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Master of Science in Building Construction and Facility Management

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    Mitigation of Business Risk Exposure in Public Higher Education Facilities Management Using Key Performance Indicators: Analysis of the University System of Georgia
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-25) Maddox, Anthony J.
    The post-secondary education sector has sustained significant student growth, which has led to the expansion of institutional buildings and infrastructure. With increased growth and expansion experienced in previous years, appropriate operational funding has not always matched growth. This lack of funding can cause an increase of deferred maintenance and capital renewal, which results in an increase in Business Risk Exposure (BRE) to the organization. The objective of this study is to examine the facilities operational and capital funding of the University System of Georgia institutions. Funding will be compared to counterparts within a Facilities Performance Indicator (FPI) report in order to understand if operational funding is adequate or below comparable institutions. This report is comprised of educational institutions across the United States volunteering current facility information, created annually by the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA).
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    Conceptual framework for incorporating access for maintainability considerations in BIM coordination
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-05) Sierra Aparicio, Monica Viviana
    Access to perform maintainability tasks has been addressed by facility managers as one of the common struggles they face once the construction project is delivered. The development of Building Information Modeling (BIM) has proved the potential to foresee, identify, and remove the physical barriers for maintenance teams in order to allow a better compliance of their tasks and to ensure that equipment is timely and effectively reviewed. Also, rule-based software might enhance the revision of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance checks, easing the decision-making process in regard to end-user accessibility. Tools such as Solibri have rule templates for a few ADA checks. Yet, there is not a framework that can provide complete operational constraints and foresees the avoidance of accessibility concerns during the design phase. The objective of this study is to develop a proof of concept that addresses access for maintainability requirements during the coordination procedure, ensuring a welcoming and equitable environment for everybody. In order to introduce accessibility preconditions to an automated rule generator, the interpretation and reduction of the regulation needs to be done first. Afterward, the decoded restrictions are introduced into a Dynamo script, which will make them visible on the clash detection tool during the coordination procedure. Later on, the proposed framework will be tested on a case study. The proposal might contribute to the reduction of the project’s lifecycle costs by considering maintainability restrictions earlier in the design process. Moreover, inputs related to disabled individuals’ daily struggles might be further developed by fining tune the proof of concept. Therefore, those issues might be included as a driver, following a human-centered design process. Furthermore, the incorporation of those constraints will contribute to the execution of a resilient building, capable of satisfying its occupants displacement requirements.