Management of the military facilities procurement program. Final report (1971) / Chapter Skim
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... AFOCE In previous years, depending on bid results, the Regional C i v i l Engineer had the authority to approve contract award, however, apparently because of the state of the economy, each award must receive the approval of the Office of the Air Force Directorate of C i v i l Engineering Once the job i s awarded, the Regional C i v i l Engineer transfers the project t o the appropriate Command for construction surveillance Except for Family Housing, most Air Force construction i s handled by the Corps of Engineers or the Naval F a c i l i t i e s Engineering Command, whichever i s serving as the Construction Agent With the exception of some post construction inspect i o n a c t i v i t y , which i s made by the Base C i v i l Engineer's s t a f f p r i o r t o accepting the f a c i l i t y after conpletion, the Air Force has l i t t l e involvement during the construction phase Family Housing i s handled somewhat d i f f e r e n t l y from the above procedure i n that the A i r Force i s allowed t o serve as i t s own Design and Construction Agent Family Housing needs are determined annually by base/Command and submitted to AFOCE i n accordance with detailed instructions and c r i t e r i a Design and cons t r u c t i o n -- i e , the obtaining of A/E services, bidding, contractor services -- of approved projects are then handled almost exclusively by base/Command personnel The Regional C i v i l Engineer i s involved only m the selection of the V E A summarization of the major steps involved i n the system for obtaining Air Force f a c i l i t i e s i s given m Figure 41 E SURVEY OF A/E FIRMS INVOLVED IN THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM As mentioned i n the Conduct of the Study Section, personnel associated with several architect/engineer firms located on the west coast and having performed work for the design and construction agents of the m i l i t a r y Services were interviewed A t o t a l of fi v e firms were interviewed, and among them, they did practically every type of work Some specialized i n only one area, such as hotising, while others did a variety of work The percentage of t h e i r work represented by mi l i t a r y construction ranged from 5 to 10% for one fir m and up to 50% for another for an average by a l l f i ve of approximately 25% During the interviews, the following subjects were discussed professional fee levels, job acquisition, planning and programming m i l i t a r y f a c i l i t i e s , technical and design guidance provided by the design and construction agents of the Services, s i t e selection, design schedules, the construction process, and areas m which improvements could be suggested Results of these interviews are summarized below (1) Professional fee level A l l firms agreed that the present fee level i s too low (2)
From page 199...
... (3) Planning and Programming There was somewhat of a mixed reaction here, depending i n part on the kind of work done One or two firms have been involved i n u t i l i t y work and therefore were retained to do ori g i n a l studies which became part or a l l of the program under which they did subsequent design They f e l t the present system i s a good one Architects, however, who are brought i n much lat e r f e l t that they should be involved i n the planning process from the beginning They were convinced that the programs would not only be more r e a l i s t i c but the estimated cost (upon which t h e i r fee i s based)
From page 200...
... handle f i e l d inspection and that the proposed Contractor Quality Control system i s unworicable Interestingly enou^, one f i r m conplained of the inordinate amount of time spent on answering phone calls from the f i e l d because of unqualified inspectors, while two firms complained that the inspectors were so poor they didn't know enougjh to c a l l when i t was reqiured (8) Suggestions f o r Major Improvements A l l agreed on the need for increased fees IVro f e l t that consolidation of m i l i t a r y construction i n t o a single AgdJicy would inprove efficiency, while two doubted i t The l a t t e r two f e l t that the Amy and Navy systems were id e n t i c a l .

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