Die European Facility Management Konferenz (EFMC) ist die grösste Veranstaltung Europas und darüber hinaus, auf der sich die Facility Management Führungskräfte treffen. So waren vom 25. - 28. April 2017 über 500 Teilnehmende aus 30 Ländern vor Ort, es gab 80 Vorträge zu unterschiedlichen Themenblöcken und roundtables. Zum Thema «Konsolidierung des globalen Geltungsbereichs des Facility Managements» war das IFM auch in diesem Jahr stark vertreten.

Mitarbeitende des IFM, sowie Studierende des Masterstudiengangs in Facility Management der ZHAW hielten Vorträge:

• Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) Template and Guidance document designed to meet client and facility management (FM) needs in the Building Information Modelling (BIM) process. The ERI Templates provides FMs with a practical-starting point for capturing client/FM information requirements in a structured way. The research project took two years and involved an international team with cooperation using a triangulated approach; focus-group development of the EIR with the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), a case study with the Glasgow Life Burrell Renaissance Project who trialled the EIR, interviews with experts and peer-reviews by BIM/CAFM experts from the BIM Academy and FM180 organisations.
• Paper
• Präsentation

Simon Ashworth, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter IFM, PhD Student, Carsten Druhmann, Dozent IFM, Matthew Tucker, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)

• Swiss-COBie: Development of a Design for Information Exchange Between Planners, Contractors and FM in Switzerland. The paper describes the development of a Swiss-COBie designed to improve handover of asset information from construction to operation helping to prevent long-term issues during the operational phase.
• Paper(PDF 470,7 KB)
• Präsentation(PDF 754,6 KB)

Marc El-Arousy, Master of Science in Facility Management, Simon Ashworth, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter IFM, PhD Student, Carsten Druhmann, Dozent IFM

• Taking off: conceptual model for FM in airports. The service allocation model provides not only a basis for benchmarking between hospitals, airports and other industries with high demanding conditions, but also findings about developing conceptual approaches for further initiatives to benchmark FM across varius industries.

Nicole Gerber, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin IFM, Carina Tschümperlin, Studentin Master of Science in Facility Management und wissenschaftliche Assistentin IFM

• Risk management of water systems in residential homes: The «process» of Legionella prevention.  In the present study data was collect and analysed to gain evidence for the present situation of Legionella risk management and prevention of water systems in different buildings in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

Thomas Leiblein, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter IFM

FM Researcher of the year award

Mit dem FM Reseacher Of the Year Award wird der hohe Stellenwert der Forschung in ganz Europa gewürdigt. In diesem Jahr erhielt Simon Ashworth, Mitarbeiter im Institut und PhD Student diese Auszeichnung.

Das Institut für Facility Management gratuliert seine Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter sowie den Masterstudierenden recht herzlich!