Broward district releases facility condition assessment; estimates 10-year needs over $10 billion

Broward County Public Schools officials and outside engineers on Tuesday presented a districtwide facility condition assessment intended to produce a shared, data‑driven picture of school buildings' physical needs and to feed long‑range capital planning.

The FCA provides a line‑by‑line inventory of more than 120,000 assets and assigns condition ratings and corrective‑action costs for each item. "A facility condition assessment is a data driven evaluation of the buildings building and infrastructure. It's a systematic inspection and analysis based on the systems, the components, their age configuration, their exposure, their usage and their performance," said Bill Champion of Bureau Veritas during the presentation.

The assessment is structured to produce a facility condition index (FCI) for each building. Presenters explained the FCI is the ratio of deferred maintenance cost to replacement cost, expressed as a percentage: a lower FCI means better condition; industry colors (green/yellow/orange/red) indicate increasing levels of deterioration and urgency. District consultants said the FCA will be kept as a living database, with individual school reports to be completed…