The City of Santa Monica Selects 4tell™ and Their Sustainable Performance Governance Solution
Portland, ME, August 3, 2010 – 4tell™ Solutions, LLC, (“4tell™”) announced today that it has partnered with Faithful+Gould to support the delivery of their strategic facility consulting (SFC) services for the City of Santa Monica.
Faithful+Gould, a U.S. based construction consulting and program management firm, was selected by the City of Santa Monica, California to conduct a detailed condition assessment, asset inventory and preventative maintenance program for 148 city-owned properties over a four-month timeframe. Faithful+Gould used iPlan™, 4tell’s Sustainable Performance Governance Solution, as an integral component and delivery platform for the project.
According to the City Council, Faithful+Gould was selected for its winning combination of experience with providing facility consulting for other municipalities, distinguished references and extensive knowledge of the local area. This comprehensive facility assessment for the City of Santa Monica recognizes the value of the more than 2,300 condition assessments Faithful+Gould has delivered in the U.S. within the last five years.
Faithful+Gould Director Ben Dutton said, “Faithful+Gould is very excited to add the City of Santa Monica to our growing list of federal and state clients.” He continues, “This award further demonstrates how clients are moving away from cursory level statistical facility condition assessment and more toward an overall comprehensive assessment and sustainable solution.”
With the City’s last assessment study completed more than 13 years ago, it is in need of a current evaluation of property portfolio. This facility condition assessment will help devise a capital plan for maintaining and improving the structures over time. In developing the capital improvement and preventative maintenance program for the City, Faithful+Gould is preparing the logistics scenarios, schedules, realistic cost estimates and budgets to prioritize capital expenditure and preventative maintenance tasks over the life of the program.
The condition assessment is a part of Faithful+Gould’s strategic facility consulting (SFC) service offering. The firm delivers its SFC services through iPlan™, a web-based sustainable performance technology solution, that enables Faithful+Gould to plan, capture and analyze information as it conducts the assessments and asset inventories for the City. Faithful+Gould will use iPlan and the evaluation data to establish baseline metrics that it can use to measure and analyze the priorities to prepare a capital reinvestment program for infrastructure repair and renewal projects.
Comprised of five customizable components, Faithful+Gould’s SFC service provides condition assessments, energy and environmental analysis, security and compliance audits, life cycle planning and sustainability consulting. Both public and private organizations benefit from this service by being able to proactively capture, manage and analyze raw property and operating data in a live, dynamic environment that changes just as facilities naturally do. With this ability to manage deficiencies and corrective actions, expected building component life cycles and replacement dates, projects and allocated funding, building owners can proactively manage budget and schedule based on physical, environmental, business and social priorities.
About 4tell™ Solutions, LLC --- 4tell is a recognized leader in delivering technology solutions that help solve today’s challenges in planning, operating, managing and sustaining the built environment. 4tell develops and implements unique Sustainable Performance Governance solutions for organizations seeking knowledge, transparency, and accountability for their strategic decisions. Combining leading strategic management methods with proven engineering, economic, and analysis models, 4tell helps organizations develop and prioritize strategic capital and financial decisions, reduce expenses and mitigate risks, increase operational efficiency, improve energy efficiency and environmental performance, and promote stewardship and accountability. To learn more about 4tell, please visit www.4tellsolutions.com.