Office of Chief of Facilities Services and Capital Programs

The Office of the Chief of Facilities Services and Capital Programs is responsible for capital projects, building operations, and facilities support functions. Responsibility for capital projects includes developing, implementing, managing and directing capital construction projects.

The office oversees the following areas: 

Capital Improvements and Planning

The Department of Capital Improvements and Planning is responsibile for developing, implementing, managing and directing capital construction projects. The department oversees the following two departments:

Design and Construction Services

Design and Construction Services provides the necessary liaison between FCPS and Fairfax County and is responsible for design and construction services for new school facilities; additions to existing schools; renewals (renovations) of existing school facilities; completion of capital improvement work orders in the most cost-efficient manner; minor facility improvements; and the purchase, installation, and relocation of temporary classroom facilities. This office evaluates the capacity and effective utilization of each school on a yearly basis.  Design and Construction Services manages facility accommodation for the disabled through the Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan.

• Learn more about the Net Zero Energy Study (pdf)
• Access Design & Construction Current Solicitations to Bid
• View the FCPS Master Specifications
• Get the facts about Monopoles and Fairfax County Public Schools
• Building for Success - 2023 School Bond Referendum
• Building Our Future: Capital Project Status - Take a look at the photo gallery of Capital Bond Improvement projects under construction

Facilities Planning Services

Facilities Planning Services manages the multiple processes and information necessary to ensure the efficient and effective accommodation of all students and educational programs. This office produces a five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP), student accommodation review, school enrollment projections by grade level, attendance area adjustment recommendations, and proposes, in conjunction with other offices in the department, bond referenda to fund required capital improvements.

• Learn more about Facilities Planning for the Future
• Building for Success - 2023 School Bond Referendum
• Access our Facilities and Membership Dashboards
• Get facts about the Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
• View Boundary, Academic, Split Feeder, and Magisterial Maps
• Know which FCPS school to attend with the Boundary Locator System
• Get School Boundary Adjustment Information
• Get facts about Development Review and Proffer Processes
• Get details regarding the Facilities Planning Advisory Council (FPAC)

Facilities Management 

Facilities Management provides facilities that are clean, safe, energy efficient, sustainable, comfortable, and conducive to efficient and effective educational and support activities.

Facilities Management is responsible for routine preventive and corrective building and grounds maintenance services, facilities infrastructure repair and replacement, and energy conservation in the design and operation of FCPS facilities.

Maintenance and repair of all mechanical, electrical, and structural equipment and systems are provided by technicians located in four decentralized satellite maintenance facilities. A fifth centralized facility is responsible for grounds maintenance and centralized trades functions.

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has received the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year–Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy. Learn more about our schools that have earned the ENERGY STAR building certification.

Get2Green is the award-winning interdepartmental environmental stewardship program for FCPS. Staff from various areas collaborate to expand access to environmental education in sustainable learning environments.

• Access Facilities Management Current Solicitations to Bid
• Check out the FCPS Recycling Program
• Learn more about the Energy Management Program
• View the Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• Learn more about the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program
• Trades Jobs Employment Opportunities - FCPS is hiring experienced electricians, HVAC technicians, plumbers, structural tradesmen, grounds maintenance workers, and more.
• Get details on Safe Routes to School