The need for involvement for facilities manager in malaysia’s hospital construction

Abstract

This paper identifies the competency of facilities manager in Malaysia. Most previous research in this area has discussed the issues and problem related for facility manager and competency facility manager in Malaysia. This paper provides an overview the facility manager’s role based on a review of literature collected and compiled from various publications. Decide the competence of the facility manager at the design stage of the hospital construction. The viability of facility management is regularly connected with consumer satisfaction of a building. While the expense for facility management is the second biggest expense in the activity of a structure. This study is significance of early involvement of the facility manager in the design stage. As of now design stage of a building construction is hoarded by architects. What is anticipated from this study is that the early involvement of the facility manager will have a major effect particularly in monitoring the future use and care of the facility and evaluating the arrangement of the facility in accordance with the objectives of a building.