Case Study: City of Asheville improves facilities planning and secures higher maintenance funding with Siemens Asset Management Software

City of Asheville boosts preventive maintenance budget to $3.5 million with Siemens Asset Management Software

The City of Asheville needed to effectively manage its aging municipal building portfolio and justify a necessary budget increase for maintenance. With over 70% of its 71 buildings being more than 50 years old, the city's engineers required data-backed evidence to demonstrate that the annual $1 million maintenance budget was insufficient. To address this challenge, they turned to Siemens Asset Management Software, utilizing its Asset Essentials and Predictor solutions.

Siemens' solution involved a comprehensive facilities condition assessment powered by Predictor, which leveraged existing data from Asset Essentials. This provided the data modeling necessary to show that the current funding would lead to a decline in building conditions. The results were compelling; Siemens' software enabled the city to successfully make the case to the city council, leading to an approved annual preventative maintenance budget increase to $3.5 million to preserve the lifespan of city assets.

City of Asheville