Great campuses don't maintain themselves.
We help you stay ahead.
Colleges and universities are stewards of some of the most complex and storied built environments in the country. FOS works alongside higher education facility teams to bring clarity to building conditions, structure to capital planning and confidence to the decisions that keep your campus thriving for the next generation of students.
What we bring to higher education facilities.
We start where every good plan starts: with a clear picture of what you have. Our facility condition assessment (FCA) gives your team a thorough, building-by-building account of campus infrastructure, covering physical condition, system health and deferred maintenance across every facility type you manage.
When a property acquisition or building donation is on the table, our due diligence assessments make sure you know exactly what you are taking on before a commitment is made.
From there, we help you build the planning foundation your institution needs. Asset tagging and inventory brings order to your portfolio, creating a reliable record of building systems and equipment that makes lifecycle planning and renewal decisions far more manageable.
That data feeds directly into a prioritized, multi-year capital improvement plan, one built to communicate clearly to leadership, finance committees and boards of trustees.
We also help you understand where your campus stands on accessibility and code compliance. Our ADA and code assessments identify gaps across your buildings and give you a practical remediation path to work from.
Our cost estimating services ensure every project in your plan is backed by accurate, regionally calibrated numbers your budget team can count on.
For institutions working toward sustainability goals or looking to reduce energy spend, our energy audits identify the highest-impact opportunities across your campus and sequence them in a way that is realistic to execute.
What higher education facility teams are up against.
Managing a campus portfolio is a unique kind of challenge. The buildings are diverse, the stakeholders are many and the funding rarely keeps pace with the need.
Deferred maintenance backlogs that have grown quietly over decades competing for capital against new construction and academic priorities.
A wide mix of building types and ages, from century-old lecture halls to modern research facilities, each with different needs and renewal timelines.
Pressure to demonstrate responsible stewardship of facilities to trustees, accreditors and state oversight bodies.
Accessibility gaps across older campus buildings that create risk and limit full participation for students, faculty and visitors with disabilities.
Energy costs that strain operating budgets and growing institutional commitments to carbon reduction and sustainability goals.
Limited staffing and resources to conduct consistent, campus-wide facility assessments alongside day-to-day operations and maintenance responsibilities.
Facility management and capital planning made simple.
Our FOScore® platform brings clarity and confidence in the decisions that shape your built environment. Simplify complex data into actionable insights, providing the information and analysis you need to understand your facilities, prioritize what’s needed most and plan with precision.
- Cost estimating
- Project building
- Capital planning
- Asset inventory & tagging
- Asset & cost updates
- On demand & custom reporting
- Secure web infrastructure
- Mobile, tablet & desktop friendly
- Infinite file storage
- Unlimited users
What good campus stewardship makes possible.
Our approach combines on-site expertise with data-informed analysis to help organizations reduce uncertainty, protect investments and plan with confidence.
Clear, prioritized data makes it easier to build the case for facility investment at the board level, where facility needs often compete with academic and research priorities.
Consistent assessment data across every building type gives your team a single, reliable picture of campus condition, so nothing important gets overlooked.
The first step to closing your ADA and code gaps is knowing where they are. We help you build a remediation plan that is realistic and defensible.
Energy audits identify opportunities that support both your budget and your institution's public commitments to carbon reduction and responsible operations.
Due diligence assessments protect your institution from taking on hidden facility liabilities, whether in a real estate transaction or a building donation.
When we handle the assessment and planning work, your facilities team can focus on running the campus rather than trying to build a data foundation from scratch.
Comprehensive facility management services to help you plan, prioritize and perform.
Our tools and services are designed to simplify complexity, reduce long-term costs and extend the life of your assets.
Facility Condition Assessments (FCA)
Clear insight into asset conditions, identifying and prioritizing long-term needs.
Capital Planning
Data-informed planning to prioritize investments, manage deferred maintenance and extend asset life cycles.
Asset Inventory & Tagging
Detailed asset identification and data collection to support maintenance planning and lifecycle management.
Cost Estimating
Reliable, real-world cost data to support accurate budgeting and defensible capital decisions.
ADA & Code Assessments
Identify compliance gaps and prioritize corrective actions across facilities.
Academic Suitability/Adequacy Assessments
Align facility conditions with educational programs, enrollment and learning outcomes.
Property Due Diligence
Objective facility assessments that support informed acquisition, disposition and investment decisions.
Energy Audits
ASHRAE Level I & II audits that identify efficiency opportunities, cost savings and performance improvements.
Work that delivers at any scale.
Organizations of every size trust FOS to understand their needs. See how schools, universities, health systems and state and local governments across North America have benefited from proactive, data-informed facilities management services.
PreK-12 Education
K12 districts must ensure students' health and close educational gaps. They should assess the physical environment and make long-term plans for a brighter future that serves all students.
Your campus deserves a plan as thoughtful as its mission.
Whether you're managing a single-campus college or a multi-campus university system, we're ready to help. Let's start with a conversation about where you are and where you want to be.
Have questions? We’re here to help.
That is exactly the kind of portfolio we work with most. Our assessment methodology is designed to produce consistent, comparable data across building types and ages — from a 1920s administration building to a recently constructed science center. You get one coherent picture of your entire campus, not a patchwork of disconnected reports.
This is one of the most important things good facility data can do for you. We structure our findings and capital plans to be clearly communicable to leadership, finance committees and boards of trustees. When the numbers are grounded in current condition data and real cost estimates, the conversation about facility investment becomes a lot easier to have.
You start with a clear picture of what you have and what it will cost to maintain it. From there, we help you build a prioritization framework that considers safety, compliance, building utility and renewal cost — so you can make defensible decisions about sequencing rather than just reacting to what breaks first.
Yes. Our ADA and code assessments produce clear, organized documentation of existing conditions and identified deficiencies. That documentation is useful for institutional compliance records, transition plan development and conversations with accreditors or oversight agencies about your institution's progress toward accessibility goals.
We scope energy audits to match your campus footprint and goals. For larger portfolios, we can prioritize the highest-consuming or highest-opportunity buildings first, then expand from there. Every audit delivers prioritized recommendations with cost estimates and projected savings, so you can sequence investments based on return and operational feasibility, not just ambition.