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Facility condition assessment is an analysis of the condition of a facility in terms of age, design, construction methods, and materials. [1] [2] The individuals who perform the assessment are typically architects and engineers, and skilled-trade technicians. Engineering and architectural professional opinions as to the conditions observed are ...
The Higher Education Facilities Officers, APPA, use the FCI as part of their Strategic Assessment Model, and as a key Facilities Performance Indicator. Recommendation #6 in the National Research Council publication entitled "Stewardship of Federal Facilities states that performance indicators should be used to evaulate the effectiveness of ...
Property condition assessments (PCAs) (also known as the property condition report, or PCR) are due diligence projects associated with commercial real estate.Commercial property and building inspections are important for clients seeking to know the condition of a property or real estate they may be purchasing, leasing, financing or simply maintaining.
The National Facility Management Association (NFMA) was formed in 1980, separating the overall profession from a single enterprise. [2] In 1982, the NFMA expanded to form the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) [4] In 1986, the first professional FM organization was launched in the UK, as the Association of Facility Managers ...
Still other proponents for proactive management include judicial consent decrees for facility managers to resolve noncompliance with environmental standards set by EPA or state environmental protection departments (i.e., laws against sewer overflows); post-9/11 security vulnerability analyses; funding legislation that specifies asset management ...
Building diagnostics is the process of determining the causes and solutions to problems in buildings. More specifically, building diagnostics are holistic process of data collection methods and techniques regarding inspection and analysis, and of prediction [1] of faults/abnormality/defects in the condition, internal environment and performance of a building or structure, extending to services ...
Environmental Assessment has little to do with the subject of hazardous substance liability, but rather is a study preliminary to an Environmental Impact Statement, which identifies environmental impacts of a land development action and analyzes a broad set of parameters including biodiversity, environmental noise, water pollution, air ...
One example for state-based control may be that transitions from one state to another can only occur when the logic has checked the process conditions are correct to move to that state. However, in the event of a failed instrument if the condition can be independently verified operations may force the transition to the new state.