Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has obtained ISO 41001:2018 certificate in Facility Management from the French Bureau Veritas; a company responsible for issuing quality, benchmarking and standardisation certificates at the global level. As such, RTA has become the first government entity to obtain this certification in this field.

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, was pleased for the RTA to obtain this Certificate as it depicts RTA’s compliance with the international standards of asset management and sustainability. He added that such certification would contribute to the achievement of RTA’s eighth strategic goal (Asset Sustainability) through preserving and maximising the value of assets.

Al Tayer made these remarks when accepting the certificate from Yousif AlReda, CEO, Corporate Administrative Support Sector. Abdul Rahman Al Janahi, Director of Building and  Facility Management attended the event also, along several specialists in the field of facility managmnet in RTA.

Obtaining this certificate fulfils the requirements of the first international standard of facility management, as RTA adopts a multi-task facility management system that caters to the coordination between buildings, individuals, and infrastructure in addition to power, water and sewage services. It seeks to ensure that these overlapping services are run in harmony. It is a demanding task that requires highly skilled management, and contributes to extending the prescribed lifecycle of assets.

The underlying objective of fulfilling this standard is to set the base for leveraging the efficiency of deliverables of facility management processes while taking into consideration end-users requirements in line with the risk response strategies. The facility management in general impacts the health, welfare and quality of life in several communities worldwide.