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Facility Management
Facilities management works to make the physical workplace fit the people and the jobs they do. It uses skills in business administration, planning and design, architecture, real estate investment analysis and property management.
 
Facility Programming

Facility programmers gather information about the needs of facility users. They turn these into a set of technical requirements.

 
Our staff begins facility programming by defining general project requirements. Do the users need a new leased or constructed facility or the alteration of an existing facility? They also describe the users' special facility design and construction needs. General project requirements usually include:
  • current and future space needs
  • facility location, size and shape
  • parking spaces
  • special support services or uses
  • economic, social, environmental and historic impacts
  • levels of public use and accessible it must be
  • project cost estimates and sources of funding
  • procurement method (construction or lease)
  • project schedule
 
After general project requirements are approved, our staff develops detailed requirements. These are used as the basis for floor layouts, facility design, construction or lease documents, furniture purchases and fit-up of the space. Detailed requirements usually include:
  • space for workstations, offices, support areas, special areas and circulation
  • if people or groups should be next to each other
  • furniture and equipment
  • space enclosure
  • special facility systems requirements
 
Construction Cost Estimating
The costs of a constructed facility include both the initial capital cost and the later operation and maintenance costs. When our staff estimates the cost of capital projects, they:
  • study details of the projects to find cost impacts
  • decide if project features can be constructed
  • analyze and compare renovations to new construction costs
  • determine cost-benefit of replacements
  • forecast operation and maintenance costs over a facility's life time
  • determine value of negotiated contracts
  • evaluate consultant cost estimates.
 
Construction cost estimates are based on past construction costs and details of current prices in the construction industry. Operations and maintenance costs are based on historical costs for similar facilities. They are adjusted to allow for changes in parts of the total cost.
 
Property Management
Property management is carried out over the whole life of a facility - acquisition, use, and disposal. Our property management clients have different needs. They may need a single office, a special workspace for a health centre, or offices for a whole department. The goals of our property management group are to:
  • acquire facilities that meet the end-users needs, at a reasonable cost
  • keep the end-users satisfied as long as they are in the space
  • protect and ensure the cost-effective operation, maintenance and disposal of facilities
  • effectively administer facility lease contracts
Our current lease portfolio is valued at $11 million, with 45 expense leases and 12 revenue leases.
 
Planning and designing of GNWT office space is guided by the manual Office Space Standards and Guidelines.
 
Disposal of Improved Real Property

Read the Customer Service Guide: Disposal of Improved Real Property.

Use this form to describe the property: Notice of Surplus Real Property(MS Word).
To fill out the form, Save As into Microsoft Word.