For facility leaders, monitoring of all an organization’s facilities can be overwhelming. To gather all necessary data to help maintain and improve these facilities, leaders commission a facility condition assessment (FCA). Because all buildings have unique characteristics (such as age, size, function and level of strategic importance) and every organization has different needs, conducting an FCA should not be a one-size-fits-all process. Instead, the right assessment type should be selected based on specific criterion.
How do you know what type of assessment your organization needs? The answer largely depends on the level of detail you require as well as the time, budget and in-house expertise you have at your disposal.
Gordian offers four types of assessment options including Self-Assessment on Gordian Cloud Platform, Modeled Assessment, Facility Condition Assessment and Facility Condition Assessment+. In this blog, we’ll explore the Facility Condition Assessment to explain what this tier includes, how these assessments are performed and when you might need one.
Facility Condition Assessment: The Basics
When an organization’s leaders need a comprehensive understanding of their facilities’ needs and condition, Gordian’s Facility Condition Assessment is the most appropriate offering. Delivering asset-level details that are collected by experts on-site, this option provides the necessary information to make data-driven capital planning decisions.
Learn how conducting an FCA can help you make confident capital plans.
When Do You Need the Facility Condition Assessment?
The most surefire way to know if the standard Facility Condition Assessment is right for your organization is to review its main features and benefits. The Facility Condition Assessment is ideal for those who:
- Require a baseline understanding of the needs of all facilities in their portfolio
- Need to make high-level building decisions
- Want a third-party independent perspective
- Work as part of a facilities team, especially those in leadership and decision-making roles
This assessment tier also provides organizations with boots-on-the-ground validation of system-level inventory, ensuring the highest degree of accuracy and expertise.
Additional features that come standard with Gordian’s Facility Condition Assessment include:
- Capital Planning on Gordian Cloud Platform
- Mobile Data Capture Application
- Access to Gordian’s knowledgeable Customer Support Team
- RSMeans™ Facility Maintenance & Repair Cost Data
- UniFormat Data Classification
- RSMeans Assessment Cost Data (STL)
What You Can Do With the Facility Condition Assessment
Facilities leaders use the building-level detail that is collected on-site during a Facilities Condition Assessment to make educated capital planning decisions. With verified, third-party data in hand, it becomes much easier to allocate funds toward the most pressing facilities needs – including urgent repairs, new additions and routine maintenance. When you have an accurate, up-to-date inventory of the condition of each facility in your organization’s portfolio, you can completely remove the guesswork that may currently be leading your capital planning strategy.
Successful Facilities Planning Starts With Verified, Timely Data
Equipping you and your organization with building-level detail, Gordian’s Facility Condition Assessment is your path to capital planning success. Benefit from having the insights, technology and expertise needed to successfully identify risks, generate strategy and communicate needs. By taking a strategic approach to conducting assessments, you can ensure that your organization is prioritizing the right level of detail to make informed decisions about investments in your facilities portfolio.
Ready to learn more about our Facility Condition Assessment offering? Contact our experts today.
