Building and Facilities Maintenance Management

Dr Jason Challender MSc PhD Eng. D.Hon FRICS FAPM FAHE has acquired 35 years ‘client side’ experience in the UK construction industry and procured numerous successful major construction programmes during this time. He is Director of Estates and Facilities at the University of Salford, a member of its Senior Leadership Team and responsible for overseeing a large department of approximately 350 estates and construction-related staff. He is also a construction researcher who has published seven books and twelve academic journal and conference papers in recent years, all of which have been dedicated to his studies around construction and engineering management. He has attended many national and international construction and institutional conferences as a guest speaker over the years and is a visiting professor.

Robert Challender is employed at CS2 Charted Surveyors in Manchester, where he is serving an apprenticeship in building surveying. The building surveys featured in the book are those which he has undertaken himself. He is currently studying for a BSc degree in building surveying at the University of Salford.