What equipment do I need?

To use the Dataquire Facility Auditor you need a computer with a 286-class processor or better, running either MS-DOS 3.0 or better, Windows 3.x, or Windows 95. You also need at least 4 megabytes of hard disk space, one megabyte of RAM, a mouse, and a compatible printer. Of course faster computers will allow the program to calculate more quickly where large facilities and many components are involved. No other software is required to use the Dataquire Facility Auditor. Installation is a simple, automated process that takes a few minutes.

How does it work?

By doing a life-cycle analysis of the component assemblies systems, equipment, and site features which make up your buildings, Dataquire Facility Auditor generates a variety of reports that will help you manage your physical plant and its finances better. The program includes nationally-recognized, authoritative data about predicted life-cycles and also component assembly cost data from R. S. Means Company. Component costs are adjusted to the facility's locality. To use the Dataquire Facility Auditor you specify the components which make up each building from an easy to use point-and-click list of over 2800 component assemblies.

Because you are entering data about what you have, the quantities, and when the components were put into service or last replaced rather than making subjective judgements about condition, the process of collecting and entering data can easily be done by available staff with a minimum of specialized training. Since the data for each building provide useful information and reports independent of what may have been collected for other buildings at a facility, the data gathering process can be done incrementally to suit available personnel, time, and resources, yet still be valuable at every level of completion. Maintaining the currency of the data is easy and inexpensive, so the data need never be out-of-date. Dataquire Facility Auditor is a tool for facility management which proves its value now and into the future.