Photo Caption: AOC’s responsibilities include stewardship of the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory (visible in the background) and the historic Bartholdi Fountain, a monumental iron fountain designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who later created the Statue of Liberty.

Strategic Goal 3: Awe-Inspiring Facilities

Unsurpassed Craftsmanship and Stewardship

AOC will ensure outstanding stewardship of our nation’s assets to facilitate legislative and judicial business and promote a safe, healthy and secure environment through the efficient use of resources, integrated facility planning and sustainable practices.

This goal focuses on AOC’s mission to maintain the national treasures, historic buildings and grounds entrusted to its care. The goal includes strategies to preserve facilities and landscapes, ensure building equipment and systems function properly, reasonably protect employees from injuries and integrate sustainable practices into business operations to promote efficiency and reduce waste.

Awe-Inspiring Facilities includes four strategic objectives:

• Preserve, enhance and protect AOC facilities and landscapes.

• Strengthen AOC facilities through asset lifecycle management.

• Promote a culture of resource conservation. n Provide superior project delivery.

The performance results achieved in FY 2014 for this goal are depicted in Figure 49.

Awe-Inspiring Facilities

Activities focus on:

• Providing a safe environment where resources are utilized in a sensible manner

• Fostering approaches that are sensitive to the historic nature of AOC’s work environment

• Keeping AOC facility management processes on the leading edge of technology

FIGURE 49: Results Achieved for Awe-Inspiring Facilities, See Full Report, Page 75