Condition Assessments in the Facility Management Profession – A Literature Review | CU Experts

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ABSTRACT; Results from condition assessments can provide facility managers with key insights and knowledge to facilitate strategic planning of an organization's portfolio of facilities. The purpose of this paper is to identify what research has been conducted on the topic of Facility Condition Assessments (FCA) with an emphasis on impact to the facility management profession. This paper provides a structured literature review of assessments performed in the areas of facility, building, and property management. An emphasis of this study was to investigate how previous research supports the decision to pursue an FCA. This study maps condition assessment terminology, analyzes purpose of an FCA through previous research efforts, and proposes to identify future research opportunities that contribute to FCA decision making support for facility managers.