The right data at the right time to help you make the right decisions.
Facility Condition Assessments (FCA) are the cornerstone of effective facility management and capital planning. Learn how FOS can help.
The right data for proactive facilities management.
A facility condition assessment (FCA) is a visual survey of the physical assets of a property. An FCA helps facility managers identify potential problems caused by deferred maintenance and highlights capital renewal needs. This data is then analyzed to create an actionable prioritized plan, along with cost estimates.
Savvy facility managers rely on FCAs to build long-term capital improvement strategy. FOS is an industry leader in providing FCAs throughout North America, using processes tailored to meet the needs of facilities at every scale, from single buildings to large, complex campuses.
FOS follows FCA industry standards, at a level of detail through Uniformat specifications, to catalog building and infrastructure elements.
FOScore® software provides custom solutions to help you understand and extend physical asset life cycles. Intuitive, easy to use and trusted by industry pros. Tailored reports and business intelligence tools deliver FCA findings, allowing you to efficiently analyze data.
Accurate cost estimates for each recommended facility asset management action. Prioritized, long-term capital investment forecasts to maximize funding allocations and extend asset life cycles.
Calculate industry standard facility condition index and other condition indices.
The questions condition data alone can't answer.
Educational institutions invest significant resources in understanding their facilities. Suitability assessment builds on that investment by adding the context that turns good data into great decisions.
When organizations don’t have accurate, timely data, they can get trapped in a reactive maintenance loop. This causes reactionary – even hasty spending instead of strategic investments that keep your properties and assets running smoothly.
Beyond unexpected spending on unplanned repairs, unknown compliance and safety risks open your organization up to costly liabilities.
Unexpected maintenance, repairs and replacements wreak havoc on your bottom line and results in increased spending in the long term.
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 a facility condition assessment makes possible.
Our approach combines on-site expertise with data-driven analysis to help organizations reduce uncertainty, protect investments and plan with confidence.
Our clients report a significant return on their investment following the implementation of facility management recommendations delivered by FOS.
FOS offers tools to help clients forecast future needs, helping facility managers optimize equipment and building life cycles, and help you make informed decisions, faster.
With the right data and credible analysis at your fingertips, FOS helps you strategically plan maintenance, replacement and investments to ensure you’re getting the most from your facilities and assets.
Specialized expertise across the industries we support.
Every industry faces unique operational pressures, facility challenges and long-term planning priorities.
Civic
Public buildings are a public trust. We help you honor that.
Higher Education
Great campuses don't maintain themselves. We help you stay ahead.
Commercial
The best work happens in buildings that work.
PK – 12 Education
Every student deserves a safe, well-kept place to learn.
Healthcare
Your facilities carry a mission. We help you protect it.
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.
Let’s talk about how FOS can help you make facility management decisions with confidence.
We help you live up to that. Good stewardship starts with good data. Let's talk about what your facilities need and how we can help you build a plan your community can see and trust.
Have questions? We’re here to help.
A facility condition assessment (FCA) is a physical survey of buildings and infrastructure. The FCA gathers deferred maintenance and capital renewal data. FOS’s specialists observe current field conditions of your built environment and assets, estimate expected remaining life based on professional experience and define replacement or renewal timelines with assigned cost estimates by system and component. By understanding what you own, the condition of each asset, existing needs and actionable recommendations, organizations can prioritize maintenance and capital renewal.
An FCA should convey information from concept to detail, helping to secure and prioritize the funding needed to achieve and maintain high-performing facilities. FCAs help building owners and managers properly communicate the importance of proactive facilities stewardship.
Typically, an FCA is provided by highly trained assessment professionals. FOS’s facility condition assessments are performed by multidisciplinary teams led by licensed professionals.
Everyone, from facilities staff to organizational stakeholders, can receive benefits from a facility condition assessment. The data-informed planning solutions provided by the FCA support strategic investment in your physical assets benefiting your entire organization, and the constituents you serve.
The duration and cost of a facility condition assessment depend on the size and scope of your project. There is no one-size-fits-all FCA. Facility condition assessments should be highly customized, tailored to your specific needs and required level of detail. Every facility is different. Your FCA will address your deferred maintenance backlog, creating a strategic capital planning and asset management solution.
FOScore® is FOS’s intuitive facility condition assessment and capital planning platform providing a centralized, web-based repository for facilities information. Accessible from mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers, FOScore® provides clients with a dynamic solution that empowers you to keep facility data up-to-date and informs strategic decision making.
FOScore® enables efficient FCAs, powerful data analysis, and defensible capital planning processes for FOS clients nationwide. Functionality includes:
- FCA data collection
- Cost estimating
- Needs prioritization
- Photo & file storage
- Asset inventory & tagging (barcode, numeric, and QR coding)
- Dashboards & customized automated reports
- Project & capital plan development
- Energy conservation measures
- Automated portfolio aging