Sustainable Management of Design Assets

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.