
3.9.1"THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: The income, The investment value, The operational condition, LandlordÕs asset management, In-house property management."
3.9.2PROPERTY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
4.1Space - the premises cost driver: Introduction.
4.1.1SPACE PLANNING ACROSS THE EU
4.1.2"SPACE USE: Developing the space budget, Building appraisal, Rentable area vs occupiable area, Quality of space, Choosing the best building."
4.1.3"SPACE AUDIT: The need to audit space, The process of auditing space, Reviewing the demands of information and communication technology (ICT)."
4.1.4"FACILITY AND SPACE PLANNING: The traditional stages of space planning, Space auditing, Organisational brief, Space use guidelines, Developing the space budget, Stacking plans, Planning concepts, Blocking plans, Initial layouts, Final layouts, Integration with the furniture process, Space standards, What are guidelines?, Space standards in the Ô70s, Guidelines in the Ô80s, Who are guidelines written for?, Influencing key decision makers, Guidelines for the turn of the century, Whatever happened to space standards?, Planning efficiency."
4.1.5"THE COST OF SPACE: Total premises costs in the context of turnover, UK variations, Effects of varying density."
4.1.6"FUTURE TRENDS IN SPACE USE: New influences, The diversity of office work, New role of the workplace, Efficiency vs effectiveness, New concepts, Typical options from a workplace strategy, Owned desk, Owned office, Shared (hot) desk, Shared (hot) office, Touchdown, Study booth/carrel, Formal meeting rooms, Informal meeting area, Quiet area/room, Project space, Service area, New protocols, Non-territorial space planning, Outsourced Work Space."
4.2ÔChurnÕ: Introduction.
4.2.1THE COST: The cost drivers.
4.2.2THE RATE OF CHURN
4.2.3MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL: Control mechanisms.
4.2.4MANAGING THE MOVE
4.2.5MANAGEMENT POLICIES
5.1Premises operating costs in context: Introduction.
5.1.1OPERATING COST CENTRES
5.1.2OPERATING COSTS AND PERFORMANCE
5.1.3OPERATING COSTS AND TOTAL REVENUE EXPENDITURE
5.2Maintenance: Introduction.
5.2.1MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE: The components of maintenance.
5.2.2"MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT: In-house v out-sourcing, Maintenance policy and strategies, Alterations disguised as maintenance, Prioritisation, Performance indicators, Maintenance management programs."
5.2.3MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC: Typical expenditure.
5.2.4MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING SERVICES: Typical expenditure.
5.2.5"MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS: Style and quality, Issues of location, Costs and quality, Standards and codes of practice, Contents of the Cost Centre, Typical expenditure on grounds maintenance, Benefits of exterior landscaping, Hard or soft landscaping?"
5.2.6"LIFE CYCLES: Building life, Component life."
5.3Cleaning: Introduction.
5.3.1"CLEANING AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE: Contents of the cost centre, The reasons for cleaning, Quality and performance."
5.3.2"MANAGEMENT OF CLEANING: Supervision, Contract cleaning, Cleaning and component life-cycle."
5.3.3"THE COST OF CLEANING: The cost drivers, Typical distribution of costs."
5.3.4"SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES: Internal areas, External surfaces."
5.3.5TOILETS AND WASHROOMS: Consumables and appliances.
5.3.6HEALTH AND SAFETY ETC
5.4Energy: Introduction.
5.4.1"THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY: Economic importance, Environmental importance."
5.4.2"ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: Sources of pollution, Reducing carbon dioxide emissions, Non-carbon alternatives, Reducing energy consumption in buildings, Efficient conversion, Emissions trading, Climate change levy."
5.4.3"LEGISLATION, REGULATION AND STANDARDS RELATING TO ENERGY USE IN BUILDINGS"
5.4.4"ENERGY PURCHASING: The end of energy monopolies, Competition and franchise, Factors in energy pricing, Comparing prices, Negotiating energy prices, Shared savings."
5.4.5"ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN BUILDINGS: Consumption and costs, Space heating energy, Energy for cooling systems, Natural cooling, Lighting energy, Combined heat and power (CHP)."
5.4.6"IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS: Energy and comfort, Diagnosis, Benchmarking, Energy signatures, Energy surveys, Checklisting, Energy audits."
5.4.7"MONITORING AND BUDGETING: Energy monitoring, Budgeting."
5.4.8"INVESTING IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY: The general issue of investment, Investment appraisal, Prior estimates of energy savings from cost reduction measures, Building energy management systems (BEMS), Lighting control systems, Budgeting for capital investment."
5.4.9EMBODIED ENERGY
5.4.10THE FUTURE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT
5.5Water and sewerage services: Introduction.
5.5.1"THE SOURCES AND NATURE OF WATER SUPPLY: Sources of water supply, Drinking water quality from public water supplies, Water supply from direct abstraction."
5.5.2"WATER SUPPLY POLICIES: Policies, Water supply hierarchies, Facilities controls."
5.5.3"ECONOMICS OF WATER SUPPLY: Basis of charging, Metered supplies, Conservation measures, Abstraction charges."
5.5.4"THE SOURCES AND NATURE OF SEWERAGE SERVICES: Sewerage services - domestic, Sewerage services - industrial."
5.5.5"SEWERAGE SERVICES POLICIES: Sewerage hierarchies, Facilities controls."
5.5.6ECONOMICS OF SEWERAGE SERVICES
5.5.7SEWERS AND WATER PIPES
5.6Waste management: Introduction.
5.6.1WHAT IS WASTE
5.6.2"LEGAL FRAMEWORK, key national statutes, national policies"
5.6.3"WASTE CLASSIFICATION directive waste, European Waste Catalogue, Hazardous Waste, Clinical Waste, Municipal Waste, duty of care,"
5.6.4"WASTE MANAGEMENT, industrial waste facilities controls, . The waste management hierarchy, Life cycle analysis, Waste prevention and reduction, Waste re-use, Waste recovery and recycling, Waste treatment and disposal."
5.6.5"IMPLICATIONS FOR INEFFECTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, economic considerations, legal considerations, social responsibilities"
5.7Interior landscaping and dŽcor: Introduction.
5.7.1INTERIOR LANDSCAPING AND DƒCOR IN CONTEXT
5.7.2THE COST OF INTERIOR LANDSCAPING AND DƒCOR
5.7.3"INTERIOR LANDSCAPING - PROCUREMENT: Options, Domestic provision, Outsourced services."
5.7.4"SPECIFICATION OF PLANTS: Artificial plants, Natural planting, Health and comfort benefits."
5.7.5OBJETS D'ART
5.7.6"LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS: Legislation, Standards."
5.8Environmental management strategy: Introduction.
5.8.1ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
5.8.2STAKEHOLDERS
5.8.3ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY
5.8.4CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION
5.8.5"SUSPECTED CONTAMINATION OF LAND: Remediation, Methods, Remediation notices, Migration of contamination, Land Condition Reports (LCR), Valuation."
5.8.6SUSTAINABLE NEW DEVELOPMENT
5.8.7GREEN TRANSPORT PLANNING
5.8.8ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING OPERATIONS
5.8.9ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
5.8.10ENVIRONMENTAL LAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
5.8.11ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION
5.8.12ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING
6.1The nature of fitting-out and alterations: Introduction.
6.1.1"DEFINITIONS: Shell, scenery and services, Fitting-out, ÔShell-and-coreÕ, Alterations and adaptations, Replacement, Refurbishment."
6.1.2"CATEGORIES OF FITTING-OUT: DeveloperÕs fit-out, Open plan, Cellular layout, Part open/part cellular, Non-territorial."
6.1.3SPECIAL AREAS
6.2Fitting-out costs: Introduction.
6.2.1"FITTING-OUT COSTS IN CONTEXT: Fitting-out costs over time, The cost drivers."
6.2.2"GENERAL OFFICE AREAS: Fit-out from shell-and-core, Open plan v cellular layout, Fitting-out special areas."
6.3Procuring the project: Introduction.
6.3.1"THE PROJECT PROCUREMENT PROCESS: Objectives, responsibilities and project management, EU procurement rules, Procurement and cost control, The stages of project procurement."
6.3.2"THE FEASIBILITY STUDY: The objective, The study team, The appraisal process."
6.3.3"BRIEFING: The contents of the brief, The importance of the brief, Performance specification, Life-cycle implications."
6.3.4"PROCURING THE DESIGN TEAM: Selecting the vehicle - the options, Contractor design - pros and cons, Selecting the team, Contract arrangements, Reimbursement for consultancy services."
6.3.5"PROCURING THE WORKS: Selecting the procurement route, Lump sum contracts, Cost reimbursement contracts, ÔWith-designÕ construction contracts, Decennial insurance, The best route."
6.3.6"BUDGETARY CONTROL: Introduction, The principles, The applications, The estimating process, Cost reporting, Cost monitoring, The ÔJournalÕ system of financial control, Risks to budgetary control."
6.3.7"VALUE ENGINEERING: Definition, The applications, The processes, Minimising costs, Buildability, Risks to value engineering, Target costing."
6.3.8"QUALITY CONTROL: Quality of design, Quality of the works."
6.3.9"THE PROGRAMME: Time and the fitting-out process, The time drivers."
6.3.10"PERCEPTIONS OF RISK: Price certainty, Comparative costs."
6.3.11RISK AVOIDANCE
PART C SUPPORT SERVICES
7.1Security: Introduction.
7.1.1"THE RISK CENTRES: Categories of risk, Premises, Infrastructure and utilities security, Personnel, Equipment, Data, Information systems, Public relations."
7.1.2"SECURITY MANAGEMENT: The cost centres, The security policy."
7.1.3SECURITY METHODS AND SYSTEMS: Security control activities.
7.1.4DEDICATED SECURITY PERSONNEL
7.1.5"GUARDING RESOURCES: Resource requirements, General staff awareness, Intruder detection systems, CCTV, Intruder deterrence systems, Fire protection, Guard Dogs, Escaped Dogs, Gauging the resource requirement, Reimbursement."
7.1.6REGULATION OF THE INDUSTRY
7.2Document storage: Introduction.
7.2.1"RECORDING AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION: The problem, The classification protocol."
7.2.2"STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF PAPER DOCUMENTS: The business requirement, On- and off-site document filing."
7.2.3SELF-STORAGE
7.2.4MICROFILMING
7.2.5"ELECTRONIC FILING: Gauging the pros and cons, Measuring capacity and performance."
7.3Stationery: Introduction.
7.3.1THE CONTENTS OF THE COST CENTRE: Definition.
7.3.2THE USE OF STATIONERY
7.3.3"STATIONERY COSTS: Costs per capita, The resource drivers, Economy measures."
7.4Printing and reprographics: Introduction.
7.4.1"HARD COPY REPRODUCTION: The processes, The contents of the cost centre, Origination, Reprographics, Local copiers, Machine printing, Computer printing."
7.4.2PROCUREMENT
7.4.3THE IN-HOUSE PRINT DEPARTMENT
7.4.4THE ANNUAL COSTS: The cost drivers.
7.5Information and communication technology (ICT): Introduction.
7.5.1"ICT AND THE BUSINESS: The economics of ICT, ICT and the facilities manager."
7.5.2"OFFICE NETWORKS: Personal Computers, Shared network printers, Structured voice and data cabling, Radio LANs and DECT phones, Network hubs and switches, Backbone cabling, Central ICT equipment rooms."
7.5.3"EXTERNAL NETWORKS: The Internet, Wide Area Networks (WANs), Value added networks."
7.5.4"TELEPHONE SYSTEMS: Private networks, Voice Over IP (VOIP), Mobile Ôphones, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Controlling telecommunications costs, Telephone system maintenance, Total costs of telephone services."
7.5.5"ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Use of Facsimile (Fax), Video and audio conferencing, Audio-conferencing, Video-conferencing, Call centres."
7.5.6"ICT COSTS: Hardware maintenance and support, Software maintenance and support, Software licences, System management."
7.5.7"SECURITY AND CONTINUITY: Business continuity plans and disaster recovery, Asset management, Theft prevention, Data encryption, Domain names."
7.5.8"INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS: The concept of the intelligent building, Intelligent building performance, Facilities management and intelligent buildings, Efficiency, effectiveness and opportunity, Characteristics of the intelligent building, The intelligent building process, Implementation of intelligent buildings, Integration of building management and office services."
7.6Document distribution: Introduction.
7.6.1CLASSIFICATION PROTOCOL
7.6.2"MAIL PROCESSING: The continuing need for physical processing, The post room, Internal document distribution, External document distribution, Affordability."
7.7Office furniture: Introduction.
7.7.1"THE COMPONENTS: Basic requirements, Performance."
7.7.2"THE FUNCTIONAL OPTIONS: The functions examined, The workplace."
7.7.3"THE COSTS OF OFFICE FURNITURE: General workplace areas, Special areas."
7.7.4"PROCUREMENT: Design, Specification and purchasing."
7.8 Motor fleet management: Introduction.
7.8.1THE PAN-EUROPEAN FLEET Ð A DEFINITION
7.8.2DEVELOPING A FLEET STRATEGY
7.8.3COST OF CENTRAL FLEET MANAGEMENT.
7.8.4VEHICLE ACQUISIOTION
7.8.5ALTERNATIVE PURCHASE ROUTES
7.8.6ALTERNATIVE ROUTES HIRE.
7.8.7FURTHER VARIATIONS ON PROVISION
7.8.8"QUALIATIVE ISSUES INFLUENCING PAN EUROPEAN FLEET STRATEGY, qaulitative issues, management issues"
7.8.9NEW CAR PRICES
7.8.10USED CAR PRICES
7.8.11VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
7.8.12PERSONNEL PRESSURES AND THE PAN-EUROPEAN FLEET
7.8.13HOW MIGHT THE FLEET BE PROVIDED
7.8.14CONCLUSIONS
7.9Disaster prevention and recovery: Introduction.
7.9.1"THE NATURE OF DISASTER: Natural disaster, Man-made disaster."
7.9.2"DISASTER RISK: Media responsibility, Media relations, Human response, Terrorist action, Preparations."
7.9.3"PLANNED PREVENTION: The threats, Physical protection, Alertness."
7.9.4"RESPONSE: Response to a threat, Recovery plan."
8.1Catering: Introduction.
8.1.1"THE CATERING POLICY: Policy considerations, Policy decisions."
8.1.2THE CONTENTS OF THE COST CENTRE
8.1.3"CATERING NUMBERS: Proportion of staff dining, Size of sitting."
8.1.4"STYLES OF SERVICE: The choices, Self-catering/vending, Self-service, Waitress service, Remote catering, Single or multi-status."
8.1.5THE MENU: The factors influencing the range.
8.1.6THE PRICE: The pricing policy.
8.1.7OPENING HOURS: Availability requirements.
8.1.8"DECOR: Design requirements, The cost of fitting out."
8.1.9"FOOD PREPARATION: Types of processing, Space and equipment."
8.1.10SPACE REQUIREMENTS: Space per meal.
8.1.11"LOCATION OF CATERING FACILITIES: Geographical location, Location within premises."
8.1.12"THE COST OF CATERING PROVISION: Typical costs per capita, Typical meal cost analysis."
8.1.13"MANAGEMENT: In-house v out-source, The catering contract, Multi-skilling."
8.1.14"VENDING MACHINES: Services available, Quality and maintenance, Vending-machine policy, The economics of vending."
8.2Health and safety at work: Introduction.
8.2.1"EUROPEAN HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION Ð AN OVERVIEW, sources of legislation, key national statues, ."
8.2.2"RISKS TO HEALTH AND SAFETY: What are the risks?, Common health and safety risks."
8.2.3"ASSESSMENT OF RISK: Identifying risks, Assessing risks, Prioritising risks."
8.2.4"MANAGEMENT OF RISKS: Planning for improvements, Implementing controls, Audit and review of risks."
8.2.5"ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS: Implications for non-compliance, The costs of compliance, Legal considerations, The human factor."
8.2.6"SICK BUILDING SYNDROME: Definition, The causes."
8.3"Sports, social and welfare facilities: Introduction."
8.3.1STAFF SUPPORT FACILITIES: Categories of staff support facilities.
8.3.2REST ROOMS AND LOUNGE AREAS
8.3.3RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
8.3.4"THE WORKPLACE NURSERY (CRéCHE): The social case, The business case, The facilities required, Managing the facility, The cost of providing and operating workplace nursery, The annual costs, Fees, funding sources and taxation factors, The business payback."
8.3.5"THE PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTRE: The medical case, Fitness and productivity, Capital and running costs, The business case."
8.3.6SIMPLE EXERCISE AND HEALTH TESTING FACILITIES
8.3.7SPORTS FACILITIES
PART D RELOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
9.1Premises and business performance: Introductin.
9.1.1THE PREMISES POLICY IN PRACTICE: Premises costs in perspective.
9.1.2"Fitness of premises for purpose: Problems and issues, Solutions and options."
9.1.3"THE PREMISES OPTIONS: Make do and mend, Total relocation, Partial relocation."
9.1.4"TECHNIQUES OF EVALUATION: Degrees of sophistication, Annual cost method, Life-cycle cost analysis."
9.2Relocation: Introduction.
9.2.1"TOTAL RELOCATION: The use of consultants, Planning - strategic and tactical, Economic appraisal, Implementation, Post-occupancy."
9.2.2"PARTIAL RELOCATION: Reasons for splitting locations, Partial relocation - reduced premises costs."
9.2.3BENEFITING FROM A SUCCESSFUL LOCATION
9.2.4TOTAL ECONOMICS OF RELOCATION: Cost/benefit analysis.
9.3Removal: Introduction.
9.3.1"THE REMOVAL PROCESS: Project management, Preparing to move, Choosing the contractor, The programme for the removals, Moving out and in, Post-move activity, The cost of moving."
9.3.2COMPULSORY PURCHASE
9.3.3"INTERNATIONAL REMOVAL: Facilities implications, Shared service centres (SSC), Franchise/branded development, Languages, Culture and ethics of business."
10.1The development process: Introduction.
10.1.1THE DECISION TO BUILD
10.1.2"SETTING UP THE PROJECT: The facilities managerÕs involvement, The project management decision, Project sponsorship."
10.1.3"PARTICIPANTS AND ACTIVITIES: The qualities required of the development project manager, The development activities, Participants in the process"
10.1.4"PRINCIPAL STAGES IN NEW DEVELOPMENT: Acquiring the land, Site Management, Planning permission process, Insurances prior to construction, Finance, Procuring services, The construction project, The asset management programme, The handover, Commissioning and occupation, Insurance of premises in occupation."
10.2Objectives underlying the development process: Introduction.
10.2.1"PROPERTY DEVELOPERS' ACTIVITIES: Categories, Developer/dealer, Developer/investor, Developer/owner-occupier, Developer/public sector, Developer/voluntary sector."
10.2.2"THE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS: Premises options, Do nothing, Expand on the existing site with new development, Acquire adjoining property for expansion, Acquire land and/or a property and develop/redevelop as a new site."
10.2.3Disposal for redevelopment of part of a holding
10.3The economics of development: Introduction.
10.3.1"THE DEVELOPMENT BUDGET: The development equation, Components of the development budget, Applications of the development equation, Explanation of the components and factors, The development budget in use - example, Example A:, Example B:, Guide to selection of development budget factors."
10.3.2"LAND-USE ECONOMICS: Enhancing the land value, Depreciation of land value."
10.3.3"THE BUILDING: The construction process, The building design, Works and supplies, Refurbishment."
10.4Funding of proposals: Introduction.
10.4.1"TYPES OF FUNDING: Funding and the facilities manager, Equity and debt, Taxation, Corporate and project funding, Public bodies, Duration of funding arrangements."
10.4.2EXTERNAL SOURCES OF FUNDS
10.4.1"FUNDERS' REQUIREMENTS: Introduction, Making a proposal, Valuation of security."
10.4.2TERMS AND CONDITIONS
10.4.3CORPORATE FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT: Flotation of company.
10.4.4PROJECT FINANCE (FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES)
10.4.5"MAJOR FUND PROVIDERS, the stock exchange, insurance companies, pension funds, investment trusts, banks, building societies, mortgage houses, finance houses, venture capitalists"
10.4.6FUNDERS REQUIREMENTS
10.4.7TERMS AND CONDITIONS
10.5Financial incentives and mobile investment: Introduction.
10.5.1THE ROLE OF THE EC IN CONTROLLING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
10.5.2PAST APPROCHES TO THE USE OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVES IN EUROPE
10.5.3"SUPPORT FOR MOBILE INVESTMENT PROJECTS: Regional Selective Assistance, Other forms of support."
10.5.4"IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW GUIDELINES ON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AID, coverage of the new assisted areas, award valfue under new guidelines, special provisions for large investment projects,"
10.5.5CONCLUSIONS
10.6Whole-life economics: Introduction.
10.6.1"ATTITUDES TOWARDS WHOLE-LIFE ECONOMICS: An academic concept, The influence of ownership, Challenging the apathy."
10.6.2"WHOLE-LIFE COSTS: Cost analysis, Building performance, cost and value."
10.6.3"APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES: The principal methods, Simple aggregation, The Net Present Value (NPV), The Annual Equivalent (AE), Discounted cash flow, Inflation and DCF."
10.6.4"COMPONENT LIFE-CYCLES: Factors influencing component life, Life-cycle prediction, Intelligent life-cycle prediction, Risk modelling."
10.6.5LIFE-CYCLE FUND MANAGEMENT - THE ROLE: A new role identified.
10.6.6CONTROLLING THE LIFE-CYCLE FUND: Application of cost control principles.
10.6.7"WHOLE-LIFE BUDGETARY CONTROL: Principles and application, The whole-life capital cost plan, Whole-life capital and operating cost plan, Cost-checking design development, Guarantees and the like, The significance of operating and replacement costs, Detailed cost appraisal of options, Budgetary control in occupation."
10.6.8PROCUREMENT
10.6.9"VALUE ENGINEERING: The right balance, Pay-back analysis, Whole-life performance appraisal, Resourcing the value engineering process."
Chapte 10.6.10"LIFE-CYCLE COSTS IN A WIDER CONTEXT: Initial costs in context, Operating and replacement costs in context, Whole-life v ÔpeopleÕ costs."
Chapte 10.6.11"WHOLE-LIFE BUILDING QUALITY: Implications for user and provider, Measuring whole-life quality."
PART E TAXATION
11.1Taxation and Europe: Introduction.
11É1DEVELOPMENT OF EU TAX POLICY
11.1.2PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION
11.1.3"the tax base effect, National tax bases, Principal taxation systems, the burden and mix of taxation, tax planning"
11.1.4CONFIGURATION OF ORGANISATIONS FOR TAXES
11.1.5MANAGEMENT OF TAXATION
11.2TAXATION SYSTEMS Introduction
11.2.1TAXATION AND THE FACILITIES MANAGER
11.2.2PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND TAXATION
11.2.3NATIONAL TAXATION POLICY
11.2.4 INCOME TAXATION
11.3LOCAL TAXATION AND REVENUES
11.3.1LEVELS OF LOCAL TAXATION
11.3.2LOCAL TAXATION BASES
11.3.3ASSESSEMENTS
11.3.4EXEMPTIONS AND RELIEFS
11.3.5JUDICIAL AND OTHER DISPUTES
11.4VALUE ADDED TAX.
11.4.1INPUT AND OUTPUT VAT.
11.4.2REGISTRATION
11.4.3BROAD EFFECT
11.4.4RATES OF TAX AND EXEMPT SUPPLIES
11.4.5OPTION TO TAX
11.4.6ISSUES FOR THE FACILITIES MANAGER
11.4.7location
PART F THE FACILITIES AUDIT
12.1The facilities management audit: Introduction.
12.1.1"THE CONCEPT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT: Space and cost audits, The premises audit, The enterprise knowledge audit, The enterprise document output audit, Specific output audits, Cost benchmarking, Containment of risk."
12.1.2FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AUDIT CENTRES
12.2Benchmarking: Introduction.
12.2.1THE MEANING OF BENCHMARKING
12.2.2THE SUBJECT AREAS
12.2.3APPROACHES TO BENCHMARKING
12.2.4"BENCHMARKING CLUBS: The pros and cons, Intra-organisational benchmarking, Facilitation, Finding best performance, Setting up and running a benchmarking club, Data collection, The Ôoranges and applesÕ syndrome, A benchmarking club in operation - a case study, Principal benefits."
12.2.5"DATA EXCHANGE GROUPS: Purpose and operation, Accuracy of data."
12.2.6"DATABASE BENCHMARKING: Composition of databases, Using a database, ÔFirst-strikeÕ benchmarking, Variable data-drivers, Budget preparation."
12.2.7"BENCHMARKING COSTS: Peer group comparables, Typical cost ranges, Cost benchmarking models, The importance of protocol, Space definitions, Headcount, Using the comparators."
12.2.8"BENCHMARKING QUALITY: Overcoming subjectivity, Input and Output, Measuring quality, Benchmarking user satisfaction"
12.2.9BENCHMARKING CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE