October 12, 2007—VFA, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management, announces that the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY), has adopted VFA solutions to promote the effective management of its investments in its campus facilities as part of a comprehensive master plan.
The master plan is being developed as part of UB 2020, the university’s strategic plan for attaining 40 percent growth between now and the year 2020 and rising among the ranks of the nation’s leading public research universities. The master plan will serve as the foundation for the growth of UB’s campus centers in Amherst, North Buffalo, and downtown Buffalo.
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, working in collaboration with UB’s Building UB team, will lead the development of the plan, which aims to transform the university’s three campuses into a model 21st-century public university. In addition to VFA, subcontractors include landscape architects Andropogon Associates of Philadelphia and academic-space programmers DEGW of Chicago. The comprehensive master plan is expected to be completed in March 2009.
The University at Buffalo maintains the largest campus in the State University of New York, with more than 10.1 million square feet of facilities. Under the terms of the agreement, VFA is providing detailed assessments of the condition of approximately 200 facilities. The university will also license VFA.facility software to support ongoing facilities capital planning. VFA.facility will enable the university to maintain detailed information about building conditions and to accurately forecast maintenance and renewal requirements.
For more information visit the VFA Web site.
