Managing Business Facilities

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Managing Business Facilities

Introduction

An educational college and university share a site with each other, and while they are acting independently some buildings and the facilities to support these are shared. The facilities of management are subject to a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations. The facilities which are shared by the college and university include porter-age and janitorial support, cleaning services, front office and reception activities, and security within and around the buildings, car parking management, room allocations and space planning. The facilities manager has to face issues while managing the facilities of college and university, and these issues create problems in conducting their roles. This is because the facilities manager has to sit on a joint committee consisting of both college and university senior managers and academics

As the facilities manager of college and university, I have made this report which consists of the problems and issues that a facilities manager can face while fulfilling his duty. These issues are creating problems while I am fulfilling my responsibility in the college and university, as I have to collectively look after the shared facilities by both, and report to the senior managers and academics of the college as well as of the university.

Facilities Manager

A facilities manager is hired for the purpose of managing, controlling and planning related to the facilities of any organization. They are hired by several organizations, as they look after the facilities of the organization and help the management in taking care of their facilities. Managing the facilities and resources of organization is very necessary as it affects the productivity of organization and if these are not managed properly it can result in paying high costs for no reasons. They play an important role in the organization, and have to fulfill different roles and responsibilities (Harrison, and Gansesham, 2002). Some of the roles and responsibilities of facilities manager is discussed below:

They plan, design and manage buildings and supplies of organizations and are hired for this purpose.

They are responsible for acting as a liaison between the business occupants and contractors, and help the occupants in deciding that how much space is required, what the design of building should be, and also manage that how all this is developed and built and later how all this is managed.

The space allocation of any organization is also decided and managed by the facilities manager.

The role of facilities manager is to help in developing, planning and managing a building, along with keeping the security and safety of the facilities of the organization. It is their duty to hire security staff and to demonstrate them their work and duty. They also work with the government officials, so that the building and its residents comply with the federal and state regulations. They make sure that the building codes and fire codes are not ignored, as safety and security of the buildings and people is their responsibility.

The maintenance and cleanliness of the working environment is ...