Facilities Staffing Requirements for the Veterans Health Administration–Resource Planning and Methodology for the Future (2020) / Chapter Skim
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departments to lead and provide for facilities planning, design and construction, operations and maintenance, real property management, and associated services of the organization's physical plant. The International Facilities Management Association (IFMA)
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The project programming or predesign process starts with a stakeholder group or planning committee led by or facilitated by the planning unit or function. This group or committee is made up of key personnel directly impacted by the proposed project -- for example, production staff and group leaders for a manufacturing facility project, faculty or teachers for a classroom or academic research laboratory project, or physicians and nurses for a hospital or clinic project.
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While the planning and programming processes incorporate personnel from across the organization, including senior leaders and managers, financial experts, and operational service and product delivery subject-matter experts, the FM CP function plays the important role of information integrator, requiring a unique set of skills. FM CP staff in the planning function may include architects; interior designers; planners; cost estimators; financial technicians; mechanical, electrical, industrial, systems, and civil engineers; project managers; engineering technicians; environmental and safety specialists; contracting officials; and data analysts.
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At the end of construction, the FM project management and delivery function guide project closeout by finalizing a project "punch list" for those items to be completed before the project can be declared complete, ensuring that final building component testing and commissioning is accomplished to verify that elements operate and function as designed, and to make certain that life safety and security items are in place and function appropriately before the building or space is occupied. The FM CP function for an organization may be entirely an in-house group for larger organizations, entirely 6AIA MBA Joint Committee, "Procurements & Supplements," http://www.aiambajointcommittee.org/i9-negotiated-bid.asp, accessed August 28, 2019.
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The architects and engineers may often be professionally registered with the state in which they are functioning. While technical training and professional registration are important in staffing the FM project management and delivery function, there are six knowledge domain and skill sets that are critical to the project delivery process, as follows (Gransberg, 2019)
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to the overall plant replacement value of the building (facility condition index [FCI]
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Large private sector organizations use a variety of means to develop facilities budgets, including past and current operations costs (utility costs, for example) , scheduled periodic maintenance costs, current and future repair or replacement needs often based on the standard life a system (such as a roof)
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Federal and other government contracting may have legal stipulations on contracting solicitation practices and administration standards such as set-asides for minority, women, disabled, and veteran-owned companies and stipulation and documentation of certain pay rates or scales under the Davis–Bacon Act, McNamara–O'Hara Service Contracts Wage Act, or prevailing wage standards. Organizations may, as part of their mission or business objectives, seek contracting strategies that advance social or environmental causes or initiatives such as buying local, supporting employee diversity, or green or sustainable materials and practices.
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Many of these items involve the use of advanced management techniques such as Lean Six Sigma, Deming quality data analysis, and so on. Establishing and integrating the ISO quality program into day-to-day FM operations has been shown to result in quality outcomes.
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Each of these functions requires a unique skilled and semi-skilled workforce and utilizes a set of equipment, tools, materials, and data to effectively deliver on their required products and services. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND FACTORS Federal Facilities Considerations FM for federal agencies requires additional considerations that are not present in many comparable private sector facilities.
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establishes criteria for levels of health care services or systems based on risk to the patient, staff, or visitors in healthcare facilities to minimize the hazards to fire, explosion, and electricity.18 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) /ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities, defines ventilation system design requirements that provide environmental control for comfort, asepsis, and odor in healthcare facilities.19 NFPA 101, Life Safety Code (LSC)
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Chapters 18, health care occupancies, and 19, life safety code has specific chapters for health care occupancies. NFPA 70, National Electric Code, sets the foundation for electrical safety in residential, commercial, and industrial occupancies with Chapter 5, Special Occupancies, section 517, Health Care Facilities.21 NFPA 45, Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals, provides basic requirements to protect life and property through prevention and control of fires and explosions involving the use of chemicals in laboratory scale operations.22 SUMMARY The FM department plays a critical role in the effectiveness and success of an organization.
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