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Strategic Master Planning Saves Millions for Johnson County, Kansas
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Building Energy Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
The Facilities Management (FM) Department of Johnson County, Kansas, was tasked with developing a Strategic Facilities Master Plan to manage the county's facilities effectively. The plan aimed to monitor facility usage, support business practices, and respond to unanticipated changes. The county needed a system to track space needs, project future requirements, and consolidate operations to save costs. The challenge was to create a living document that could adapt to changing conditions and provide a coherent picture of past, present, and future facility needs.
About The Customer
Johnson County, Kansas, is located in the southwest quadrant of the Kansas City Metropolitan area and has a population of nearly half a million people. The county covers 500 square miles, half of which is agricultural land, yet it represents roughly one-third of the total real estate value for the entire state of Kansas. The Facilities Management Department, directed by the Board of County Commissioners, was responsible for developing a Strategic Facilities Master Plan to manage the county's extensive facilities, which include more than 250 buildings spanning over 2 million square feet.
The Solution
The county implemented the ARCHIBUS Strategic Master Planning application with the help of Applied Data Systems, Inc. The solution involved forming a steering committee of top-level county personnel to guide the project and hiring consultants to conduct detailed departmental interviews, workshops, and facility tours. The consultants created spreadsheets to project space needs for various settings and developed new room standards. Using ARCHIBUS's Data Transfer Utility, the county imported the data to create a space budget for current and future periods. The plan was designed to be a living document, with annual Needs Analysis Updates to keep it current.
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