If you have property and are debating whether to renovate or redevelop, this course is for you. New Construction and Redevelopment is a new course designed for housing provider leaders, managers and staff that focuses on the various stages of non-profit housing development and construction. This course will help both new and seasoned property and building managers, maintenance staff, and administrators begin the construction process with knowledge of how each decision will affect building maintenance and operations upon occupancy. Participants will be able to answer some of the big questions facing non-profit housing providers today: Do we design and build new housing? Or do we repair, renovate, redevelop or divest our current sites to sustain affordable housing?
- Online, facilitated course
- Can be completed in up to 8 weeks (participants have up to 3 months to complete)
- This course is part of the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program.
Details
Date:
Spring 2023 cohort now closed. Watch for 2024 cohort details to be announced.
Cost:
$209 + GST
Member Cost:
$139 + GST
Registration Start/End Date:
Spring 2023 cohort now closed. Watch for 2024 cohort details TBA. Contact learn@bcnpha.ca for details.
Topics include:
Development Steps | The Human Side | Preparing for Redevelopment | Building Regulations and Rating Systems | Trending Technologies | Owner Project Requirements, Statement of Requirements, and Handover Requirements | Commissioning Process and Training | Construction Completion and Post-Occupancy
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course, successful participants will able to:
- Describe the stages of development and construction
- List and evaluate a variety of redevelopment strategies
- Describe the factors involved in determining rehabilitation or redevelopment
- Explain the key elements in determining financial feasibility
- Make use of maintenance knowledge and lessons from existing buildings to designing new buildings
- Develop a plan to engage with tenants during planning, including relocation during construction and rehousing after completion
- Explain the role of building code, local government regulations and building rating systems (such as LEED and Passive House) in design and construction
- Explain trending technology in residential design, construction and operation
- Describe key features of high-efficiency equipment in relation to building maintenance
- Explain the commissioning process during construction and pre- and post-occupancy
- Explain the elements of construction completion and substantial performance of the work
Time commitment
This course includes approximately 32 hours of content. It is recommended that you commit to studying for 3-4 hours a week in order to be done in 8 weeks. However, you will have up to 3 months to complete. You can progress at your own pace, log in to do assignments, and participate in forum discussions whenever when it’s convenient for you. Having said that, we do encourage you to stick to the posted weekly schedule so that most participants will be working on the same topic at roughly the same time.
Prerequisites
Some prior knowledge of Operations and Maintenance would be helpful. Completion of Asset Management Foundations is recommended but not mandatory. As an online course, participants must have basic computer skills and have access to a computer with MS Office 2010 or later and a modern, safe browser. We recommend Chrome, however any updated browser will work. Templates used in this course may require MS Excel, MS Word and .pdf reader. This course is provided in English and requires reading and writing at a grade 8 level.
I took this HousingU course to equip myself in an area where I needed more training. As we plan for housing redevelopment, I needed to understand the concepts behind the redevelopment process, and bring that knowledge to my board of directors. Creating a roadmap toward building was another critical take-away. I highly recommend it to anyone on a path to construction or redevelopment.
Registration Details
To register, click on the button above to login to our secure Registration site. Note: We require a unique email address for each course participant as our online learning system will not accept duplicate emails.
For further instructions, check out the Course Registration Information page.
Registrants will receive course access instructions from learn@bcnpha.ca prior to the course start date.
For more information email:
Kate Nielsen – Education Lead
learn@bcnpha.ca
I enjoyed that the facilitator was very engaged and provided speedy thoughtful feedback.
The information was very clear and easy to understand.