Facilities Management: Environmental Sustainability in Australia

This report assesses strategies for delivering international excellence in environmental sustainability within the Australian Property Management (APM) facility, focusing on the John Holland Company. It highlights the need for improved environmental policies and audits due to the fast growth of the Australian property sector. The report reviews the company's existing corporate policy, identifies its limitations in addressing environmental concerns, and suggests a shift towards an environmental-focused approach. It emphasizes the importance of employee involvement, proper waste disposal, and systematic management strategies. The report further discusses the need for infrastructure changes, adherence to international environmental laws, and the implementation of team-led initiatives to foster environmental responsibility. The research methodology involves surveys, data collection, and analysis of company policies to provide a comprehensive overview of the company's progress and areas for improvement. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

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Abstract
Facility is anything mostly tangible and is established to support and serve an
organization, example the real estate property or a technical infrastructure. For improved
effectiveness of the primary activities of an organization, there is need for a proper management.
Facility management therefore is the integration of all the organizational processes for the
maintenance and development of the services agreed upon. This paper ought to design an
assessment task in regards to the strategies used in delivering international excellence in
environmental sustainability within the facility of the Australian Property Management (APM).1
1 Grant, C. A. (2010). U.S. Patent Application No. 12/410,731.

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The Australian Property environs has greatly shown a fast growth of about 3% per year
and there should be a need for development of polices and regulations to serve as a guide
throughout the process of management2. From the increased growth, an audit needs to be
undertaken to help understand clearly the whole situation. The main company of concern is the
John Holland. The company was founded in the year 1948 by Sir John Holland and later on
taken over by Heytesbury Pty Ltd inn 1991 which thereafter was taken by Leighton holdings in
2000. They believed in the construction of all kinds of infrastructure.3With this progress, China
Communications Constructions Company Limited (CCCI) took it and to date is still the owner.
2 Coenen, C., von Felten, D., & Schmid, M. (2010). Reputation and public awareness of facilities
management–a quantitative survey. Journal of Facilities Management, 8(4), 256-268.
3
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Capital, 4(4), 465-486.

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With all these changes and the services, there is need to audit this firm for proper human
satisfaction.4
Subsequently, worker's reaction to such a change turns into an exceptionally significant
factor to consider. All the more along these lines, the reactions are of extraordinary significance
to the association since the customer's mediations help a considerable measure in tending to
issues, for example, expanding reusing. To obviously make a move, we contend that taking the
current structure will help change the brain of the work force towards the biological system.
Taking existing structure produced for a reasonable natural conduct, talking about the qualities
and inadequacies amid the way toward clarifying the adequacy of the conduct change as a
method for enhancing the authoritative execution. Additionally sub division of the elements into
either individual or hierarchical will likewise deliver an unmistakable outcome with regards to
getting to the execution of each person. Beginning with the individual factors, the staff should be
instructed on an appropriate waste transfer, either by reusing those that are fit while decimating
others either in a pit or consuming them on the off chance that they don't deliver unsafe exhaust
which can influence the ozone layer
Legitimate and different prerequisites
Requirements Conformity
Y N N/A
1. Has a framework been created and executed to perceive related
authoritative, legitimate and distinctive essentials?
2. Are available copies of all appropriate regulatory and diverse
requirements accessible to workforce as indispensable?
3. Have each further understanding the affiliation needs to fulfill
been composed in the technique?
Business related understandings
Concurrences with open specialists
4 Drewry, J. J. (2006). Natural recovery of soil physical properties from treading damage of pastoral soils
in New Zealand and Australia: a review. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 114(2-4), 159-169.

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Legitimate and different prerequisites
Requirements Conformity
Y N N/A
Run other than authentic necessities (e.g. association approach,
industry codes and practices, et cetera.)
4. Are the accompanying licenses, grants and endorsements
accessible to show full legitimate consistence?
Licenses of waste gatherers
Air discharge grants
Wastewater release licenses
Allows and licenses identified with unsafe products
Ecological expenses, e.g. wastewater release expense
Enrollment at experts (e.g. wastewater release, air outflow
investigation)
Destinations, targets and projects
Requirements Conformity
Y N N/A
1. Are goals and targets particular, quantifiable, concrete and
reasonable?
2. Are goals and targets particular, quantifiable, concrete and
reasonable?

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Destinations, targets and projects
Requirements Conformity
Y N N/A
3. Do the destinations and targets mull over of the followings?
The consistence with the pertinent enactment and different
prerequisites
The huge ecological perspectives
The criteria for determination of satisfactory innovation,
budgetary task and business prerequisites
The perspectives of invested individuals
4. Are the goals and targets steady with the accompanying?
Natural arrangement
The dedication for aversion of contamination
5. The dedication for persistent change of the natural execution
(where pertinent)
6. Has a natural execution assessment framework been built up to
intermittently survey the accomplishment of the goals and
targets?
7. Are assessment criteria or meeting records accessible to figure out
what huge natural angles move toward becoming destinations and
targets?
8. Have programs for the accomplishment of natural destinations
and targets been built up and actualized?

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Destinations, targets and projects
Requirements Conformity
Y N N/A
9. Have duties been allocated for programs at each suitable capacity
and level?
10. Do the projects incorporate the accompanying components?
Assignment of duty regarding accomplishing destinations and
focuses at each applicable capacity and level of the association
The methods and time period by which the projects are to be
accomplished
Are, where proper, overhauled and altered to apply to new
advancement, new or adjusted exercises, items or administrations
From the audit done, there are some aspects that needs to be taken for further
consideration. For instance, the policy being use is solely corporate which implies that it takes
into consideration the internal and external factors within the organization5. It should really be
the significant environmental aspect so as to major on other factors such as, fuel use, air
emissions, chemical resource and solid waste generation. Given that the company depends on the
corporate policy, its outcomes and fumes from the machines being operated directly affect the
environment rendering its policy inappropriate to the surrounding6.
Even though the policy is available to the public and well documented, it does not
provide a framework for settling environmental targets. Facility is anything mostly tangible and
5 Coenen, C., von Felten, D., & Schmid, M. (2010). Reputation and public awareness of facilities
management–a quantitative survey. Journal of Facilities Management, 8(4), 256-268.
6 Nielsen, S. B., Jensen, P. A., & Jensen, J. O. (2012). The strategic facilities management organisation in
housing. International Journal of Facility Management.

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is established to support and serve an organization, example the real estate property or a
technical infrastructure. For improved effectiveness of the primary activities of an organization,
there is need for a proper management. Facility management therefore is the integration of all the
organizational processes for the maintenance and development of the services agreed upon. This
paper ought to design an assessment task in regards to the strategies used in delivering
international excellence in environmental sustainability within the facility of the Australian
Property Management.
For a number of years, complaints have been made to the company concerning the care
for the environment, the John Holland Company has laid down procedures to ensure care all the
environmental aspects have been taken care of7. The outcome being felt by the community
around is getting better as the company identifies energy efficient opportunities enabling them to
have a better waste management.
Migrating the license from a corporate to the environmental aspects which is an
international environmental law that8 will require huge amount of capital since the company will
be required to have a land which will be used as a dumpsite. Acquiring this land will imply that
people will be forced to migrate elsewhere hence providing the space for the construction. Even
though the company works hand in hand with the government, a situation arises where they are
forced to change their own policies for the better survival of the human being9.
Environmental infrastructure and system changes mostly reduce impacts from the
organization to the environment. As a result, employee’s response to such a change becomes a
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temptations?. In American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (p. 217).
Cambridge University Press.
9 Lim, L. M., Chiu, L. H., Dohrmann, J., & Tan, K. L. (2010). Registered nurses' medication management
of the elderly in aged care facilities. International nursing review, 57(1), 98-106.

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very crucial factor to consider. More so, the responses are of great importance to the organization
since the client’s interventions help a lot in addressing issues such as increasing recycling. To
clearly make a move, we argue that taking the existing framework will help change the mind of
the personnel towards the ecosystem. Taking existing framework developed for a sustainable
environmental behavior, discussing the strengths and shortcomings during the process of
explaining the effectiveness of the behavior change as a way of improving the organizational
10performance. Further sub division of the factors into either individual or organizational will
also bring forth a clear result when it comes to accessing the performance of every individual.
Starting with the individual factors, the personnel need to be taught on a proper waste disposal,
either by reusing those that are fit while destroying others either in a pit or burning them if they
do not produce dangerous fumes which can affect the ozone layer11. The team leaders in the
organization should forma lead magnet that will attract all the other personnel in doing what is
friendly to the environment. Having a team that lead by example will with ease lead to a
successful practice in maintaining the environmental standards.
The John Holland company caries a systematic management strategy where, at each step
they first plan before taking action. In his preview explains planning as learning.12
Planning in this case allows the management team to recognize an upcoming opportunity
and makes plan for the change to take effect and produce best results. For instance, before and
construction contract is acquired, the team checks for the tools in place and the necessary
equipment that need to be added to the existing once, thus make the company the best
construction company within the horizons of Australia13. On the other hand, I can clearly states
that following a survey the researcher conducted, data collection done on site shows how the
company make progress in the building industry. From the online articles, journals and books of
progress, the raw data about the John Holland Company brings clear overview of the much
duties being undertaken. During the early stages the researcher carried out a survey on the
company’s performance and operations starting from the policies used. This provided a base
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13 Langston, C., & Lauge-Kristensen, R. (2013). Strategic management of built facilities. Routledge.

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framework for a later understand of the company. In every department there is a team leader,
ranging from the drivers all through to the actual constructors14.
Do: During the research, objectives and targets were established after which the
subsequent activities were carried on leading to implementation of the outlaid procedures. Being
a research, communication was a main factor, this ensured that all the authorities were made
aware of the personnel hence ensuring safety to both the workers and the researcher himself.
Upon a successful access to the site, the checklist was compared to see if truly the researcher’s
planned task were done in a correct manner and consistently.
Act: In areas where the situation was worst and unfit for human, the researcher helps in
creating awareness of the danger that could arise, this include the emission of the fumes direct to
the air. This could result to other diseases which could affect the lives of the workers hence
leading to a decline in the production. Upon completion of the research, a clearly stated
documentation was prepared to cover all the aspects of the progress ranging from the objectives,
policies to the final environmental performance of the company15.
The company need to make arrangements to start using the electric motor machine which
will have less impact to the environment. Emissions from the fuel powered machines has a lot of
effects to the environment. From the analysis, the company should employ less personnel in
order to lower the cost of production since with the advanced machinery less labor will be
required but with a higher production level. With this improvements, a sustainable environment
is found:
Waste from operations 8
Portable water 6
Fire protection testing water 2
Ecological value 4
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commitment and barriers to sustainable facilities management practice: A case of Nigeria. International
Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, 1(2), 167-176.
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Light pollution 2
From the benchmark, like any other risky business with a view of making profit16 address
the risks associated more work need to be done when it comes to waste from operations, a clear
well set dumpsite should be located somewhere within the firm ho help reduce pollution. A
proper weekly basis checkup program should be put in place to ensure the waste does not exceed
a given level within the bins. The program should be automatic in such a way that if the waste
reaches a given level, a notification should be sent to the relevant personnel17.
Since the company solely depends on the human labor, systems software’s are not that
much in use, but the most used is the water management system which keeps monitoring the
level of water within the storage tanks an ensure steady availability of water. On the other side,
the company lacks an energy management system18. This is mostly due to the fact that most
operations are done in the fields. At a later advancement, an energy management system should
be put in place to ensure that the power is within the bounds to avoid wastage.
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