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Sustainable Management of Design Assets (PROP30002)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2
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This core subject for the Bachelor of Design property major draws together economic, physical/environmental, financial and legal aspects relating to the management of the property asset from the perspective of a managing agent or major property portfolio manager who are responsible for the performance of investment properties during the 95% of their economic life between the completion of initial construction and eventual demolition.
Topics include:
• What is property management?;
• Stakeholders including: public and private perspectives, and owner/investor and occupier perspectives;
• Managing properties from various use classifications;
• Managing the physical asset: property inspections;
• Services – contract management;
• Planned programmed maintenance systems, etc.;
• Legal, environmental and market demands including lease conditions and management;
• Sustainability risk management;
• OHS;
• International comparisons.
Intended learning outcomes
Understand and apply the principles of managing the built environment to achieve design objectives.
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand the social, legal, economic and environmental impacts of sustainable property asset management practice;
- Analyse sustainable asset management systems and practices across a range of property design types from a range of stakeholder perspectives to maintain and enhance value and utility for users and owners;
- Access, interpret and synthesise data relevant to current sustainable property design management issues;
Generic skills
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will have had the opportunity to develop the following generic skills:
- analytical skills
- communication skills
- problem solving skills
- critical thinking
Last updated: 19 September 2024