Assessing Dover’s Assets

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  • By Senior Airman Jared Duhon
  • 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron will host a group from Sustainable Infrastructure Assessments of approximately 30 contractors who will be surveying buildings from August 5 to 16.

SIAs consist of six product lines which combine real property inventories and facility assessments for energy and asset management. The data is used to support decision making, financial management and future reporting requirements for capital investments and audits.

"The SIA provides a surge effort to review and update information on key base facilities and their related systems and load this data into standardized formats that will be compatible with the Air Force's evolving IT resources," said Jeff Helmetag, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron program engineer. "This data will help base engineers and leadership to make informed decisions on how to most efficiently use and maintain the base's facilities to support the mission. In this era of fiscal challenges investing our limited sustainment resources wisely is more important than ever."

Dover AFB will receive verification of the physical existence of facilities indicated on the Real Property Inventory Detail Report or on the base map. This serves as basically an overall "drive by" check of all facilities.

In addition, some facilities will receive more in-depth data collection on:
· Real Property Installed Equipment - There will be an inventory of key mechanical components, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and electrical systems. The stored data is used in new engineering software so shops know what needs to be maintained. Barcode labels are placed on each piece of equipment so maintenance workers can use a scanner and immediately pull up service records.

· Space Utilization - Collection of space data at each facility and estimated square-footage. AutoCAD floor plans and geo-references are created for each facility surveyed. A space utilization assessment determines who is sitting where and how much time they are occupying the space. This helps determine if spaces can be consolidated enough to possibly dispose of another building.

· Energy Assessment - Bases receive recommendations for energy and water conservation opportunities including estimates of implementation costs and potential savings.

· High Performance Sustainable Building Checklist/Assessment - This assessment measures how sustainable a building is and whether it is, or can be made, compliant with Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design guidelines.

· Real Property Condition Assessment - Condition assessments on main building components including exterior enclosure, roofing, interior construction, plumbing, air handling and electrical components determine the building worth or renovation needs.

The SIA doesn't function as an evaluation of performance, but used for data collection. The contractors will be collecting data in teams of one or two and wearing orange reflective vests. Facility managers will be the liaison between the contracting team and building users, so please know the name of your facility manager so that you can be updated on the team's expected arrival date and time.

There should be little to no interruption to work or operations. For more details, contact Tina Bennett at 404-245-3274.