Handbook

Building Services is concerned with aspects of the built environment that ensure the performance and productivity, comfort, safety and wellbeing of building occupants. It involves air conditioning and mechanical ventilation, electrical light and power, fire services, fire safety engineering, water and waste services, data and communications, security and access control, … For more content click the Read More button below.   Effective management of building services is indispensable for the operation and usage of buildings, for example, certain types of buildings such as hospitals are almost 100% dependent on electrical, ventilating and air conditioning services and any ineffectiveness will cause serious disruptions to its users and may even lead to loss of lives. The management of the installation and maintenance of services within a building spans over the lifecycle of a building, unlike some trades that occur at the construction stage only.    Therefore, skills and knowledge about different building services and their management are essential for any construction manager, project manager or facilities manager. Hence, BLDG2011 Building Services has been made a core course within the degree program. Building services is "the practice of the art and science of engineering for achieving optimal integrated building systems incorporating environmental control and safety provisions for the comfort and wellbeing of the occupants of the built environment".