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Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Process

BEST PRACTICES FOR REVIEWING FACILITY DESIGNS

Authored by

Ralph S. Spillinger

in conjunction with the

Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Organizational Performance and Metrics

Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #139

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

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NOTICE: The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) (formerly the Federal Construction Council) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology(particularly with regard to the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of federal facilities. The following FFC-sponsor agencies provided funding for this study:

Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer

Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard

Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

Department of Energy, Office of Field Management

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management

Food and Drug Administration

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service

Indian Health Service

International Broadcasting Bureau

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Division

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory

National Science Foundation

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Services

U.S. Postal Service

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FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND METRICS 1997–1999

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Tom Hodges, Co-Chair 1998–1999,

Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, U.S. Department of State

William May, Chair 1997–1998,

Advanced Broadcasting Technologies, International Broadcasting Bureau

William Stamper, Co-Chair 1998–1999,

Facilities Engineering Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

James Bartlett, Jr.,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Wade Belcher,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Mark Bellis,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Robert Bowen,

Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

George Braun,

Headquarters, Army Corps of Engineers

Hallet Brazelton,

Air National Guard, Department of the Air Force

Tony Clifford,

Division of Engineering Services, National Institutes of Health

William Copeland,

Air National Guard, Department of the Air Force

David Eakin,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Jon Erikson,

Network Engineering, International Broadcasting Bureau

Jerome Frostman,

Program Planning and Coordination Service, Department of Veterans Affairs

Howard Hochman,

Division of Engineering Services, National Institutes of Health

Peter Johnson,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Stanley Kaczmarczyk,

Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration

Mary Kfoury,

Office of Physical Plant, Smithsonian Institution

Kurt Knight,

Consulting Support Office, Department of Veterans Affairs

William Lowe,

Program Development Branch, Indian Health Service

William Morrison,

Air National Guard, Department of the Air Force

Mark Prahl,

Network Engineering, International Broadcasting Bureau

Richard Rothblum,

Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, U.S. Department of State

Edward Tarasovich,

Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

Terry Ulsh,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Carolyn Wilber,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Ray Willcocks,

Air National Guard, Department of the Air Force

FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL STAFF

Lynda Stanley, Director

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	Executive Summary	1
1	Introduction	4
	Background,	4
	Defining Design Review,	5
	Study Purpose and Objective,	5
	How the Study Was Conducted,	6
	Organization of the Report,	6
2	Facility Acquisition Practices and Industry Trends	8
	Facility Acquisition Process,	8
	A Brief History,	9
	Downsizing of Facility Engineering Organizations,	10
	Trends in Project Cost and Schedule,	11
	Contracting Methods,	12
	Teamwork and Collaborative Processes,	17
	Owner as a “Smart Buyer,”	18
	Conceptual or Advance Planning,	18
	Cost Implications of Facility Acquisition Practices,	19
	Benchmarking and Metrics,	20
	Technology and Design Review,	21
	Effective Design Review Processes: Conclusions,	22
3	Design Review Practices in Federal Agencies	24
	Downsizing of Federal Facilities Engineering Organizations,	24
	Design Review-Related Trends in Nine Federal Agencies,	25
	Summary of Questionnaire Responses,	37
	Interesting Initiatives,	39

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4	Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs	41
	Best Practices,	43
	Opportunities for Follow-On Study,	46
	Appendix A: Record of Interviews	51
	Appendix B: Literature Search Abstracts	53
	Appendix C: Benchmarking Design Review Process Questionnaire, Parts 1 and 2	66
	Appendix D: Biography of the Author	78
	Appendix E: Bibliography	79

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