In cooperation with ZHAW, VLS offers courses to support, optimize and professionalize the management of public facilities. The target audience covers employees in public facility management from government employees up to interested professional groups in the field of property management. The course work has the following goals:
- knowledge of public administrations and interfaces to facility management
- knowledge of the structure, organisation and the scope of services, resource planning of the facility management department
- basic knowledge of holistic facility management
- knowledge of the development of a sustainable facility strategy and financial planning covering several years
- knowledge of the execution of construction projects from the development to the operation
- basic knowledge of public procurement, contracts, tenancy laws and knowledge of historic preservation
- knowledge in the area of safety (earth quakes and fire protection)