Course Catalogue.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Assess and prioritize facility maintenance activities to support long‑term asset performance and reliability.
• Evaluate repair, refurbishment, and replacement options for building systems using lifecycle and cost‑based considerations.
• Apply preventive maintenance principles to reduce unplanned downtime and extend facility service life.
• Manage contracts and warranties to support effective maintenance execution and risk control.
• Identify preventive strategies related to indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and environmental performance.

Description

As a facility professional, you are responsible for maintaining complex building systems while balancing budget constraints, operational demands, and long‑term asset performance. Decisions about when to maintain, repair, refurbish, or replace equipment directly affect reliability, occupant comfort, safety, and operating costs—yet these decisions are often made without a structured preventive maintenance framework.

This course provides a practical approach to preventive maintenance planning and execution for facilities. You will examine how building systems function, how maintenance activities influence performance and lifecycle costs, and how preventive strategies can reduce breakdowns, service disruptions, and emergency repairs. The course also addresses contract and warranty management, indoor air quality considerations, environmental impacts, and energy conservation from a maintenance decision‑making perspective.

Delivered using proven and tested practices, this course equips you with practical tools and methods you can apply immediately in your facility operations. By strengthening your preventive maintenance approach, you will be better positioned to manage risk, control costs, and support the reliable, efficient operation of your facilities.

Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for:

• Facility managers and operators responsible for building maintenance and performance
• Property and asset managers overseeing commercial, institutional, or industrial facilities
• Maintenance supervisors, technicians, and coordinators involved in planning or executing maintenance activities
• Engineers, technologists, and consultants supporting facility operations or infrastructure management
• Professionals responsible for budgeting, contracts, or lifecycle decision‑making related to facility assets

Course Syllabus

Day I

Real Life Assessment

• Defining the issues
• Case Studies

Planning Process for Increasing the Value of Your Asset (Part 1)

• Asset evaluation/Life cycle costs/Reserve funding
• Budgeting for maintenance, refurbishment and replacement to enhance the value of the asset
• The role of maintenance
• Preventative and predictive maintenance

Planning Process for Increasing Value of Your Asset (Part 2)

• Reliability Centered Maintenance (Preventative & Predictive Maintenance)
• Total Productive Maintenance
• Building The Maintenance Plan

Building Envelope Performance (Part 1)

• CSA Standards Compilation
• Maintaining and Repairing Concrete In Buildings
• Parking Lot and Asphalt Maintenance
• Diagnosis of Air Quality Problems in a Building
• Site Environmental Issues

Building Envelope Performance (Part 2)

• Diagnosis of Air Quality Problems in a Building
• Site Environmental Issues

Adjournment

Day II

Roofing Systems

• Types of roofing
• Causes of failure with various types of roofing
• Potential problem areas
• Repairs
• Preventive Maintenance

Maintenance of HVAC Systems

• Review of preventive maintenance of various types of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems
• Packaged terminal units, heat pumps, rooftop heating/cooling, fan coil units
• Boilers, chillers and cooling towers
• Air distribution systems
• Contract options for equipment maintenance and retrofits

CMMS - Computer Maintenance Management Systems

• Specifying the systems, what needs to be included
• Setting up the database
• Preventative maintenance scheduling
• Work orders
• Equipment records
• Inventory control and purchasing
• Reports

Energy Management and Auditing

• The purpose of auditing
• Conducting a successful audit
• Lighting audits
• Water and waste audits
• Case studies

Outsourcing and Contracting Out

• Outsourcing trends
• The need for specifications
• Contract administration
• Warranty administration

Open Forum Discussion
“How to achieve your objective of implementing an effective preventive maintenance program.”

Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment