BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau

Optimisation starts with the planning
Rhomberg Facility Management provides consultancy service for Swiss business centre
In St. Gallen, eastern Switzerland, a new business centre
with around 2,100 m 2 floor space is being built based on
the Rhomberg principle for sustainable building usage.
The commercial property was designed with five floors
and a two-floor underground car park by ARGE KIMO
AG/Rhomberg Bau AG. Completion is planned for the end
of 2010.
The foundation stone for the sustainable project development
was laid together with Swiss colleagues at
Rhomberg Bau AG. Principles for sustainability in relation
to usage, occupant well-being, infrastructure, energy and
life cycle costs were defined and measures derived from
them. The implementation of these measures has been
monitored during the project.
The next step was to critically check the planning in
relation to the operation. The resulting recommendations
for optimisation were provided to the project management.
The “Stahl” business centre features ambitious architecture and life cycle
optimised planning.
An operational concept was prepared at an early stage.
In addition, the life cycle costs were calculated to be able
to further optimise the planning.
Tobias Vonach
Milestones for Facility Management
Optimising the property life cycle
• Return assessment
• Life cycle cost assessment
• Planning optimisation and
support
• Analysis of needs and
utilisation concepts
• Strategy development
• Check on possible
changes in use
• Organisation of the
demolition via Rhomberg
Recycling
Change in
use/
demolition
Planning/
design
Utilisation
Preparation/
construction
Facility Management’s services in the property life cycle
• FM controlling
• Implementation and
removals management
• Check on the documentation
• Service and
maintenance planning
• Implementation of CAFM
• Property evaluation
• Organisation optimisation
• Portfolio management
Planning optimised in relation to life cycle costs and energy
consumption is a critical cornerstone of the highly regarded
Rhomberg research project: the LifeCycle Tower is to be a
wooden high-rise building with 20 floors. Specialists from
Facility Management were also represented on the interdisciplinary
team. They continuously and critically assessed
the planning from the point of view of the organisation
operating the building, the users and the investors.
As a result the facility managers were able to provide valuable
information on the optimisation of the mix and utilisation
of the floor space by means of a long-term analysis of
returns. In addition the advantage of the faster construction
on the returns from the project, as compared to a
conventional build, were illustrated. Various project variants
were evaluated financially with an early forecast of the life
cycle costs, and the difference in relation to conventional
project development was illustrated. As a result the floor
area is easier to market, the user requirements are taken
more into account and smooth operation is ensured.
Tobias Vonach
facility management | NEW DIMENSIONS
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