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| University of Alabama campus, Tuscaloosa, AL |
Tuscaloosa, AL – AEI Consultants, a leading commercial
real estate assessment and consulting firm, has completed a full facilities
condition assessment on the University of Alabama campus, consisting of 168
buildings totaling more than 10 million square feet of institutional
properties. The campus-wide project includes academic teaching and office
facilities, residential dormitories, and operational buildings as well as
sports stadiums and complexes.
The educational institution, which is ranked among the top 60 public universities
in the nation, retained AEI to assess
and analyze the entire campus and deliver an in-depth capital improvement plan
for the university.
“The higher education landscape continues to demand renovations and
improvements that align with today’s innovations in learning and campus life,”
says Holly Neber, CEO of AEI Consultants. “The challenge for higher
education is how to prioritize and budget for capital investment in their
facilities and infrastructure. This is the value that AEI is able to deliver.
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| Holly Neber |
"By partnering with the University of
Alabama in this assessment, we were able to generate an extensive capital needs
plan comprised of estimated costs for necessary investment in facility assets
that are categorized by importance.”
The facility condition assessments cover not only the condition of
building systems, but also includes the bar coding of key building operation
equipment in each building. Each public access building is also reviewed for
ADA compliance. AEI also offered energy enhancement recommendations for
building envelope and building systems for the university to consider.
This prioritization will be essential in the implementation of a campus-wide
strategic improvement plan, according to Neber, who notes that AEI will work
closely with the university to launch and implement this plan in 2018.
This will allow the university’s facilities department to coordinate
system critical budget priorities with the university’s governing bodies to
provide funding for these strategic initiatives.
“The key to asset management for university campuses is identifying critical
needs for immediate repair as well as outlining specific timeframes regarding
system refurbishment, replacement, or upgrade,” says Kyle Christiansen, Vice
President – Capital Planning at AEI. “By investing first in a comprehensive
asset assessment and capital plan, the University will be able to save costs
and increase efficiency over the life of their facilities.”
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| Kyle Christiansen |
AEI’s full facilities condition assessment and capital plan will be complete in
July 2018.
For more information, please contact:
Jordan Kruk / Elisabeth Manville
Jordan Kruk / Elisabeth Manville
Brower Group
(949) 955-7940
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