Building Solutions - Education Facilities

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"Building Solutions Facility Management has saved me uncountable hours of often frustrating and unproductive work and...have greatly improved the level of overall maintenance of the campus. We find that our savings in direct expenses far outweigh their fee."

-Sandy Harris, Good Shepherd Episcopal School

"The result far exceeded our expectations...the audit report continues to be a managerial footprint for the maintenance of our campus facilities. The Building Solutions team set a standard of service to the highest degree."

-Steve E. Shelley, Casady School

"The facilities audit and professional advice provided by Building Solutions continues to be of inestimable value to ESD. Building Solutions continues to be a source which our school turns to for professional advice concerning long term facilities issues."

-Chris Burrow, Episcopal School of Dallas

Educational Facilities

Facility Audits

Most schools have not recently assessed the condition of their largest single asset – plant and equipment.

Armed with a professionally prepared audit, managers and administrators can prepare more accurate budgets, guide fundraising, direct long-range planning and positively influence their accrediting bodies. A facility audit covers all building systems from HVAC and electrical, to roofs and finished walls.

Building Solutions is experienced with special-use spaces such as laboratories, resource centers, cafeterias, performing arts facilities, gymnasia and fitness centers.

Through the Touchstone™ survey program, Building Solutions is uniquely equipped to offer current benchmarks and standards of “best practices” to the independent school community. You don’t have to be a facility audit client to participate in Touchstone™ (link) and receive the most complete report on independent school facility characteristics available in the country today.

Operations Reviews

Audit clients are eligible for annual reviews of their facilities department operations and their progress in retiring deferred maintenance, all at a fraction of the cost of a full-facility audit. This natural extension of the facility audit keeps your facilities staff motivated and focused on long-term improvements and increased efficiency. Remediation budgets, capital forecasts, and regulatory compliance are all kept current, so the audit can truly be a living document that provides ongoing value to the facilities staff and governing bodies alike. If the school wishes to pursue LEED-EB certification (link) through the U.S. Green Building Council, the annual operations review is a perfect context for initiating and moderating such an effort. Building Solutions is strongly committed to the LEED program and can assist in the formation and guidance of your facilities sustainability effort.

Maintenance Planning

Building Solutions and its senior managers are all previous facilities and property managers. They are supported by a wide array of engineers and specialists who are experts in their fields. This team of hands-on operators and professional problem-solvers is an ideal source of information and planning for the maintenance and operation of any building.

Through its strategic partnerships, Building Solutions can deploy its recommended procedures as a web-enabled maintenance software, allowing facility managers to simply “plug and play”. Or, if you already have a preferred maintenance or planning software, we can help you implement and populate the database. The Building Solutions team will tailor its services to your specific needs. If you utilize our strategic partnerships, training will be provided on the implementation and use of the software, along with unlimited ongoing phone support. Building Solutions can support your property wherever it is in the world.

Have you joined the ever increasing number of organizations committed to LEED-EB certification of their property operations? Although the efficiency and sustainability benefits of LEED-EB certification are fairly self-evident, it helps to have a facilitator on board who is versed in operations and is respected by the many constituents who make a LEED program successful. Our commitment to ongoing operations support and the LEED movement drive us to constantly seek out the “best practices” and most efficient solutions for each of our clients.

Project Management

We will take a project or building program from concept and fundraising through construction and occupancy completion.

Building Solutions will handle any or all phases of the process; zoning; land acquisition; team selection; budgeting; cost management; and program development.

Security Audits

When school officials, governing boards, or insurers need an objective and experienced risk assessment, a security audit is usually the first step. Building Solutions staffs the audit with a law enforcement professional with specialized training and experience as a School Resource Officer. The SRO conducts a vulnerability assessment, by inspecting the campus, interviewing and surveying users, reviewing existing tools and emergency response plans that are in place, and recommending actions that are intended to improve physical safety and security. A third party review and report by a school - experienced advisor, without involvement in equipment or hardware sales, is an essential building block for your risk management program.

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