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... In 1990, the National Research Council Committee on Advanced Maintenance Concepts for Buildings found that "credible analyses indicate that we are systematically neglecting the maintenance of public facilities at all levels of government. We are spending our assets and wasting our inheritance" (NRC, 1990, p.
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... Recognition of the multifaceted value of facilities has, in turn, resulted in more strategic facilities management practices that focus on entire portfolios of facilities and treat them as assets to organizations. Federal agencies have been implementing portfolio-based management processes, although the level of sophistication varies.
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... . Congress and two presidential administrations have enacted legislation and issued other directives challenging federal agencies to take a leadership role in reducing their use of energy, water, and fossil fuels and in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
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... met five times from December 2009 to September, 2010, exchanged report chapters by e-mail, and held a series of conference calls. The committee reviewed previous NRC reports related to federal facilities management and gathered information from numerous federal agencies and several private-sector and professional organizations that were identified by the committee as industry leaders (Appendix B)
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... Risks can be identified qualitatively and some can be quantified. Finding 4.  Excess, underutilized, and obsolete facilities constitute a drain on the federal government's budget in costs and in forgone opportunities to invest in the maintenance and repair of mission-supportive facilities and to reduce energy use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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... The lack of common approaches makes it difficult to compare the effectiveness of maintenance and repair investments among federal agencies, to compare the benefits and pitfalls of different investment strategies, and to benchmark performance for the purpose of continuous improvement. Finding 8.  Reliable and appropriate data and information are essential for measuring and predicting outcomes of investments in federal facilities maintenance and repair.
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... Recommendation 2 (Findings 1, 5, and 6) .  Federal agencies should develop more strategic approaches for investing in facilities maintenance and repair to achieve beneficial outcomes and to mitigate risks.
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... .  Federal agencies should continue to participate in and take advantage of collaborative efforts to develop rapid and effective data-collection methods (such as the use of sensors and visual imaging devices) , to develop data-exchange standards that allow interoperability of data and software systems, to develop the empirical information needed for robust prediction models, and to develop practices that will reduce the cost of data collection and eliminate human error and bias.


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