Sustainability and Efficient Facilities Lifecycle Management go hand in hand.
While most of us are aware of the rampant economic and environmental waste associated with the repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings and other physical infrastructure, few understand that solutions are readily available or have the will and commitment to deploy them.
Public sector facilities management is particularly wasteful due to the pervasive lack of capable, committed, and accountable leadership.
Most public sector organizations lack a holistic view and/or understanding of integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery. They simply do not appreciate the fundamental requirement to apply apply collaborative principles to construction processes and activities.
Until there is significant improvement in professional and formal education, the barriers to the successful implementation of efficient repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction will not be overcome.
Best value repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction frameworks are readily available and include the following elements.
#1 Real property owner leadership via direct involvement, capacity, commitment, and accountability.
#2 Robust, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery framework, processes, and workflows, with and associated multi-party contract and operations manual/execution guide.
#3 Common data environment inclusive of shared, local market, objective granular construction task data.
#4 Mandatory initial and ongoing training for all participants.
#5 Quantitative metrics and regular third-party independent audits.
#6 Enabling collaborative tech that embeds robust process and workflows.
Despite massive investments in physical infrastructure, it will be impossible meet decarbonisation
requirements or conserve vital natural resources. The current average waste invovle in facilities management “construction” ranges between 40% and 60%.
There is no shortage of solutions available to drive significant improvement in managment of the built environment. The challenge remains adoption and proliferation.