Public Buildings Service

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federal agency real estate management organization

The Public Buildings Service is the branch of the U.S. federal government responsible for managing, designing, constructing, and maintaining federally owned and leased buildings and real estate.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Division	2
Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service	1
Public Buildings Administration	1
Public Buildings Bureau	1
Public Buildings Service of GSA	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency ⓘ real estate management organization ⓘ
abbreviation	PBS ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Office of Management and Budget ⓘ surface form: U.S. Office of Management and Budget commercial lessors ⓘ federal tenant agencies ⓘ private-sector architects and engineers ⓘ private-sector construction firms ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
focusesOn	cost-effective space utilization ⓘ energy efficiency in federal facilities ⓘ sustainable building design ⓘ
follows	federal procurement regulations for construction and leasing ⓘ federal real property management regulations ⓘ
goal	to ensure safe and secure federal workplaces ⓘ to optimize the value of federal real estate assets ⓘ to reduce the federal government’s real estate footprint ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
manages	federal real property inventory ⓘ
mission	to provide effective, sustainable, and affordable workplaces for federal customer agencies ⓘ
oversees	federal courthouses ⓘ federal land ports of entry ⓘ federal warehouses and special-purpose facilities ⓘ federally leased office space ⓘ federally owned office buildings ⓘ
parentOrganization	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
partOf	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
providesServiceTo	civilian federal agencies ⓘ
regulates	standards for federal workspace design ⓘ
responsibleFor	acquisition of workspace for federal agencies ⓘ construction of federal buildings ⓘ design of federal buildings ⓘ disposal of surplus federal real property ⓘ federal real estate portfolio management ⓘ historic federal building preservation activities ⓘ maintenance of federal buildings ⓘ management of federally leased buildings ⓘ management of federally owned buildings ⓘ operation of federal buildings ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subjectTo	federal appropriations for capital projects ⓘ oversight by the U.S. Congress ⓘ
uses	design-build and design-bid-build project delivery methods ⓘ long-term leasing contracts ⓘ
website	https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/public-buildings-service ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Works Agency → formedByMergerOf → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Division

Federal Works Agency → hasPart → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Buildings Administration

Federal Works Agency → hasPart → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Buildings Bureau

U.S. General Services Administration → hasPart → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Facilities Management (PBS) → parentAgency → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Facilities Management Policy and Programs → parentOrganization → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Buildings Service of GSA

Office of Leasing Center of Expertise → parentOrganization → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Portfolio Management and Customer Engagement (PBS) → parentOrganization → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Facilities Management (PBS) → partOf → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Facilities Management Policy and Programs → partOf → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Portfolio Management and Customer Engagement (PBS) → partOf → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal → partOf → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

Federal Works Agency → replaced → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Division

Office of Facilities Management Policy and Programs → subordinateTo → Public Buildings Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service