Success Story

City of Asheville Relies on Brightly Products to Manage Facility Maintenance, Make Predictions for Long-Term Planning and Budgeting

Client
City of Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Walter
Ear, P.E.
Division Manager, Public Facilities Management

Challenges

The City of Asheville’s facilities division began using Brightly Asset Essentials in 2018. As Asheville continues to experience growth and aging municipal buildings deteriorate, city engineers needed to demonstrate the need to increase the budget. After reviewing several software options in 2023, the capital projects division selected Brightly’s Predictor software to help make the case for increased capital requests.

Results

By using Brightly Software, the City of Asheville has been able to:  

  • Highlight the need for additional funding outside of the allotted $1 million for facilities maintenance
    through data collected and analyzed through Brightly’s software
  • Support staff recommendations to increase their preventative maintenance budget to $3.5 million annually to increase the lifespan of the city’s buildings.

Vitals

By using Brightly’s Asset Essentials and Predictor, the City of Asheville has been able to:  

  • Population of 94,500 in 2020, projected to grow to 130,000 by 2040
  • 71 municipal buildings covering 984,000 square feet
  • 1,340 city employees with projected growth of 22%