National Security Impacted by Lack of Facilities Lifecycle Management

Is national security impacted by lack of facilities lifecycle management?   Absolutely.

Economics, the environment, national security, and life/safety are all negatively impacted by the lack of a sustainable facilities lifecycle management strategy.

Billions of dollars have been wasted due to lack of leadership and accountability while critical facilities are not being adequately maintained.

63% of the research facilities and 69% of the nonresearch facilities at the Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder, Colorado, campuses fail to meet the standards for acceptable building condition, the report states. Issues in unrenovated areas range from unreliable power and climate control to leaking roofs and instrument and lab damage from plumbing leaks.  

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s facilities are well overdue for modernization, and their condition is adversely impacting NIST’s critical missions, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report recommends modernizing and sustainably managing NIST facilities moving forward, to ensure that the agency can continue to deliver measurement science and standards that advance U.S. innovation and competitiveness on national technology priorities, and to meet the requirements of companies and other agencies that rely on NIST’s specialized services and capabilities. 

 

Via 4BT.US – Robust facilities lifecycle solutions.

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/02/deficient-facilities-adversely-affect-national-institute-of-standards-and-technologys-mission-with-economic-national-security-and-safety-impacts-says-new-report