APFandTM Asset, Property, Facility and Technology Management

Research focus

The Peer review has evaluated this group as Average

The research activity is mainly focussed on the multitude of issues governing the management of buildings and assets and in particular the following items: 1. Methodology and instruments for the analysis of the characteristics and performance of buildings when considering: The management systems employed; The optimisation of the room and surface area distribution; Energy consumption; The strategy utilised for maintenance activity; The technological instruments used for the management of the systems and utilities, security and safety issues and aspects regarding the building in general. 2. Methods and organisational models for the management of Facility Management services: Analysis of contractual trends; Criteria for the definition and numeration of service level indicators; Organisational models and professional skills utilised; Information technology systems and modes of reporting; Methods and criteria for the planning of Facility Management services. 3. Property Management methodology: Methods and instruments for market analysis: demand and supply trends, property investment and yields; Criteria for the definition and measurement of Property Management services; Technological methodology and solutions employed to activate property valorisation processes; Main organisational models and comparative analysis; Information systems and reporting typology; Instruments and criteria used for the valuation of properties/building assets. 4. Asset Management strategies and methods: Criteria for the analysis and management of property investment risks; Methods and instruments for investment planning and control; Prevalent investment typologies within the market; Methods and instruments for the management of property development operations: planning and analysis of cost, contractual and control activities; Portfolio strategies. Surrounding these more important subjects is an ongoing research activity which expands across a number of other complementary areas: 5. Analysis of property Benchmarking: 221 External cost benchmarking; Internal and external benchmarking on a number of processes related to maintenance and Facility Management etc; Qualitative benchmarking in relation to processes for the supply of specific services; Benchmarking of Post Occupancy Evaluation; 6. Building Automation - BMS (Building Management System), CIB (Computer Integrated Building), Home Automation: Advantages determined by technology with regards to the quality of services offered (security, management of systems, communication systems, etc); Advantages regarding management costs; Advantages regarding management performance; Application of security systems to the buildings and the land. 7. Design and management criteria for healthcare structures; Functional and space optimisation of buildings for disabled persons; Optimisation of management criteria for healthcare structures (Facility Management); Design criteria for healthcare structures for long-term hospitalisation periods; Criteria for the reorganisation of healthcare structures and/or hospital wards. 8. Given that information technology have an impact on the management of the property lifecycle (Facility Management – Property Management) and upon the management of construction and property companies: IT systems for the management of Facility Management and Property management services; Elaboration of new Information Technology systems for the coordination of Facility Management and maintenance activities; Evolution of Information Technology systems for Property Management activities; Systems for the registering and for the creating of a database for buildings upon the basis of the management of maintenance and Facility Management services.

Dipartimento di afferenza

Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Ambiente Costruito (BEST)

Docenti afferenti

Full Professors
Oliviero Tronconi
Researchers
Andrea Ciaramella