May 10, 2006—VFA, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for facilities management and capital planning, has announced that the Clark County (Nevada) School District (CCSD), the nation’s fifth largest and fastest-growing school system, has expanded its use of VFA’s Capital Planning and Management Solution (CPMS) for facility condition assessment and multi-year capital budgeting.
CCSD is employing the VFA.facility capital asset planning and management software, and VFA facility condition assessment services and methodologies in support of the largest school construction and modernization program in the US.
Under the agreement, VFA will complete facilities condition assessments of more than 4.6 million square feet of educational and administrative facilities spanning 40 schools in the district. CCSD will use VFA.facility software to manage its facilities data and create long-term capital plans. VFA will also train CCSD personnel on the FCA methodology and use of the software, including planning modules, project planning and funding analysis tools.
Clark County, which stretches across 8,000 square miles of southern Nevada and includes Las Vegas, grows by approximately 50,000 residents annually. To accommodate 12,000 new students every year, CCSD must construct nearly a dozen schools annually (funded by a $3.5 billion 10-year capital improvement program enacted in 1998). The district opened 11 new schools in the fall of 2005 and will open another 11 by August 2006.
Using VFA.facility, CCSD can easily compare the relative condition of each school, calculate costs associated with both ongoing maintenance and new construction, and create optimal renewal budgets and capital plans.
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