Peter Heimbach, Director of Special Projects for the State of Tennessee, shares a career spanning architecture, private practice, public-sector leadership and major state projects. Peter discusses one of the persistent challenges in asset management: preserving critical facility information as buildings move from design and construction into operations and eventually renewal. He explores the role of BIM, standardized data, operations manuals, institutional knowledge and AI in creating a more continuous information environment, while sharing lessons on leadership, trusting subject-matter experts and maintaining perspective in a profession where the work never truly ends.

In this special bonus episode, we continue our conversation with Chip Phillips from Yale University to explore what happens after a facility condition assessment is complete. Chip shares how Yale is prioritizing investments across its complex portfolio by considering urgency, criticality and the consequences of failure, as well as how his decades on the consultant side have shaped his approach to building an effective FCA program. We also discuss Yale’s strategy for keeping condition data current through project planning, closeout and ongoing re-inspections so that the FCA becomes a living management tool rather than a one-time study.

Chip Phillips, Associate Director of the Facilities Condition Assessment Program at Yale University, shares more than three decades of experience with facility condition assessments, capital planning and project management. Chip discusses how Yale is building a consistent FCA program across more than 530 buildings and 22 million square feet, including the challenges of collecting, using and maintaining reliable facility data. He also takes a critical look at Facility Condition Index (FCI), where it can be useful, where it can be misleading, and why understanding your goals and methodology should come before building an assessment program.