Walker Facility Condition Assessments
See what your facilities need next.
A Facility Condition Assessment helps you understand the current condition of your buildings, identify deferred maintenance and renewal needs, and prioritize capital investment with clearer data, better context, and fewer surprises.
Before Small Issues Become Big Decisions
Understand your facilities before deferred maintenance starts making the plan for you.
What is a Facility Condition Assessment?
Better facility decisions start with knowing what you actually have.
Buildings rarely fail all at once. Systems age, maintenance gets deferred, priorities shift, and small issues can turn into expensive disruptions when no one has a clear view of the whole facility.
A Facility Condition Assessment gives owners, facility teams, and capital planners a documented understanding of existing conditions. Walker evaluates visible site and building systems, identifies deficiencies, considers remaining useful life, and helps translate findings into practical repair, replacement, and capital renewal priorities.
The result is more than a report. It is a clearer basis for deciding what to fix first, what to monitor, what to budget for, and how to protect long-term facility performance. When issues require action beyond the assessment, Walker can continue supporting clients through the next stage, including repair planning, design support, and guidance that helps turn findings into practical improvements.
When the timeline is tight, we can move quickly, with proposals turned around in as little as 24 hours and evaluations often completed within two weeks.
Featured Expert
Sepehr Sabooree, PE
National Director of Property Condition Assessments
Sepehr brings structural, architectural, and building envelope expertise to Property Condition Assessments, helping lenders, developers, investors, and building owners understand what a property’s visible conditions may mean before a transaction or capital decision is made. As Walker’s National Director of Property Condition Assessments, he connects field observations with repair strategy, budget planning, and practical next steps.
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FCA vs. PCA: What’s the difference?
A Property Condition Assessment is often used during a real estate transaction to support acquisition, financing, refinancing, or disposition decisions.
A Facility Condition Assessment is typically used by owners, institutions, municipalities, campuses, and portfolio managers who need to understand existing conditions, prioritize deferred maintenance, forecast capital renewal needs, and plan future investment.
Both evaluate building conditions. The difference is the decision being supported.
What we evaluate.
Core FCA evaluation areas
Facility Site Conditions
Visible site elements that affect access, drainage, safety, maintenance, and long-term facility performance.
Building Envelope
Roofs, walls, windows, doors, waterproofing, and exterior systems that protect the facility from weather and deterioration.
Structural Systems
Visible structural components and conditions that may affect service life, safety, repairs, or capital renewal planning.
Mechanical Systems
HVAC equipment, distribution, controls, ventilation, and observed conditions affecting comfort, reliability, and operating costs.
Electrical Systems
Electrical service, distribution, lighting, panels, backup power, and visible conditions that may affect capacity or reliability.
Plumbing Systems
Domestic water, sanitary, storm, fixtures, equipment, and visible issues that may require maintenance, repair, or replacement.
Fire & Life Safety
Visible fire protection, alarm, egress, emergency systems, and safety-related conditions that may require further review.
Interior Conditions
Finishes, ceilings, flooring, walls, doors, and interior components affecting usability, appearance, and future renewal needs.
Accessibility & Code Considerations
Observed conditions related to accessibility, safety, and regulatory concerns that may affect future planning or improvements.
Deferred Maintenance
Maintenance backlogs, aging systems, and visible deficiencies that may increase cost, disruption, or ownership risk over time.
Capital Renewal Needs
Repair and replacement priorities that help owners plan budgets, timelines, and long-term facility investment strategies.
Facility Condition Index
Data used to support facility condition scoring, benchmark asset health, and guide capital planning decisions across a portfolio.
Cursory Evaluation of VT
High-level review of visible vertical transportation conditions, equipment age, performance concerns, and items that may warrant specialty evaluation.
What you receive.
FCA deliverables and decision support
Facility condition findings by system
Clear documentation of observed conditions across major site, building, and facility systems.
Observed deficiencies and next steps
Identified visible deficiencies with practical recommendations for maintenance, repair, review, or replacement.
Deferred maintenance documentation
A clearer view of maintenance backlogs, aging systems, and conditions that may create future cost or disruption.
Repair and replacement priorities
Prioritized needs that help owners understand what should be addressed now, soon, or over time.
Opinion of probable costs
Planning-level cost opinions that translate observed conditions into clearer budget and funding conversations.
Remaining useful life considerations
Insight into expected system life cycles to support timing, phasing, and long-term capital renewal planning.
Facility Condition Index support
Condition data that can support FCI calculations, asset benchmarking, and portfolio-level comparison.
Capital renewal planning inputs
Actionable information that helps guide capital budgets, renewal timelines, and long-term facility investment strategy.
Portfolio comparison data
Consistent facility information that helps owners compare needs, risks, and priorities across multiple buildings.
Further evaluation recommendations
Guidance on when observed conditions may warrant specialty review, testing, design, or deeper technical investigation.