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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Integrating Facilities Capital Planning and
Project Execution Systems |
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Berkeley Lab is a leading research center for environmental studies, nanoscience, quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. Managed by the University of California, Berkeley Lab is overseen and funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Berkeley Lab complex, spanning 203 acres, consists of 107 buildings including the Advanced Light Source, a soccer-field-sized accelerator complex; the Center for Beam Physics; the National Center for Electron Microscopy; cancer research labs; genomic sciences labs and an energy sciences network facility.
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Berkeley Lab used disparate systems, including spreadsheets and databases, to maintain facility condition information and generate reports to meet DOE requirements. While this system allowed Berkeley to meet basic reporting requirements, it did not provide sophisticated cost modeling capabilities or allow integration with MAXIMO®, the software Berkeley Lab used to manage the execution of facilities projects, including work order management. |
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Berkeley Lab implemented an integrated facilities assessment, analysis, planning, work execution and reporting system, using VFA.facility® and MAXIMO, giving it the ability to: |
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- Incorporate consistent assessment methodologies that address DOE requirements for reporting.
- Develop detailed cost models for replacement plant value.
- View lifecycle information.
- Logically group maintenance work into projects, plan and prioritize projects, and automate the transfer project and condition information between its capital planning and work order management systems.
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The integration of VFA.facility and MAXIMO has met the key objectives of Berkeley’s integrated facilities management initiative, including:
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- Improved accuracy in forecasting capital renewal and maintenance needs
- Long-term capital renewal modeling capability, showing need versus available funding and the resulting FCI
- Support of compliance with DOE guidelines for reporting asset information
- Increased accuracy of replacement plant values
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The system has facilitated the development of Berkeley’s five-year sustainment plan, and lifecycle renewal forecasting for its ten-year site plan. Berkeley Lab has been recognized by the Department of Energy for developing a best practice integrated facilities management solution. |
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