You know those home improvement shows where they buy a run-down house for a low price and fix it up? Then, during demolition they discover problem after problem. Homeowners would love a way to find these issues beforehand.
What is FACILITATE?
Schemmer developed a proprietary facility assessment software program called FACILITATE. This program enables our team to input data on-site and in real time, quickly compiling the information for analysis and reporting. Facilitate is a cloud-based program that can be shared with clients and integrated with their facility management software.
Evaluating Your Building's Conditions with FACILITATE
Schemmer's program FACILITATE provides our clients with:
- An overview of their buildings
- A summary of building and property statistics
- A comparison to other similar building types' performances
- A roadmap for the future to achieve an ideal outcome
- An itemized capital expenditure plan for the next 15 years of maintenance
- Options for GPS locations of deferred maintenance items to assist with efficient vendor maintenance
FACILITATE prepares an easy-to-use report that provides detailed information on a building's:
- Condition
- Deficiencies
- Life safety issues
- Recommended corrections, categorized by immediate, short term or long-term need
It also provides cost estimates and assigns priorities for improvements or deferred maintenance. This in-depth report allows our clients to evaluate the possibilities of renovation, demolition, disposal or purchase of their buildings.
Best of all, Facilitate can be customized for each project and client. We work with our programmers to enhance Facilitate each year to ensure it is flexible and current.
Schemmer - Design with Purpose. Build with Confidence.
Schemmer’s architecture, mechanical, electrical and civil departments are using FACILITATE in the field. They have been involved with more than 40 space utilization assessments and concept development projects in 18 states, at more than 145 locations.
Our professionals input data using a tablet or phone on-site and in real time. Our staff also have the ability to produce historical building and field reports.
The days of juggling building information between multiple programs like Microsoft Word, Excel and Access are over.
Overall our team of professionals and the FACILITATE program can help you:
- Determine your building’s deficiencies
- Benchmark a facility against current codes and standards
- Determine priorities for short- and long-term facility issues
- Establish capital budgets for facility improvements
- Develop a deferred maintenance program
- Provide fact basis for facility master planning
- Position your facility for competitiveness in the marketplace
- Provide necessary information for operational, financial and marketing planning
