Facility condition assessment is an industry term that describes the process of a qualified group of trained industry professionals performing an inspection and analysis of the condition of a facility or group of facilities that may vary in terms of age, design, construction methods, and materials.
The purpose of these inspections is to collect data related to the various building systems and assets and capture the condition, deficiency, required deferred maintenance costs and estimated replacement costs. All this data is then used to analyze and calculate the overall FCI, facility condition index.
The facility inspection process provides the technician/inspectors the ability to capture this data and tag each inspection against a Building Systems Code, using the Uniformat II standard code structure.