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I INTRODUCTION At the request o f the Assistant f o r Construction Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary o f Defense ( I n s t a l l a t i o n s and Lo g i s t i c s ) , the Building Research Advisory Board o f the National Research Council, National Academy o f Sciences, has undertaken a study of m i l i t a r y construction manage- ment Need f o r the study results from both the current urgency f o r reducing defense costs and the goals o f the m i l i t a r y construction program OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY Objectives of the stuc^ are 1 t o analyze the ex i s t i n g system(s) o f managing m i l i t a r y construction by the U S Department of Defense and to recommend a construction management system or systems consisting of p o l i c i e s , procedures, and techniques that w i l l a result m the lowest design and construction costs consistent with obtaining adequate bids and q u a l i t y construction, and b i d e n t i f y and portray m d e t a i l the roles o f the Departments o f the Arooy, the Navy, and the A i r Force, the engineering and construction agents of the three services (the Office o f the Chief of Engineers-Army, the Naval F a c i l i t i e s Engineering Command-Navy, and the Directorate o f C i v i l Engineering-Air Force), and other government agencies as c l i e n t s , and 2 to recommend a procedural schedule f o r e f f e c t i n g t r a n s i t i o n from the existing to recommended system(s), s p e c i f i c a l l y concerning a changes that can be effected over the near term, including those which would e n t a i l removal of constraints, b changes t o the e x i s t i n g system that can be effected over the longer term, including those which would e n t a i l removal o f constraints, and c actions that would need to be taken by others to make the recommended approach attainable i n i t s ideal form B SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY The study w i l l e n t a i l a detailed investigation o f a l l aspects o f the e x i s t i n g m i l i t a r y construction management system(s) (except troop construction) from program or project delineation through acceptance o f the completed program or project, including 1 D e f i n i t i o n of project scope, c r i t e r i a , and cost used by each o f the three services and, m the case o f engineering and construction agents (the Office o f the Chief o f Engineers-Army, the Naval F a c i l i t i e s Engineering Command-Navy, and the Directorate o f C i v i l
Desirable Engineering-Air Force), design, construction, stpervision, and inspection procedures, systems, and organizational structure enployed 2 Related a c t i v i t i e s supporting m i l i t a r y construction programs such as personnel administration, legal counsel, and f i s c a l mana^ment Spe c i f i c a l l y , the above includes, but i s not l i m i t e d t o (1) evaluation o f current design procedures and the underlying rationale, (2) evaluation o f current m i l i t a r y construction management techniques, and (3) evaluation o f current policies and t h e i r impact on program execution In addition, the studty w i l l e n t a i l the investigation o f construction manage- ment systems used by other Federal agencies ( f o r example, the General Services Administration, the Veterans Administration, the Post Office, and the Federal Housing Administration) and private organizations t o ascertain desirable aspects (techniques, procedures, organizational relationships) that may be adaptable t o the m i l i t a r y construction management system Desir aspects such as the following are t o be included i n the recommended m i l i t a r y construction management system, as appropriate 1 Use o f prefabricated or preengineered conponents, including modular relocatable structures 2 ^ p l i c a t i o n o f commercially available products m l i e u o f specially made or custom-made items 3 Use of one-step, two-step, and other turnkey procurement methods 4 use o f T i t l e I I inspection 5 Es^anded ^ p l i c a t i o n of ASBR, Section 7-602 10, Contractor Inspection System (Contractor Quality Control) 6 More general use o f standard designs, s i t e adspted t o j o b s i t e requirements 7 Use o f stronger warranty or guarantee clauses with respect to part or a l l o f construction projects 8 Use o f new techniques ^ r further reducing design-construction time 9 Use o f alternate project organizations, f o r exanple, system-team concepts, including p a r t i a l or f u l l y mobile organization 10 Use o f alternative procedures f o r checking and approving shop drawings 11 Reductions i n annual variations of workloads 12 Use o f t o t a l design-construction-maintenance approach, f o r exanple, t o t a l cost bidding Hie study i s concerned exclusively with m i l i t a r y construction and essentially with m i l i t a r y construction performed w i t h m the United States, however, m the formation of recommendations concerning the m i l i t a r y construction management system, cognizance i s t o be taken of the need o f the system t o be responsive t o woric worldwide and to construction o f f a c i l i t i e s other than those required by the m i l i t a r y , f o r exaaple, the c i v i l works (Jone by the U S Any Corps o f Engineers Farther, pursuant t o one stated g o ^ o f the m i l i t a r y construction program, the system i s to be responsive t o program dianges and varying volume and type o f work under a l l environmental conditions, f o r example, under normal conditions, under conditions o f natural disasters, and under conditions o f m i l i t a r y emergencies