Facilities Maintenance
Mark C. Nelson, Deputy Commissioner
Hope Davis, Director

The Office of Facilities Maintenance (OFM) provides guidance and support to DCAM, state agencies and the Administration on the preservation of capital assets through the development of comprehensive and cost-effective maintenance and management strategies. Specifically, the office is responsible for:

• Incorporating energy efficiency and maintainability into new capital construction projects.
• Providing tools that facilitate good maintenance practice such as CAMIS
• Developing energy conservation projects that lower operations costs and better the environment
• Establishing a network of state facilities managers to facilitate communication and sharing of information on maintenance matters
• Working collaboratively with Client Agencies to develop standards, guidelines and benchmarks for facilities maintenance and management activities
• Recommending appropriate operating funding to optimize DCAM's capital investment in state buildings

State Facilities Managers Association

OFM has established a network of state facilities managers - Massachusetts Facilities Managers Association or MAFMA - that will meet periodically to discuss Improving state facilities. OFM is using the MAFMA network to disseminate information on training opportunities and new technologies, as well as to inform facilities personnel of proposed regulatory or statutory changes that may affect facilities operations. In addition, MAFMA members have established working committees to address issues of interest to facilities operators and managers. State facilities personnel who are interested in participating in this association should e-mail Alana.Swiec@State.MA.US.

Facilities Maintenance Standards

OFM, in collaboration with agency and facility participants on the MAFMA Standards committee, created the state’s Facilities Maintenance Standards. Having maintenance standards against which facility and agency personnel can measure themselves is an important step in determining what steps need to be taken to improve facilities maintenance. Assessments were made in September 2005, establishing benchmarks to track changes on an annual basis. The minimum standard for all state buildings to strive for is level #2, comprehensive.