Leading the GCC facility management in the direction of a productivity-driven business approach list below worldwide requirements, the Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA) held just recently its newest workshop as well as networking occasion, themed Value Added of Professional, Comprehensive Facility Management, at Prince Mohammad container Fahd Program for Young People Advancement in Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

The event talked about the expanding importance of FM sector in enhancing public facilities especially in the health care industry, targeted at increasing the profile of the FM career which has significant effect on the health and wellness, security, efficiency and health and wellbeing of people who use the constructed environment.

The workshop and also networking activities become part of MEFMA's continuing initiatives to drive innovation by advertising understanding about top global trends that can help additionally equip the local FM sector. MEFMA is a non-profit association that provides a committed system for FM experts, wider building sector stakeholders and proprietor organizations. With workshops as well as discussion forums, the Association seeks to additional enhance the society of expertise sharing as well as exchange of experiences to give options and also development study, education and development of sustainable techniques for the market.

Eng. Aiyd Al-Qahtani, Board Member, MEFMA, stated: "MEFMA remains commited in reinforcing the regional centers monitoring field by enhancing its worldwide competitiveness through neighborhood administration according to global requirements. We constantly discover ways to meet the growing demands of property supervisors and also property owners in the direction of satisfying their objectives of providing lasting facilities monitoring solutions, which is vital in preserving as well as improving the life-span of structures. We concentrated on the medical care industry provided the
enhancing rate of interest to make certain high-levels of upkeep for health and clinical centers to boost solutions. FM plays a major duty in making certain high quality services and also offer added value to enhancing the degree of wellness services that benefit patients along with the team in those establishments."

The workshop presented by Peter Prischl, Managing Director of Drees & Sommer International. Prischl also moderated the panel discussion with the participation of FM leaders in Saudi Arabia, including Eng. Sultan Alkhuraissi, General Manager for Operations & Maintenance, Royal Commission in Jubail; Eng. Naif Al-Trad, Executive Director Hospital Operations, King Fahad Specialist Hospital; Ali Manajem, Performance Improvement Consultant, Saudi Aramco; Eng. Mohammed Salim Patel, Facility Management Director, Tadbeir Real Estate Company; and Dr. Abdulaziz Saud Almohassen, Assistant Professor (Building Engineering Dept.), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.

The talk explored extensive the worth included of professional and thorough facility monitoring in sensible terms such as budget plans and expenses. It also cited useful instances of value-added FM in accordance with the kind of company - whether they are commercial or non-profit or government. The session likewise extensively reviewed the valued added of expert FM to a few of one of the most difficult built environment residential properties such as health centers and various other medical care centers. The talk additionally used five methods which anyone can apply in achieving included worth in public facilities in the sector.

Enrollers of the event include Tadbeir Property Firm, King Fahad Specialist Healthcare Facility - Dammam, and also Drees & Sommer, while the sustaining partners are the Royal Compensation for Jubail as well as Yanbu and The National Training Facility for Facilities and Hospitality Management (FHM).