4tell™ Partners with Faithful+Gould to Provide Strategic Facility Consulting for City of Milwaukie, Oregon
Portland, ME, January 21, 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 Milwaukie, Oregon. Faithful+Gould, a U.S. based construction consulting and program management firm, delivered iPlan™, 4tell’s Sustainable Performance Governance Solution, as an integral component of the project. As a result of iPlan and these SFC services, the City of Milwaukie has initiated a sustainable facilities plan to further assist in achieving its financial and operational objectives.
“Faithful Gould provided the City of Milwaukie with a very competitive cost quote for the work we needed done in order to properly assess the condition of our facilities,” stated Paul Shirey, Operations Director for the City of Milwaukie. “Using iPlan, we now have current information which is easy to understand and reference and also a comprehensive, detailed blueprint which will allow us to stay on top of maintaining our four major facilities.”
Specifically, Faithful+Gould used 4tell’s iPlan to plan, capture and analyze information as they conducted facility condition assessments and asset inventories for four buildings owned by the City giving it a baseline metric by which to measure and analyze the priorities for strategic investment. Faithful+Gould’s Portland office worked in conjunction with Evergreen Engineering, a locally-based sub-consultant, to perform facility assessments of the City Hall, the Ledding Library, Public Safety Building and Johnson Creek facility.
The knowledge derived from these assessments will help the City of Milwaukie prioritize, justify and defend sustainable financial decisions about their building portfolio. In addition to also being able to predict major systems replacement schedules and budget accordingly, the SFC services leveraged iPlan to provide a consistent and reliable operational model for ongoing analysis and benchmarking of capital and maintenance performance. With this information, the City now uses key performance indicators to manage its facilities for ongoing sustainable performance.
Comprised of five customizable components and delivered through iPlan, 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 these services by being able to proactively capture, manage and analyze raw property and operating data into a live, dynamic environment that changes just as facilities naturally do. With the ability to manage deficiencies and corrective actions, expected building component life cycles and replacement dates, projects and allocated funding, building owners can proactively manage, prioritize and budget based on physical, environmental, business and social priorities.
4tell Solutions, LLC is a recognized leader in developing and implementing 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 create transparency into financial decisions, reduce expenses and mitigate risks, increase operational efficiency, improve environmental performance, and promote stewardship and accountability. To learn more about 4tell, please visit www.4tellsolutions.com.
Faithful+Gould is a construction consultant and member of the WS Atkins group of companies (www.atkinsglobal.com). As one of the world’s leading total solutions providers for the built environment, Faithful+Gould has been providing support services to private companies and the public sector for more than 60 years. The firm supplies services to clients in the aviation and transportation, commercial, education, energy, food and beverage, government, health care, hospitality, and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in New York City, Faithful+Gould employs more than 550 professionals in nearly 20 cities throughout the U.S. For additional information please visit www.fgould.com.