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Agency (Federal)                Statistics/Pertinent Data

Headquarters Pacific Air        With a 2003 facilities capital budget
Forces (HQ PACAF/CE)            of $250 billion and an operational
Hickam Air Force Base, HI       budget of $5 billion, the Pacific Air
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          Forces report thousands of office
www.pacaf.af.mil                buildings, 29 retail buildings (nine
                                shopping centers and 20 chain stores),
                                15 educational buildings, nine
                                healthcare buildings, hundreds of
                                hotel/motel buildings, and thousands of
                                multi-family housing structures. In the
                                Buildings' 2002 questionnaire, the
                                agency reported responsibility over in
                                excess of 1.029 billion square feet of
                                space.

Public Works and                As the Government of Canada's major
Government Services Canada      common service organization, it is the
Hull, QC, Canada                job of Public Works and Government
(800) 622-6232                  Services Canada (PWGSC) to help keep
www.pwgsc.gc.ca                 the wheels of government turning as
                                smoothly as possible. Each year, the
                                Architectural and Engineering Services
                                (AES) center of expertise within the
                                Real Property Services (RPS) branch
                                delivers a national program of
                                professional and management services
                                for the planning, design, and
                                construction of federal buildings and
                                facilities, as well as environmental
                                and other special and advisory services
                                (awarding 2,000 construction contracts
                                worth more than $700 million, and more
                                than 500 contracts worth about $75
                                million). At the same time, the
                                organization is greening the National
                                Master Specification to reflect best
                                practices in construction methods and
                                referencing recent Canadian legislation
                                regarding the environment. A Federal
                                Buildings Initiative supports
                                private-sector companies in renovating
                                federal buildings so they are more
                                energy efficient.

U.S. General Services           The General Services Administration
Administration,                 (GSA), Public Buildings Service is the
Public Buildings Service        landlord of the civilian federal
Washington, D.C.                government, with a total inventory of
(202) 501-1100                  over 330 million square feet of
www.gsa.gov                     workspace for employees in 2,000 plus
                                American communities. The agency leases
                                space to its federal customer agencies
                                (approximately 55 percent of the built
                                inventory--more than 1,700--is
                                government-owned buildings), while
                                offering the following services:
                                repair, alteration, and renovation of
                                existing facilities; building security;
                                property disposal; historic
                                preservation/maintenance; and more.

U.S. Postal Service             Delivering mail to almost 138 million
Washi Washington, D.C.          homes, businesses, and post office
(202) 268-2500                  boxes, the USPS reports that it
www.usps.com                    invested more than $978 million in new
                                or improved buildings and mail
                                processing equipment in 2002. The
                                organization leases 26,594 facilities
                                at a cost of $818.9 million a year,
                                providing tax revenue to thousands of
                                communities.

U.S. Veterans Administration    The mission of the Office of Facilities
Washington, D.C.                Management for the Department of
www.va.gov                      Veterans Affairs (VA) is to partner
                                with customers and stakeholders to
                                provide value-added asset management
                                services that support the future needs
                                of America's veterans. Customers are VA
                                employees in medical centers,
                                community-based clinics, regional
                                offices, and national cemeteries across
                                the country who work at the front lines
                                of service delivery. The owner, tenant,
                                and operator of one of the largest
                                healthcare-related real estate
                                portfolios in the United States, valued
                                at $35 billion, greater corporate
                                emphasis is now being placed on the
                                interrelationship between the VA's
                                strategic goals and this diverse real
                                estate portfolio.

Chicago Housing Authority       As one of the largest public housing
Chicago, IL                     agencies in the nation, providing
(312) 742-6000 (Operations      assisted housing for about 134,000
Dept.)                          low- and moderate-income residents in
www.thecha.org                  the city of Chicago, the Chicago
                                Housing Authority (CHA) consists of
                                federally funded family developments,
                                senior housing, scattered site housing,
                                and city/state housing, as well as
                                Section 8 vouchers. In 2003, the CHA
                                has been preparing for its fourth year
                                of the Plan for Transformation, a
                                comprehensive effort to provide newer,
                                safer, more physically sound and
                                economically viable living conditions
                                for its residents. At the heart, is
                                the CHA's commitment to construct or
                                rehabilitate approximately 25,000
                                units of public housing. In response
                                to Buildings' 2002 questionnaire, the
                                CHA reported it owns or oversees 2,300
                                multi-family buildings.

Hamilton County, OH             30 Government Buildings *: 3.8 million
Cincinnati, OH                  square feet of space. Dollar Volume of
(513) 946-5025                  Spending in 2003 Devoted Toward
www.hamilton-co.org             Facilities *: Capital, $3 million;
                                Operational, 515 million. Number of
                                Professionals Involved Full-Time in
                                Facilities *: 91. Modernization
                                Projects Under Way in 2003 *: 64,000
                                square feet of space.

Maryland Dept. of General       68 Government Buildings *: 33.8 million
Services/Office of Facilities   square feet of space. Dollar Volume of
Planning                        Spending in 2003 Devoted Toward
Baltimore, MD                   Facilities *: Capital, $25 million;
(410) 767-4214                  Operational, $4.5 million. Number of
www.dgs.state.md.us             Professionals Involved Full-Time in
                                Facilities *: 56. Projects Under Way
                                in 2003 *: New Construction, 1 building
                                at 16,000 gross square feet;
                                Modernization, 1 building at 75,000
                                gross square feet.

Port Authority of New York      The Port Authority of New York and New
and New Jersey                  Jersey (PANYNJ) operates some of the
New York, NY                    busiest and most important
(212) 435-7000                  transportation links in the region,
www.panynj.gov                  including John F. Kennedy International
                                and LaGuardia airports; the George
                                Washington Bridge; the Lincoln and
                                Holland tunnels; the PATH rapid-transit
                                system; and the Port Authority Bus
                                Terminal in midtown Manhattan.
                                Financially self-supporting, PANYNJ
                                noted the following in its response to
                                Buildings' questionnaire in 2002: 100
                                Office Buildings, 2 million square
                                feet; 15 Government Buildings, 600,000
                                square feet; 30 Industrial Buildings,
                                1 million square feet. According to the
                                agency's 2003 Budget Plan,
                                approximately $19.78 million is
                                invested in facilities assets.

Texas Department                The Texas Department of Criminal
of Criminal Justice             Justice (TDCJ) operates state prisons,
Huntsville, TX                  state jails, parole, and provides
(936) 295-6371                  funding and certain oversight of
www.tdcj.state.tx.us            community supervision (previously known
                                as adult probation). The agency's
                                Facilities Division, "aspiring to be a
                                leader in Facilities Management,"
                                provides its customers with innovative,
                                top-quality, and environmentally
                                sustainable products and services in a
                                cost-effective and timely manner. The
                                division's 572 employees at TDCJ
                                headquarters and 1,233 unit maintenance
                                employees working at TDCJ units
                                throughout the state provide the
                                long-range and day-to-day care required
                                to keep the TDCJ $7.5 billion
                                (replacement value) physical plant
                                operating 24/7/365. Response to
                                Buildings' 2002 questionnaire indicates
                                the agency has 2,900-plus Government
                                Buildings, totaling 14.8 million square
                                feet.

* Indicates statistics received from company, based on Buildings' Who's
Who questionnaire. In cases where information was not supplied in
response to Buildings' Who's Who questionnaire, information was derived
from public information: 10K reports, company websites,
industry-related reports, Hoover's Online, and other published and
electronic materials.