Facilities Planner
Facilities Planner is cloud-based facility and capital planning software for municipalities, facility leaders, and organizations planning building needs.
What Facilities Planner is
Facilities Planner is cloud-based facility and capital planning software for municipalities, facility leaders, and organizations planning building needs. It gathers and reports data such as acreage, square footage, capacity, condition assessments, and building-system life cycles. Facility records can include site plans, floor plans, CAD files, and photos. Its connected dashboard updates automatically and can be viewed on desktop, laptop, or mobile devices. Assessments use OmniClass to record condition, priority, and preliminary repair or replacement costs for systems, assets, and structural components. Project planning groups capital needs by facility, project type, schedule, and budget range, with assessment details available as supporting information. Users can build funding scenarios, move projects among them, review cost impacts, track unassigned or unapproved projects, and view an audit trail. Custom contingency rates can be set by project type, timeline, and facility. Pricing depends on facility count, or mainly square footage for commercial real estate; the amount is provided on request.
Good
- Tracks facility data and building-system life cycles
- Records can include plans, CAD files, and photos
- Dashboard updates automatically
- Supports funding scenarios and an audit trail
- Customers own their data
Watch out
- Pricing is provided on request
- API documentation is still in progress
Who it suits
Facilities Planner suits municipalities and facility leaders who plan building needs, asset work, and capital projects. It may also suit organizations that need funding scenarios and project-level budget planning.
Verdict
Facilities Planner brings facility records, assessments, and capital project scenarios together for planning. Pricing is on request, and the API is confirmed but its documentation is still in progress.
The facts
Each one read from Facilities Planner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access and backup
- The maker says the service is hosted on Amazon cloud, available 24/7, and backed up throughout the day.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Access controls
- The FAQ says administrators can set read and write authorization for controlling who can view and update data.checked 3 Oct 2001
- API
- The FAQ confirms an API exists and says its documentation is in the works.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Assessments
- Its assessment form uses OmniClass and supports recording condition, priority, and preliminary repair or replacement costs.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Asset life cycles
- Building systems are organized by location, description and age, with a life cycle gauge for reviewing aging assets.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Attachments
- Users can attach site plans, floor plans, CAD files, and photos to facility records.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Capital projects
- Project planning organizes capital needs by facility, project type, schedule and budget range, with timelines and supporting assessment details.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Contingency rates
- Organizations can customize contingency rates by project type, timeline, and facility, then apply preset rates to project costs.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Dashboards
- The interactive dashboard is connected to the underlying data, updates automatically and can be viewed on desktop, laptop or mobile devices.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Facility data
- It lets organizations gather, manage, and report facility data, including acreage, square footage, capacity, assessments, and building-system lifecycles.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Integration
- The facility catalog page says projects can be exported to Owner Insite for the construction phase.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The maker presents the product for municipalities, facility leaders, and company organizations planning facility needs and capital projects.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Pricing basis
- The FAQ says pricing is based on the number of facilities, and commercial real estate is priced mainly per square foot.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Facilities Planner is cloud-based software for facility and capital planning.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Support
- The FAQ says training is typically provided by online conference and that an online help system is built into the product.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Support and training
- The FAQ says training is typically provided via online conference and that an online help system is built into the product.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Technology
- The FAQ describes Facilities Planner as a web app using Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Power BI for interactive reports and Amazon Web Services as its cloud provider.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Technology and API
- The FAQ describes Facilities Planner as a web app using Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Power BI for interactive reports, and Amazon Web Services, and says an API exists with documentation in progress.checked 4 Oct 2001
Money
- Capital planning
- Project planning lets leaders review projects by facility, type, schedule, and budget range, with assessment details available as backup.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Contingency planning
- Custom contingency rates can be set by project type, timeline and facility, then applied automatically to project costs.checked 3 Oct 2001
The company
- Data ownership
- The FAQ says the customer owns the data.checked 3 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- 16333 Great Oaks Drive, Suite 201checked 28 Sep 2001
- Permissions and data ownership
- The FAQ says customers own their data and can set administrator rights and read/write authorization.checked 4 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Funding scenarios
- The maker says users can create unlimited funding scenarios, move projects between them, track unassigned or unapproved projects, and view an audit trail.checked 4 Oct 2001
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