by Rebecca Walker — December 18, 2009—R&K Engineering, a leading provider of real property analysis, space utilization and master planning, and VFA, Inc., a leader in providing end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and spend management, announced that they are partnering to provide real property support for Washington Headquarters Services (WHS).
R&K Engineering will provide real property management and support for the entire WHS real property portfolio. VFA will assess the condition of 8.5 million square feet of WHS facilities—including the Pentagon, support buildings and outside areas such as the Pentagon Memorial.
WHS and other government organizations require objective facility condition data in order to develop capital plans and projects. Through its partnership with R&K Engineering, VFA will provide facility condition assessments (FCA) to be conducted over a five-year period, as well as related consulting services for prioritization and project planning.
VFA’s assessment will document all current building deficiencies at the WHS—encompassing the structure, systems and components—and then estimate the associated costs for repair, renewal and code compliance. The FCA will determine immediate and long-term cost liabilities for deferred maintenance, building component lifecycle renewal, code compliance and functional inadequacies.
This project is critical to the long-term viability of the Pentagon and its supporting real property portfolio. The VFA assessment of the facility conditions will lead to long-term planning, bringing the Pentagon up to modern building standards and codes. R&K Engineering will provide management for the WHS real property portfolio and will keep an accurate inventory of the real property database, which is used annually to calculate funding requirements for facility sustainment and operations.
