Long
Range Facility Planning
Today's facilities will not solve tomorrow's problems. Social,
economic, and technological trends can have a profound impact
on the operations and requirements of facilities. Legislative
or policy changes can result in the need to restructure an existing
organization to incorporate the associated changes. Compliance
with ADA mandates and the need to provide or upgrade accessibility
for the physically disabled can change a facility's requirements.
Ultimately these factors can affect space needs.
Strategic
long-range facilities planning is essential to the long-term success
of any organization because the size and functional features of
a building affect an organization's ability to deliver its services
effectively and efficiently,
At JMOA, we
believe effective long-range facilities' planning is a futurist's
activity. Although you need to understand the past and the present,
you must also have a clear vision of the future. JMOA will
prepare a five-year capital facilities plan that will include
a breakdown by year of the estimated expenses ranked in
priority order for
the following: major repairs, major system replacement, repairs
and maintenance, current or proposed alterations, reconstruction,
additions or new construction.
Long-range
facilities' planning assures a comprehensive approach to evaluating,
projecting, and planning the future needs for your facilities
and the spaces you occupy.
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Capital
Project Planning
Regardless of whether your facilities belong to federal, state
or local government, or a corporate, commercial or industrial
enterprise, capital and operating funds for facility maintenance,
renovation, reconstruction or construction account for a significant
portion of any budget. Recent statistics show that facilities
and related services to maintain an efficient and safe work environment
consume 5% to 10% of a company's revenues. Due to the aging of
existing infrastructure, building use, application and environmental
factors, facility conditions are ever changing. The need for maintenance,
repair or replacement is continuous.
To preserve
an organization's capital funds and ensure building integrity,
an effective method of evaluating the status of your assets is
crucial. Capital project planning is an effective and efficient
methodology that will enable you to make informed decisions regarding
the allocation of resources, establishing funding levels, and
planning your capital projects.
JMOA's
capital project planning program is designed to protect your
capital investment and preserve your capital expenditures. JMOA
will consolidate data from various sources regarding improvements
required at the various facilities of your organization. A five-year
capital facilities plan will be developed. The report will be
compiled in two formats: a five-year plan by building, which will
reference the work required specific to each building; and a five-year
plan by schedule that will reference work required during a given
year for all buildings.
The report
will identify the building and the area within the building (boiler
room, windows, etc.); the maintenance needs; the scheduled year
for performing the work; the category of the issue (health and
safety, maintenance, etc); and estimated cost to complete the
required work. Escalation cost will be added to each progressive
year. Amending an organization's existing capital facilities plan
and annual review and update of existing plans are additional
services available.
Capital project
planning provides a comprehensive system to preserve the capital
assets of any organization.
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