The FFC and its parent body, the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, have produced more than 100 reports on a broad range of facilities-related topics. Many FFC publications are available on-line and can be downloaded or purchased in hard copy from the National Academy Press (NAP). For a complete list of FFC Publications, click on the link below to the left, FFC Reports List.

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Most Recent Reports

Committee on Core Competencies for Federal Facilities Asset Management 2005-2020 Summary: The U.S. government is faced with growing challenges to managing its facilities and infrastructure. A number of factors such as shrinking budgets, an aging workforce, and increasing costs demand new approaches to federal facilities management. This study focuses on the people and skills that will be needed to manage federal facilities in the next decade and beyond.

	Investments in Federal Facilities: Asset Management Strategies for the 21st Century Summary: This study identifies 10 principles/policies used by best-practice organizations for facilities investment and management. Authored by a multidisciplinary panel of experts, the report makes recommendations for adapting the principles/policies to federal operating environment.
	Starting Smart: Key Practices for Developing Scopes of Work for Facility Projects Summary: This study identifies key practices for developing scopes of work for design that result in buildings which support fulfillment of an organization’s mission. Key practices being used by federal agencies are highlighted.
	Learning From Our Buildings: A State-of-the-Practice Summary of Post Occupancy Evaluation Summary: Post-occupancy evaluation is a process of systematically evaluating the performance of buildings after they have been built and occupied for some time. This report looks at the state of the practice of post occupancy evaluations and lessons-learned programs in federal agencies and other organizations in the U.S. and abroad. The various chapters are authored by recognized subject matter experts.
	Emerging Information Technologies for Facilities Owners: Research and Practical Applications Summary: This report summarizes the proceedings of a two-day symposium held in October, 2000. Building industry stakeholders from government, the private sector, and academia helped to identify information technology trends, initiatives, research needs, and opportunities for collaboration.
	Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies for Decision Makers Summary: This document summarizes the proceedings of a conference held in September, 2000. The purpose of the conference was to highlight strategies and ideas for capital asset management so that federal and other public agencies can improve decision making for facilities investment.
	Deferred Maintenance Reporting for Federal Facilities: Meeting the Requirements of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board standard Number 6, as Amended Summary: This study summarizes the issues related to deferred maintenance reporting for federal facilities as required by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Standard number 6, as amended. The report also identifies potential approaches for reporting deferred maintenance for federal facilities
	Sustainable Federal Facilities: A Guide to Integrating Value Engineering, Life-Cycle Costing, and Sustainable Development Summary: This study demonstrates how federal agencies can use value engineering with life-cycle cost analysis to support sustainable design for federal facilities. The framework is organized around the sustainable design objectives of Executive Order 13123, Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management.
	Outsourcing Management Functions for the Acquisition of Federal Facilities Summary: This study provides guidance that federal agencies can use in the initial stages of decision making concerning the outsourcing of management functions for planning, design, and construction activities. The framework is intended as a tool to assist decision makers in analyzing their organizational strengths and weaknesses, assessing risk, and questioning whether or not a management function can best be performed by in-house staff or by an external organization.
	Linking the Construction Industry: Electronic Operations and Maintenance Manuals: Workshop Summary Summary: In October 1999 a workshop of building industry stakeholders was held to identify the potential costs and benefits of electronic operation and maintenance manuals for buildings; identify potential barriers to implementation; and develop strategies for implementation, including pilot projects. Speaker presentations and the findings of the workshop are summarized in this publication.
	Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Process: Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs Summary: This study identifies a range of best practices and technologies that can be used by federal agencies and other owner organizations to provide adequate management and oversight of design reviews throughout the facility acquisition process.