VFA to Present
Free Webinar on Best Approaches For Auditing Facility Condition Across Large Real
Estate Portfolios
BOSTON, MA – March 24, 2006 – VFA, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for facilities asset management and capital planning, today announced that it will present a complimentary webinar for federal agencies managing large real estate portfolios – often comprised of hundreds or thousands of buildings – to highlight best practices for maintaining accurate facility condition information. The webinar is scheduled for April 11, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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VFA, Inc.
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| WHAT: |
"Innovative Methods for Auditing Large Facility
Portfolios", a free webinar that will highlight cost-effective approaches for maintaining
accurate facility data and feature case studies on facilities assessment initiatives at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
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| WHEN: |
Tuesday, April 11, 2006; 2:00-3:00 EST
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| TO REGISTER: |
Call 800-693-3132 or
visit http://www.vfa.com/web_audit/index.htm.
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This free webinar will focus on how federal agencies can best determine baseline costs for portfolio-wide budgets, decide which portion of their portfolios to assess on an annual basis, and prioritize the most urgent detailed asset and system assessments. Participants will learn:
- How NOAA empowered its own staff, including oceanographers and scientists, to rapidly compile facilities-related information for portfolio-wide budgeting
- The processes and systems that GSA uses across its 11 regions to collect and manage facility information, and support internal personnel in conducting audits of its extensive portfolio
- Different approaches for conducting facilities condition assessment, and when to use each
- Issues to consider in enabling internal personnel to conduct facility audits
- Methods for using audit data in portfolio-wide budgeting and capital planning
About VFA
Headquartered in Boston, VFA, Inc. is the leading provider of software and services for facilities management and capital planning. VFA’s Capital Planning and Management Solution (CPMS™) uniquely combines condition assessment services, web-based decision support software and business consulting services to enable clients to achieve their missions by optimizing investments in facilities and infrastructure. VFA helps almost 300 organizations to strategically manage over two billion square feet of real estate, including clients in education, federal, state and local government, healthcare and corporate markets. For more information, please call 800-693-3132 or visit http://www.vfa.com.
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