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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND THE IMPACT OF FACILITY ENGINEERS

Atayi Babs
Atayi Babs

Nations are adjudged by the quality of life of their people and the infrastructural development they have been able to rake up by conquering and subduing the forces of nature to the advantage of their people. God in creation, has released enormous potentials in nature and it takes engineering to transform, overcome and subdue these 2 forces for the benefit and comfort of human existence. Civil Engineering, much more than any other profession, has been in the fore front of eliminating obstacles and making life easy for human existence. Little wonder that it is referred to as the mother Engineering!

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1 NIGERIAN INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS STUDENTS AFFILIATE SOUTHWEST ZONE, NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND THE IMPACT OF FACILITY ENGINEERS an online presentation for the professional technical session of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers- Students Affiliate Southwest Zone, Nigeria on Saturday, 12th July, 2020 by Engr Samson Ameh Opaluwah, PhD.FNSE,FNIOB,FNICE,FNIM,FICIArb,FIMC,FOSHA. PROTOCOLS Introduction: I consider it a great privilege to be invited to make a presentation to this group of great Nigerian Civil Engineering Students in an area that has been my passion and in which God has graciously enabled me to play a pioneering role in our country. I am also elated by the doggedness of you students, who in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic which has confined many to their homes for the past four months and still counting, have not been discouraged in your quest to build knowledge and capacity in the exciting profession called Civil Engineering. A profession that I have had the opportunity of exploring a sizable proportion of its wide coverage thus making me a multidisciplinary professional. Thirdly, my excitement knows no bound because it has been my lifetime campaign to put Facility Engineering & Management on the front burner of the agenda for national development in our country, Nigeria. Your interest in this area of specialization which I must confess, is very exciting gives me hope that I have a generation to which I can hand over the baton in my hand. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Nations are adjudged by the quality of life of their people and the infrastructural development they have been able to rake up by conquering and subduing the forces of nature to the advantage of their people. God in creation, has released enormous potentials in nature and it takes engineering to transform, overcome and subdue these
2 forces for the benefit and comfort of human existence. Civil Engineering, much more than any other profession, has been in the fore front of eliminating obstacles and making life easy for human existence. Little wonder that it is referred to as the mother Engineering! INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT Nation states routinely embark on infrastructural development for the purpose of developing their economies, their social services and the general wellbeing of their peoples. Most often these developments constitute a huge portion of their annual and long-term national or regional budgets. However, the quality of the management and maintenance of these infrastructure and facilities determine the sustainability and longevity of these projects. Consequently, the benefits in the long-term of these projects are determined by the sustainability profile. For a sustained economic viability and continuous value for money, the need for efficient and optimum management of these infrastructure and facilities cannot be overemphasized. The science, engineering and technology of ensuring the sustainability and continuous functionality of these facilities and infrastructure is the expertise referred to as Facility Engineering & Management. Sustainability of these infrastructure is the only means through which governments or an investor can derive a sustained economic/social benefit from these projects. Inn the past, organizations have been content with maintenance management as a concept of driving this sustainability however, in the last forty years, new thinking and research has proven that a radical redirection of maintenance management from the backroom as a cost center to the core of business as an investment is not only more efficient but adds significantly to the bottom-line. This concept is known as facilities Management. Most Infrastructure and facility projects are implemented in four phases of Predesign, Design, Construct & Manage. Whereas sustainability profile emerges at the management phase the reality of its occurrence is that it mostly has its roots in the founding phases of Predesign, Design and construction. It is therefore important that the
3 project management regime be gotten right in all phases in order to ensure the sustainability of the project. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Management which is defined by the Association of Project Managers as the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters is a necessary tool for driving project implementation successfully. It therefore behooves on the project manager to keep a keen eye on the sustainability profile in all the phases of the project. The Project Manager must keep a keen eye on the decision making about elements such access for maintenance, type, size and quality of construction inputs with a view to replacement and maintenance in use. Decisions on the choice of electromechanical plants considering the consumption patterns, cost and maintenance in use etc. All these create a nexus between the Project Manager and the Facility Manager. Efficiency demands that where possible, the Facility Engineer/ Manager should be involved in the project from design though construction till when eventually he starts managing the facility. FACILITY MANAGEMENT Facility management is the profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure the functionality of the built environment by integrating, people, place, process and technology. Of recent, some have added property into this definition. This concept as earlier mentioned is a transformation that adds more competences to the maintenance management function thus bringing into the fore as a core investment which ensure continuous functionality and operational comfort of the core business thus adding significantly to the bottom line. The Facility manager thus is a frontline executive rather than a backroom executive who only constitutes a cost center to the organization. FACILITIES ENGINEERING originated from plant engineering within the same period as facility management however it is concerned with the acquisition of additional competences to plant engineering in order to provide a higher capacity in management and business
4 functions. The current trend is a convergence of both Facility management and facility engineering to produce robust professionals with multiple competences for managing the workplace, facilities and infrastructure. THE ROLE & IMPACT OF FACILITIES ENGINEERS This presentation has already underscored the importance of the facility engineer in the lifecycle management of infrastructure and facilities. The expertise, knowledge and experience of the facility engineer can mean the difference between a failed and a successful project. All projects embarked upon with the aim of continuous functionality and sustainability must have at its core the facilities engineer as fulcrum. From complex and heavy engineering industries to simple city infrastructure management, the facility engineer is the professional that makes things work THE ADVANTAGES OF THE A FACILITY ENGINEER/ MANAGER TO A PROJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The involvement of the facility engineer at the design stage ensures a lifecycle economy of the project design by utilizing past performance criteria in decision making. 2. An early reference to the facility engineer ensures design efficiency of systems due to the experience and track record in use of these systems from other facilities. 3. The facilities engineer adds value in the construction phase by advising on safe construction techniques that will ensure easy maintenance management in use and reduced downtime. 4. The facility engineer ensures prompt and efficient maintenance in use at optimum cost thus improving the bottom-line. 5. The function of the facility engineer ensures only planned shutdown and low downtime thus eliminating breakdowns 6. With the expertise of the facility engineer in planned, routine, preventive, running, periodic etc. maintenance, budgeting and budget performance is optimized. 7. Due to the adoption of regular and planned maintenance regimes, a lower replacement cost ensues in the operation of the facility or infrastructure. 8. Knowledge and expertise in facilities engineering results in optimum utilization of the resources available. 9. The efficient management of facilities & infrastructure increases profits for business concerns
5 10. And increased profits results in a higher return on investment for investors and for the public sector a great boost in government confidence for providing the dividends of democracy to the electorate. CONCLUSION Construction Project Management is crucial to the successful realization of any project, however, to ensure its continuous functionality and a good return on investment, the role of the facility engineer cannot be over emphasized. The missing link between capital spending on projects in our country without commensurate availability of infrastructure and facilities performing at optimal levels is Facility Engineering/Management. The future of Nigerias renaissance rest on you! May you arise to be counted as one of the promoters and operators of efficient infrastructure and facilities management in Nigeria. I thank you all for the opportunity to discuss with you for a few minutes and may God bless you. Amen. Signed Samson Ameh OpaIuwah Saturday, 11th July 2020

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  • 1. 1 NIGERIAN INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS STUDENTS AFFILIATE SOUTHWEST ZONE, NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE AND THE IMPACT OF FACILITY ENGINEERS an online presentation for the professional technical session of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers- Students Affiliate Southwest Zone, Nigeria on Saturday, 12th July, 2020 by Engr Samson Ameh Opaluwah, PhD.FNSE,FNIOB,FNICE,FNIM,FICIArb,FIMC,FOSHA. PROTOCOLS Introduction: I consider it a great privilege to be invited to make a presentation to this group of great Nigerian Civil Engineering Students in an area that has been my passion and in which God has graciously enabled me to play a pioneering role in our country. I am also elated by the doggedness of you students, who in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic which has confined many to their homes for the past four months and still counting, have not been discouraged in your quest to build knowledge and capacity in the exciting profession called Civil Engineering. A profession that I have had the opportunity of exploring a sizable proportion of its wide coverage thus making me a multidisciplinary professional. Thirdly, my excitement knows no bound because it has been my lifetime campaign to put Facility Engineering & Management on the front burner of the agenda for national development in our country, Nigeria. Your interest in this area of specialization which I must confess, is very exciting gives me hope that I have a generation to which I can hand over the baton in my hand. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Nations are adjudged by the quality of life of their people and the infrastructural development they have been able to rake up by conquering and subduing the forces of nature to the advantage of their people. God in creation, has released enormous potentials in nature and it takes engineering to transform, overcome and subdue these
  • 2. 2 forces for the benefit and comfort of human existence. Civil Engineering, much more than any other profession, has been in the fore front of eliminating obstacles and making life easy for human existence. Little wonder that it is referred to as the mother Engineering! INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT Nation states routinely embark on infrastructural development for the purpose of developing their economies, their social services and the general wellbeing of their peoples. Most often these developments constitute a huge portion of their annual and long-term national or regional budgets. However, the quality of the management and maintenance of these infrastructure and facilities determine the sustainability and longevity of these projects. Consequently, the benefits in the long-term of these projects are determined by the sustainability profile. For a sustained economic viability and continuous value for money, the need for efficient and optimum management of these infrastructure and facilities cannot be overemphasized. The science, engineering and technology of ensuring the sustainability and continuous functionality of these facilities and infrastructure is the expertise referred to as Facility Engineering & Management. Sustainability of these infrastructure is the only means through which governments or an investor can derive a sustained economic/social benefit from these projects. Inn the past, organizations have been content with maintenance management as a concept of driving this sustainability however, in the last forty years, new thinking and research has proven that a radical redirection of maintenance management from the backroom as a cost center to the core of business as an investment is not only more efficient but adds significantly to the bottom-line. This concept is known as facilities Management. Most Infrastructure and facility projects are implemented in four phases of Predesign, Design, Construct & Manage. Whereas sustainability profile emerges at the management phase the reality of its occurrence is that it mostly has its roots in the founding phases of Predesign, Design and construction. It is therefore important that the
  • 3. 3 project management regime be gotten right in all phases in order to ensure the sustainability of the project. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Management which is defined by the Association of Project Managers as the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters is a necessary tool for driving project implementation successfully. It therefore behooves on the project manager to keep a keen eye on the sustainability profile in all the phases of the project. The Project Manager must keep a keen eye on the decision making about elements such access for maintenance, type, size and quality of construction inputs with a view to replacement and maintenance in use. Decisions on the choice of electromechanical plants considering the consumption patterns, cost and maintenance in use etc. All these create a nexus between the Project Manager and the Facility Manager. Efficiency demands that where possible, the Facility Engineer/ Manager should be involved in the project from design though construction till when eventually he starts managing the facility. FACILITY MANAGEMENT Facility management is the profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure the functionality of the built environment by integrating, people, place, process and technology. Of recent, some have added property into this definition. This concept as earlier mentioned is a transformation that adds more competences to the maintenance management function thus bringing into the fore as a core investment which ensure continuous functionality and operational comfort of the core business thus adding significantly to the bottom line. The Facility manager thus is a frontline executive rather than a backroom executive who only constitutes a cost center to the organization. FACILITIES ENGINEERING originated from plant engineering within the same period as facility management however it is concerned with the acquisition of additional competences to plant engineering in order to provide a higher capacity in management and business
  • 4. 4 functions. The current trend is a convergence of both Facility management and facility engineering to produce robust professionals with multiple competences for managing the workplace, facilities and infrastructure. THE ROLE & IMPACT OF FACILITIES ENGINEERS This presentation has already underscored the importance of the facility engineer in the lifecycle management of infrastructure and facilities. The expertise, knowledge and experience of the facility engineer can mean the difference between a failed and a successful project. All projects embarked upon with the aim of continuous functionality and sustainability must have at its core the facilities engineer as fulcrum. From complex and heavy engineering industries to simple city infrastructure management, the facility engineer is the professional that makes things work THE ADVANTAGES OF THE A FACILITY ENGINEER/ MANAGER TO A PROJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The involvement of the facility engineer at the design stage ensures a lifecycle economy of the project design by utilizing past performance criteria in decision making. 2. An early reference to the facility engineer ensures design efficiency of systems due to the experience and track record in use of these systems from other facilities. 3. The facilities engineer adds value in the construction phase by advising on safe construction techniques that will ensure easy maintenance management in use and reduced downtime. 4. The facility engineer ensures prompt and efficient maintenance in use at optimum cost thus improving the bottom-line. 5. The function of the facility engineer ensures only planned shutdown and low downtime thus eliminating breakdowns 6. With the expertise of the facility engineer in planned, routine, preventive, running, periodic etc. maintenance, budgeting and budget performance is optimized. 7. Due to the adoption of regular and planned maintenance regimes, a lower replacement cost ensues in the operation of the facility or infrastructure. 8. Knowledge and expertise in facilities engineering results in optimum utilization of the resources available. 9. The efficient management of facilities & infrastructure increases profits for business concerns
  • 5. 5 10. And increased profits results in a higher return on investment for investors and for the public sector a great boost in government confidence for providing the dividends of democracy to the electorate. CONCLUSION Construction Project Management is crucial to the successful realization of any project, however, to ensure its continuous functionality and a good return on investment, the role of the facility engineer cannot be over emphasized. The missing link between capital spending on projects in our country without commensurate availability of infrastructure and facilities performing at optimal levels is Facility Engineering/Management. The future of Nigerias renaissance rest on you! May you arise to be counted as one of the promoters and operators of efficient infrastructure and facilities management in Nigeria. I thank you all for the opportunity to discuss with you for a few minutes and may God bless you. Amen. Signed Samson Ameh OpaIuwah Saturday, 11th July 2020
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