Case Study: Interior Health achieves better capital planning and lower operating costs with VFA

IHA Increases Pay Back on Capital Investments While Reducing Operating Costs

Interior Health, one of British Columbia’s health authorities, needed a defensible 10-year capital plan but lacked consistent facility condition data and a reliable way to prioritize maintenance, renewal, and life-safety projects. To solve this, Interior Health turned to VFA and its capital planning solution, including facility condition assessments, Web-based decision support software, and consulting.

VFA implemented detailed assessments and VFA.facility® to centralize condition data, costs, and analytics for prioritizing projects and building multi-year budgets. The results included Board approval for critical funding, more than $45 million in upgrades prioritized through the software, and improved tracking of facility condition and ROI-based planning. VFA also helped Interior Health bundle projects more efficiently, supporting an $8 million conservation initiative designed to pay back investment over 10 years through lower operating costs.

Interior Health

Dave Mackintosh

Executive Director, Interior Health