Public facilities and infrastructure management (2) Engineering Approach

　The national government and local governments are working to provide administrative services and putting efforts into preparing a base for daily life by setting up many public facilities (architectural facilities such as government buildings and school buildings) and infrastructure-related public facilities such as roads, bridges and sewerage. However, these public facilities will gradually become old over time and, going forward, maintenance and renewal to ensure their safety and functionality will require enormous expenses. From a long-term perspective, these issues will need to be addressed in a harsh financial situation as revenues are expected to decline due to the declining population.
　The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established a conference on measures to combat the aging of social capital in the wake of the Sasago Tunnel accident and a request was made to each prefectural governor and mayor of each designated city to formulate a comprehensive management plan for public facilities so that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications can estimate the future renewal costs of public facilities and infrastructure assets in April 2014. The plan included concrete items such as "estimating the prospect of medium-term expenses related to the maintenance, repair and renewal of public facilities, and prospective financial resources that can be allocated to them," "formulating policies for the integration and destruction of facilities," and “setting numerical targets, evaluating the situation of progress regarding plans going forward and undergoing revisions of the plan.” The plan was estimated, analyzed, evaluated, planned and posted. Also, as the strategy moving forward, many organizations are planning the promotion of future measures relating to “long life, consolidation and integration, utilization of PPP/PFI, and the adoption of new technologies.”
　In this course, students will learn basic knowledge of architecture, civil engineering and maintenance. In particular, we have found that the life cycle cost (“Life Cycle Cost” means the lifelong cost of designing, building, maintaining and dismantling a building) of buildings requires three to five times the cost of construction. It is also possible to save resources, costs, and energy through maintenance operations, and learn about life cycle management (“LCM” means comprehensive management of buildings throughout their life), including various related laws and regulations, from an engineering approach. In addition, students will learn everything from planning to maintenance regarding “water and sewerage, parks, street and trees, bridges, and roads for public infrastructure facilities” from an engineering approach.

(1) Be able to provide an overview of various laws related to the latest technology trends regarding architecture.
(2) Be able to explain the important points regarding extending the life of a building, LCC and LCM.
(3) Be able to show the checkpoints of environmental conservation of energy.
(4) Be able to state the importance of public facility management strategies.
(5) Be able to experience the specific laws and their contents of the maintenance of buildings as well as inspection points.
(6) Be able to explain the VFM points of planning and maintenance of infrastructure (water and sewerage; parks, streets and trees; bridges and roads).

1. Orientation/Basic architecture (latest technologies, architectural terms, building classifications)
2. Laws regarding architecture (Building Standards Act, City Planning Act, Barrier Free Law, Landscape Act and Fire Service Act)
3. Architectural technology (energy savings, measures to prevent sick houses, Life Cycle Carbon Minus architecture
4. Building maintenance (building maintenance, operation management, maintenance and database)
5. Various laws regarding building maintenance (various laws and regulations, summaries of ordinances, main trends in reform)
6. Extending the life of a building and LCC, post-maintenance and preventative maintenance (explanation of cases, introduction of an inspection manual)
7. Building evaluation, public return on assets (“ROA”) and LCM, i.e. life cycle management.
8. Daily inspection methods for buildings, checklists for building and equipment inspections, practical training for building inspections.
9.Public facility (public support system for global warming countermeasures)
10.Extending the life of a Public building strategies
11. Water and sewerage planning and maintenance
12. Planning of parks, streets and trees, and maintenance
13. Bridge planning and maintenance
14. Road planning and maintenance
15. Summary of maintenance/facility management, asset management/Reports: explanation of assignment

　This class will be conducted in lecture format. Materials used in class will available on ToyoNet-Ace ahead of time. The materials to be used in class and the issues that will be taken up before and after class (see [Preparation for Class and Post-Class Review] for details) will be distributed on ToyoNet-ACE.
　The course plan consists of public buildings (sessions 1-10), infrastructure of public facilities (sessions 11-14), and a summary (session 15).
　Guest lecturers will be invited according to the content for classes on infrastructure for public facilities (sewerage; parks, streets and trees; bridges and roads) and students will study content that is easy to understand from an engineering perspective.

　As preparation for class, please confirm the handouts distributed on ToyoNet-Ace and tackle the worksheets. Please look up the terms of the content that will be taken up in class and check out the URL posted for reference; this should take about 60 minutes. As post-class review, please refer to the handouts distributed on ToyoNet-Ace and grapple with more advanced studies. The standard time for your work will be about 60 minutes.

Grades will be based on the content of the report. Grades are awarded in accordance with Toyo University’s grading criteria.
<On the reports>
(1-30 points)
Select from classes 1-2 and be able to summarize the class.
(1-30 points)
Understand the engineering content studied in class regarding public facility management strategy and be able to logically discuss your own opinion.
(1-40 points)
Select a topic from class and be able to logically discuss your own opinion regarding efficient management form the perspective of maintenance (heavily focused on the perspective of VFM).

Nothing in particular.

Course materials distributed via ToyoNet-ACE will be used. Students are expected to print these out in advance and bring them to each class.

Issued: Creviis
Y. Tenjin (ed.), “It's understood well! Longer life of public building”(available in Japanese only)vol.1, vol.2, vol.3

“Public Issued by Japan Facility Management Association
・Y. Tenjin (editor, coauthor) “ICT Systems used in FM” (available in Japanese only)