Facilities and Real Estate

The Landscape

You may not realize this, but next to data backup, the most visible component of business continuity management focuses on facilities. This makes perfect sense considering the fact that facilities are the place where day-to-day activities are carried out. Despite the strong connection between facilities and business continuity, many the real estate and facilities departments of many municipalities underestimate the value their area makes to risk and continuity planning. Muni Continuity identifies those facilities-related issues that are integral to a plan. If the facilities department gains a better understanding of muni continuity principles – including a wider understanding of emergency management, business impact analysis, and data backup – they can integrate this knowledge and form better working relationships with those who control the silos, and ultimately use this knowledge when putting together the municipal facility strategy that best aligns with the principles of risk and continuity.

The Benefit

• Gain a wider understanding of how structural integrity issues contribute to a well-rounded plan
• Learn how facilities are used to manage emergency operations
• Integrate knowledge of portfolio strategy into continuity planning
• Learn how to optimize the use of centrally and non-centrally located real estate assets (in terms of primary and backup purposes)
• Use templates to understand the methodology behind identifying an ideal backup facility