Insights
Notes on the operations side of the balance sheet
Facilities and operations generate an enormous amount of consulting content and very little of it is specific. These are the arguments we find ourselves making repeatedly, written out properly so the reasoning is inspectable.
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The second largest line item nobody reviews
For most organizations that occupy space, facilities is the largest recurring cost after payroll, and the only one that is renewed rather than examined.
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Deferred maintenance is a loan you did not agree to
Postponing maintenance does not remove the cost. It converts it into a larger future cost at an interest rate nobody quoted you.
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What a building condition assessment actually tells you
The deliverable most owners think they are buying and the deliverable that is useful are different documents. The difference is remaining useful life.
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Why the cheapest bid so often costs the most
Low bids are not automatically bad. The distinction that matters is between a better method and a smaller job priced against your scope.
Start with the numbers you already have
Send us a recent operating budget, a maintenance log or a vendor contract. We will tell you what it says about the way the site is being run.
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