Facilities Management (FM) is the strategic management of an organization's fixed assets and resources (land, facilities, energy and staff) to improve operational efficiency. Services include:

• Master Planning
• Facility Programming
• Building Commissioning
• Equipment and System Assessment
• Preventive Maintenance
• Maintenance Management
• Energy Management
• Power Quality Management
• Training Programs
• Resource Documentation

Services share a common theme, helping clients better manage assets to:

• Make effective use of scarce operating and capital budgets
• Improve operational efficiency
• Improve accountability
• Enhance organizational effectiveness

Facilities Management employs a structured, systematic and integrated process to manage organizational assets and resources. Services are equally applicable to existing site and facilities or in development of new facilities. Procedures:

• Apply comprehensive and industry-accepted standards.
• Make effective use of computer technology and analysis for management purposes by use of:
  • Data bases
  • Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
  • Proper identification and documentation of equipment.

Services are provided either as part of a design team or as an independent agent of the owner. The ARC/FM Group works to meet the needs and budget of your organization:

• Fixed fee/project basis with a full operational "turnkey" result
• Open-end, as an extension of your staff, or
• Limited consulting basis.

Improved:

• Planning
• Budget Control
• Information Processing
• Resource Usage
• Maintenance Support
• Operational Control
• Optimized Maintenance which Reduces Energy and Maintenance Costs

Managing the workplace requires more expertise than ever before. In addition to understanding the latest facility products and services, facility management teams need to know how to integrate them with new technologies, changing working processes and the demand of a sophisticated work force. ARC provides services to facility owners that serve as tools in facility management including:

• Long Range Facility Planning
• Complete Facility Inventories
• Function Based Design
• Financial Analysis Based on Cost and Performance

Our services serve as an integral component of a firm's strategic plan or an institution's capital budgeting process. Our services address some of these basic questions.

• Are existing facilities being used efficiently?
• What facilities are there?
  • How are they being used?
  • What condition are they in?
• How much space is needed and where to accommodate existing and future needs?
• How to recognize and solve functional inefficiencies?
• How to plan space to meet present and future requirements?
• Which department should be next to whom?
  • How much flexibility is required?
  • Is an open plan required?
  • What space criteria should be used (offices, meeting rooms, etc.)?
• Does it make sense to build or lease?
• What standards and procedures are necessary to make sure that space is continuously used effectively and efficiently?
• How to get meaningful feedback and participation from staff so that all interested groups in the organization understand and are committed to change?

The Facility Planning Cycle

Computer Support System Development System Evaluation System Integration System Support Database development and maintenance		Maintenance Management Work Order Processing PM Development PM Management Training
Capital Funding Organizational Assessment Facilities Audit and Assessment Development of Systems Standards Maintenance Reevaluation and Planning Renovation and Renewal Additions Reuse Decommissioning			Operational Funding Programming Site Selection Design Construction Commissioning, Occupancy Post-Occupancy Evaluation
	Program Benefits: Improved Planning Budget Control Information Processing Resource Usage Maintenance Support Operational Control Optimized Maintenance which Reduces Energy and Maintenance Costs

Automated facilities management system
Increasingly, facility owners are using computer databases to track and manage space use and condition. These databases can be tied to digital floor plans of facilities in a manner that automates and makes visible day-to-day facility management decisions and allows the generation of quick and accurate reports for a variety of purposes This facilities management (FM) approach provides the benefits of:

• enhanced ability to facility response to management
• improved amount and quality of data available to user
• improved quality of reports
• access to complete in-house CAD drawings
• unified source for project budgeting and planning
• enhanced data sharing abilities

An automated facilities management system ties together digital (CAD) files and relational databases to provide a flexible way to provide quality information for ongoing facilities decision-making. What and how information is displayed and reported responds to your needs.