The Diploma in Facilities Management students recently went on a learning journey to understand the crucial role of facilities management in managing critical assets. The visit aimed to help DFM students from different years gain a better understanding of the importance of facilities management in ensuring the proper functioning of any organization.
On July 12th, four classes of Year 1 DFM students and four staff members visited the Singapore Sports Hub to learn about the Facilities Management role in managing and maintaining the world's largest public-private partnership project for sports.
Mr Lam Shiu Tong, Managing Director brief on visual & sound and role of FM during mega events at the maximum capacity of 55,000 people National Stadium.
Students adorn hair net & safety helmet to view the controlled access parked lifting crane in the basement of the stadium.
On the same day, the DFM Year 2 students and staff went on a sustainability learning journey at the Takeda Singapore Manufacturing Plant. The Takeda FM team and ISS Facility Services team hosted them to understand the role of FM in an energy-positive building.
Group photo with host ISS Facility Services.
ISS Facility Service Key Account Manager explained the various technologies that are adopted to support the energy positive features.
Finally, on August 2nd and 3rd, seven staff members accompanied two classes of Year 3 DFM students to visit Google Singapore. They were there to learn about Facilities Management and its role in managing data centres.
Briefing conducted by Alex Cavazos, Site Operations Manager, Google Singapore on data centre operations.
Group photo of DFM/FT/3B/21 students & staff with Google Singapore.
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