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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