Volume 3: Restrooms
Tags: facilities management, building design, TCO,
It is a new day. The pandemic, hurricanes, fires, and economic uncertainties are all reasons facilities management organizations...
As facilities professionals, we have an ethical and professional duty to protect building occupants and visitors during this...
A few years ago, the California State University System (CSU) realized that to successfully manage the backlog of maintenance and...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, facilities database, capital planning,
A recurring question among facilities management professionals is “how much should I really be spending on renewal needs?” This...
Tags: capital planning, FCI, FCNI,
From my earliest childhood recollections in a small North Carolina coastal town, I remember the lessons taught to me by my...
Tags: moral compass, engineers creed, code of ethics for engineers,
Disclaimer: The following is intended to be humorous and a little informative. No traveler was physically harmed in the...
As you navigate the COVID-19 situation, we assure you that ISES Corporation remains available to assist as and when we are able.
Tags: facility assessment projects, FCA, condition assessment
Whether you have retained a firm to conduct a facility condition assessment (FCA) on a single building or multiple buildings, you...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, facility assessment projects, FCA,
Volume 2: Exterior Doors and Roofs
This is the second in a series of blogposts discussing the pros and cons of facility designs,...
Tags: building design, TCO, expected useful life,
There are times where I wonder if I am the old cowboy on the horse looking at those new-fangled motor carriages coming up the...
Tags: civil engineering, engineering history, engineering career
Tags: facilities condition assessment, facility assessment projects, facility ROI,
Volume 1: Exterior Facades and Site Components
Prestigious and influential design accolades are often awarded for handsome and...
Tags: building design, TCO, EUL,
In past blogs, my colleagues have provided thought-provoking insights into Facility Condition Assessments (FCAs). They’ve...
An FCA is a planning tool that demonstrates the relationship between financial investment and physical condition. The objective...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, lifecycle modeling, FCA,
One of the first things that I’m asked by the client after an FCA contract has been signed is “What do you need from me to...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, FCA, client communication
An accurate inventory of all maintainable equipment in a portfolio of facilities is often lacking at college campuses and office...
A Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) gives you data about a building’s current condition and how much you’ll need to budget to...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, FCA, replacement in-kind,
Over the past three decades, I have observed numerous firms in the Facilities Management Consulting industry trying to upsell the...
Tags: facilities management, facility renewal needs, facilities consultants,
As we discussed last month, certain facility types commonly have a relatively high percentage of nonreplaceable structure...
Clients often ask why the value of a building’s component inventory doesn’t equal its CRV (Current Replacement Value). The short...
Tags: LCM, component inventory, CRV,
This is the fourth in an occasional series on this topic.
Previous posts have discussed deferred maintenance and illustrated the...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, lifecycle modeling, deferred maintenance,
This is the third in an occasional series on this topic.
We have now established that facilities renewal funding is a...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, FCI, FCNI,
This is the second in an occasional series on this topic. In this installment we will focus upon facilities renewal rates. We’ll...
Tags: facilities management, deferred renewal, facility renewal rates
Last month we talked about reframing the Deferred Maintenance debate, more properly thinking about it as Deferred Renewal....
This is the first in an occasional series on this topic.
Experienced Facilities Management professionals are intimately familiar...
Tags: deferred maintenance, facilities management, deferred renewal
FacilitiesNet posted a helpful how-to article on calculating HVAC lifecycle costs. We've reposted the link here for your reading...
Tags: HVAC, lifecycle, energy efficiency
ISES Corporation recently conducted an analysis of the impact of legacy building control systems, particularly pneumatic HVAC...
Tags: HVAC, pneumatic control
As I travel around the country discussing facility assessment projects and other facilities management initiatives, I am...
Tags: facilities condition assessment, facilities management
A Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) is an essential tool of facilities managers. This is true whether you choose to conduct...
Entities with large building portfolios, such as colleges and universities, municipalities and larger healthcare organizations,...
A bolted pressure switch (BPS) is a cost-effective device for providing circuit protection and electrical system isolation for...
We sometimes hear that owners have billions of dollars in deferred maintenance (DM) backlogs and that the backlogs will only get...
