Obtaining life-cycle cost-effective facilities in the Department of Defense / / Constantine Samaras [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220123703321
• Autore: Samaras Constantine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2013
• ISBN: 0-8330-8002-4; 0-8330-8000-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 59 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Altri autori (Persone): HaddadAbigail; GrammichClifford A <1963-> (Clifford Anthony); WebbKatharine Watkins
• Disciplina: 355.7068/1
• Soggetti: Defense contracts - United States - Cost effectiveness; United States Armed Forces Facilities Costs; United States Armed Forces Facilities Planning; United States Armed Forces Military construction operations Costs; United States Armed Forces Military construction operations Planning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; "RR-169-OSD"--Page 4 of cover
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Legislative Background on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Military Construction; Study Motivation and Research Approach; Outline of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: The DoD Facility Development, Construction, and Operating Process and Barriers to Life-Cycle Cost-Effectiveness; Incentives and Barriers to Life-Cycle Cost-Effectiveness at Each Step of the Military Construction Process; Step 1: Project Need Identified and Preliminary Justification; Step 2: Economic Analysis and DD Form 1391 Completed Step 3: Regional, Service-Level, and OSD Project Ranking; Step 4: OMB Evaluation; Step 5: Congressional Evaluation and Approval; Step 6: Request for Proposal Preparation and Evaluation; Step 7: Design and Construction; Step 8: O&M and Decommissioning; CHAPTER THREE: The Role of Building Codes in Determining Construction Material; The Role ; of the International Building Code and Building Types; CHAPTER FOUR: Trade-Offs Between Annual O&M Costs and Initial Capital Costs; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusions and Observations; DoD is Currently Incorporating Life-Cycle Costing in Many Aspects of the MILCON Process Challenges in Obtaining Life-Cycle Cost-Effective Facilities; Observations and Potential Improvements; Appendixes; A. RAND Interview Protocol Used in this Research; B. Navy MILCON Team Planning and Programming Process Diagram; C. Sample U.S. Army DD Form 1391; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: The Department of Defense (DoD) constructs, operates, and maintains a large number of facilities. DoD incorporates life-cycle cost-effective practices into many aspects of the military planning and construction processes. This report provides RAND's description and assessment of the process used to obtain life-cycle cost-effective facilities and how that affects DoD construction options and choices.