Facility Optimization Services™ (FOS)

Facility Optimization Brochure
Emergency Management Planning Brochure
Facility Assessments Brochure
Capital Management Brochure

Empowering clients with hard data to drive their strategic and tactical planning is the core goal of the services provided by facility optimization by Cannon Design. More than a conventional facility management package, our suite of services is a way to share building expertise with facility directors and build a long-term partnership.

Cannon Design utilizes a number of cutting-edge tools to collect data that helps our clients develop capital plans and budgets and manage real estate assets. Some clients choose to couple these services with Cannon Design’s traditional architectural, engineering, and construction administration services, forming a long-term partnership that covers facilities throughout their entire life cycle, from design and construction through operation, management, maintenance, and protection.

Comprehensive Facility Condition Assessment

Cannon Design’s Comprehensive Facility Assessment process gives clients a building-by-building, room-by-room, system-by-system evaluation of their facilities. Our architects, engineers, cost estimators, and facility optimization professionals conduct detailed evaluations and compile the data they collect in a comprehensive, easy-to-use online database that directly complies with criteria required by governmental authorities and client protocol.

Our facility assessment web database is a proprietary software tool developed by Cannon Design using our expertise in building system components of all types. Our system is fully customizable to meet the specific needs of our building owners and managers. The system has flexible reporting capabilities that range from a broad system summary to detailed component analysis to creating a long or short range plan, integrating operations, life cycles and capital outlays.

Emergency Management Planning

Cannon Design recognized the importance for public/private sector emergency planning; to prepare, mitigate, respond to and recover from any hazard, man-made or natural event. To address these needs, Cannon Design has assembled a team of highly qualified and experienced emergency management professionals who have served in many capacities. Our team has the knowledge and expertise to enhance your emergency plan and response by instituting proven emergency management planning concepts.

We ensure your planning meets local state and federal guidelines and regulations. Our planning team works with you to define roles and responsibilities within your organization and with the first responder community. We collaborate with you to understand your needs in preparation for any unfolding incident. We leverage the knowledge gained from these activities to deliver the most pertinent data and information in a format that is accurate, timely and accessible to those who need it when a situation occurs.

Cannon Design team members have collaborated with multiple Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) cities and have assessed critical infrastructure and key resources, written Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans, and prepared and/or revised Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation including Continuity of Operations Planning.

Energy and Sustainability

Truly successful sustainable design projects require consistent input from all project stakeholders during design and construction. Cannon Design’s energy team is a pioneer in this field, developing tools that empower clients and project teams to achieve their goals for high-performance structures, including thermal and visual comfort, energy efficiency, and optimal indoor air quality.

Commissioning

Commissioning is a core element of sustainable design practice. It ensures that sustainable design strategies and components are translated from contract documents into the built facility’s architectural fabric.

Our commissioning team comprehensively documents building requirements — owner objectives, intended building use, and systems performance goals — and systematically verifies these requirements are met throughout design, construction, acceptance, and occupancy.

Cost Estimating

Our cost estimating team strengthens our efforts thanks to its ability to perform cost segregation studies and its knowledge of 179D Tax Deductions. Our team evaluates your property assets and how best to manage them over the next 5, 10 and 15 years. We help accelerate tax deductions and create notable cost and energy savings.