🧱 RTT Facilities — Domain Specification

Canonical Substrate Definition

This document defines the RTT Facilities domain as a shared substrate for all facilities‑related initiatives, including domain‑specific extensions such as RTT‑AGERI.

It is grounded in the original RTT Facilities Playbook capture and serves as the authoritative reference for scope, lifecycle, governance, and cross‑system integration.

1. Domain Definition#

Facilities are the physical, operational, and communicative systems that enable cities and regions to function safely, reliably, and continuously.

RTT Facilities treats infrastructure as living systems, governed across:

Asset classes
Lifecycle phases
Risk and failure modes
Capital timing
Governance and accountability
Multi‑audience communication

Facilities work is inherently cross‑system and long‑horizon.

2. Asset Classes#

The Facilities domain encompasses, but is not limited to:

Electrical infrastructure (above‑ground and underground)
Water systems
Wastewater systems
Transportation corridors
Communications infrastructure
Public buildings
Emergency and resilience systems

Each asset class may have one or more domain‑specific initiatives (e.g., RTT‑AGERI for above‑ground electrical systems).

3. Lifecycle Framework#

Facilities are governed across the full lifecycle:

Design
Construction
Operation
Maintenance
Modernization
Decommissioning

Scoring, audits, and interventions may occur at any lifecycle phase, but modernization decisions are explicitly aligned with capital timing cycles.

4. Risk, Failure, and Propagation#

Facilities governance explicitly accounts for:

Asset degradation and drift
Environmental and climate stressors
Human and operational factors
Failure modes and cascading failures
Cross‑system propagation (e.g., electrical → water → emergency response)

Domain‑specific initiatives may model propagation internally, but cross‑system propagation is governed at the Facilities level.

5. Governance Model#

Facilities governance operates across multiple layers:

GHQ — global standards, scoring systems, audits, indices
Cities — implementation, operations, capital planning
Operators & Contractors — maintenance and modernization execution
Residents — safety, awareness, and public trust

Governance artifacts include:

Constitutions and charters
Audit protocols
Escalation pathways
Capital and accountability integration

Facilities governance prioritizes early detection, transparent decision‑making, and public accountability.

6. Capital Timing & Modernization#

Facilities modernization is aligned with:

10‑year tactical cycles
20‑year strategic cycles
50‑year generational cycles

Scoring systems and audits inform when and where capital is deployed, replacing reactive maintenance with governed modernization.

7. Audience Segmentation#

Facilities documentation is intentionally segmented by audience:

GHQ
City leadership and operators
Contractors and maintenance teams
Residents and the public

Each audience receives purpose‑built artifacts to prevent scope bleed and maintain clarity.

8. Domain Extensions#

Domain‑specific initiatives live within the Facilities framework and inherit its lifecycle, governance, and capital logic.

Examples include:

RTT‑AGERI — Above‑Ground Electrical Resilience Initiative

Domain extensions must:

Reference this Facilities spec
Avoid redefining shared concepts
Provide domain‑specific scoring, standards, and guidance

9. Canonical Status#

This document is canonical.

Changes should be rare, deliberate, and coordinated with GHQ governance.
Domain‑specific documents should reference this spec rather than duplicating it.