Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Facilities |Smart

Overview

Why Attend

Most organizations discover the gaps in their continuity plan during the actual disruption, not before it. The backup generator that hadn't been load-tested in two years, the recovery site nobody had actually visited, the plan that assumed key staff would be reachable when the phone lines were down too. Facilities Business Continuity exists to find those gaps on a Tuesday afternoon during a planned exercise, not during an actual crisis when it's too late to fix them.

That preparation depends on building genuine resilience into critical infrastructure rather than assuming redundancy exists where it doesn't, applying crisis management discipline that holds up when normal decision-making channels break down, and treating disaster recovery as a tested capability rather than a document. The Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Facilities and Infrastructure training course, is built around that uncomfortable but necessary work of finding weaknesses before reality does.

Participants leave able to identify continuity gaps before they become failures, build recovery plans grounded in realistic infrastructure constraints, and lead a facilities response that keeps critical operations running through genuine disruption.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain the scope and priorities of Facilities Business Continuity planning.
Build organizational resilience by identifying and closing infrastructure vulnerabilities.
Apply crisis management principles to facilities-specific disruption scenarios.
Develop disaster recovery plans for critical building and infrastructure systems.
Set realistic recovery time and recovery point objectives for facilities operations.
Test continuity plans through drills and exercises that reveal real weaknesses.
Lead facilities teams through disruption with clarity and coordinated decision-making.

Target Group

Facilities and infrastructure continuity managers
Business continuity and disaster recovery professionals
Risk management and resilience officers
Facilities directors overseeing critical infrastructure
Emergency preparedness coordinators

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Facilities Business Continuity

Defining the scope of business continuity within facilities operations
Why continuity gaps typically surface during real disruptions, not before
Connecting facilities continuity planning to broader organizational resilience

Building Infrastructure Resilience

Identifying single points of failure in critical infrastructure
Designing redundancy into essential building systems
Prioritizing resilience investments based on operational impact

Crisis Management for Facilities Disruptions

Applying crisis management principles to facility-specific scenarios
Maintaining decision-making capability when normal channels fail
Coordinating facilities response with broader organizational crisis structures

Developing Disaster Recovery Plans

Identifying critical facilities and infrastructure systems requiring recovery plans
Setting realistic recovery time and recovery point objectives
Structuring recovery plans around actual infrastructure constraints

Testing Continuity and Recovery Plans

Designing drills and exercises that reveal genuine weaknesses
Load-testing backup systems and recovery infrastructure
Updating plans based on lessons learned from testing

Leading Facilities Teams Through Disruption

Making clear decisions during the early, uncertain stages of a disruption
Communicating effectively with staff, tenants, and leadership
Coordinating with external responders and recovery service providers

Sustaining Continuity Readiness Over Time

Keeping continuity plans current as infrastructure and risks evolve
Building continuity planning into ongoing facilities management practice
Conducting post-exercise and post-incident reviews to strengthen future readiness

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

4 - 8 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

8 - 12 Nov, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

8 - 12 Nov, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

2027 Schedule & Fees

3 - 7 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Feb, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Feb, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

9 - 13 May, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

9 - 13 May, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

8 - 12 Aug, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

8 - 12 Aug, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Nov, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

7 - 11 Nov, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Facilities and Infrastructure Training Course

Overview

Why Attend

Course Objectives

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

2027 Schedule & Fees