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Making Facilities Data Matter

Facilities leaders are tasked with planning, protecting, and growing facilities, making the facilities teams stewards of more data than ever before. But despite facilities’ expertise and the information at their fingertips, stakeholders outside of their departments—like finance—still misunderstand or undervalue facilities work because the technical language and metrics don’t translate to financial frameworks. As a result, investments are delayed, upgrades deferred, and the organization exposed to risks that could have been avoided—all because the […]

The ASCE Infrastructure Report Card Is Out: Three Takeaways for Facility Leaders

Editor’s note: This is a follow-up article to “The ASCE 2025 Report Card Is Coming: A Final Exam with No Quizzes,” published March 20. After four years of significant federal investments, most notably from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its 2025 ASCE Report Card, revealing that America’s […]

The ASCE 2025 Report Card Is Coming: A Final Exam with No Quizzes

Since 2001, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released the ASCE Report Card to assess the condition of the United States’ infrastructure, assigning a letter grade based on its condition and the investments needed for improvement. However, since its inception, grades have struggled to get out of the D range, although the 2021 […]