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Glossary
The following definitions are used in this report. The committee has confirmed that these definitions match what the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM) uses, and unless otherwise noted, all definitions come directly from OFPM:
NIST’s spend plan for congressional approval. However, NIST does this only for items that would be a “line item like” project. Not a “recapitalization project.”
capital strategy: Includes all individual capital projects that will be necessary to build out the two campuses’ master plans. The Integrated Master Plan Implementation Report contains and describes in priority order most of the individual capital projects. Capital strategy does not include recapitalization strategy or vice versa.
capitalization: In NIST’s two-pronged funding plan, capitalization is new construction work funded by the part of the construction of research facility (CRF) appropriation called Construction and Major Renovations (CMR).
component: See facility systems and components.
condition: See physical condition.
construction: The work activities of industries assigned by the North American Industry Classification System NAICS Code 23—Construction. “Construction work may include new work, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs” (NAICS 2022).
construction of research facilities (CRF): The appropriation that provides NIST with funds for construction of new capital facilities plus FSRM (sustainment, restoration, and modernization) and expansion of existing facilities. CRF is comprised of two parts: SCMMR and CMR.
SCMMR (safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repairs): Provides funds for routine maintenance and repairs of existing facilities, and for restoration and modernization projects estimated to cost less than $5 million.
CMR (construction and major renovations): Provides funds for restoration and modernization projects estimated to cost more than $5 million and for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities. Also, funds contracts for architectural and engineering design and construction contract oversight.
continual renewal: A combination of sustainment and renewal; another way of saying: “sustainment, restoration, and modernization.”
Current Replacement Value (CRV): The amount in current year dollars it would cost to duplicate the facilities (NRC 1996, p. 11). CRV is equivalent to RV (Replacement Value). This report uses CRV when referring to relevant NRC guidance, and uses the equivalent term, RV, when referring to relevant Federal Real Property Council guidance.
deferred maintenance and repairs (DM&R): Sustainment and restoration work activities that were not performed when they should have been or were scheduled and which were put off or are delayed for a future period (FASAB 2012, p. 7).
existing facility: A standing capital facility carried as “active” on an organization’s facility inventory.
expansion: An increase of a facility’s gross square footage or an infrastructure system’s capacity for the purpose of accommodating mission and program or staff growth, or both. Expansion of an individual facility or infrastructure system is accomplished by the addition of gross square footage or larger capacity. Expansion of a portfolio of facilities and infrastructure systems is accomplished by greenfield construction of new facilities or new infrastructure systems.
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1 This report uses “world-class” in the sense of being among the best in the world.
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2 The determination of acceptable condition may vary both between entities and among sites within the same entity. Management shall determine what level of condition is acceptable (FASAB 2012, p. 7).
3 The term “systems” can refer to either (1) information technology assets (e.g., hardware, internal use software, data communication devices), or (2) groupings (assemblages) of component parts belonging to a building, equipment, or other personal property (FASAB 2012, p. 7).
REFERENCES
DoD (Department of Defense). 1996. Financial Management Regulation, Vol. 4, Chapter 17, Appendix C, December 1996.
DoD. 2016. Financial Management Regulation, Volume 2b, Chapter 8, “Facilities Sustainment and Restoration/Modernization.” December.
FASAB (Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board). 2012. Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 42. “Deferred Maintenance and Repairs: Amending Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 6, 14, 29 and 32.” April.
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). “NAICS Code Description: Construction.” https://www.naics.com/naics-code-description/?code=23.
NRC (National Research Council). 1996. Budgeting for Facilities Maintenance and Repair Activities: Report Number 131. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9226.