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I l l REVIbW OF LONSTRUCTION PRACTICES AND METHODS EMPLOYED BY OTHER FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS To provide the basis for a review of construction methods and practices employed by non-military federal and non-federal organizations, many interviews were held with individuals involved m eit h e r design, construction, or acquis i t i o n o f f a c i l i t i e s for the Department of the Post Office, The General Service Administration, The Veterans Administration, the Department o f Housing and Urban Development, and several large non-federal organizations In addition, to provide a greater.base,for the review, available l i t e r a t u r e was studied Results of the interviews and l i t e r a t u r e studies are summarized i n t h i s section A THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT The keynote function at the Post Office Department today may be summarized i n one word - change With the conQ) letion of the Kapel Commission Report i n 1968, and subsequent postal reform measures s t i l l i n process of i n s t i t u t i o n by the Post Office, and with needed incursions by the executive branch of government, which are presently being judged by the l e g i s l a t i v e branch, change i s very much the order of the day This report subsection w i l l discuss the organization of the Post Office Department, the new methods being i n s t i t u t e d f o r acquisition o f real property and real property improvements, new techniques and practices being employed m these a c t i v i t i e s , and some o f the problems and constraints experienced m the modernization of the postal operation Throughout these descriptions the elements of change are apparent, where changes are not obvious they are noted as di f f e r e n t from yesterday's methods 1 Organization The Post Master General and seven Assistant Post Master Generals of the postal functional bureaus are appointed by the President of the United States By f a r , the largest bureau i s the Bureau of Operations Fully 85% of the 716,000 employees of the Post Office Department are enq>loyed by the Bureau of Operation The new Bureau of Planning and Marketing has been inaugurated withm the past two years t o determine Post Office Department's needs i n being responsive to public requirements The Bureau o f Research and Engineering has grown approximately 300% m budgeted a c t i v i t i e s and plays a t r a d i t i o n a l role o f undertaking design and development responsibilities f o r hardware mechanization u t i l i z e d primarily i n the postal processing a c t i v i t i e s The Bureau of F a c i l i t i e s has f u l l respons i b i l i t y f o r the acquisition of real property, real property inqprovements, and mechanization i n s t a l l a t i o n at a l l f a c i l i t i e s throu^out the country The organization diagram shown on Figure 42 depicts the relationships of the Post Office Department bureaus and divisions of the Bureau of F a c i l i t i e s to the major funct i o n levels 135
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The fvrat alternative (identtfied aa Alternative %nv0lve8 the leasing of additional apaae rather than the aonstruotion of a nea facility Additional aquare footage, reqieired to continue the present operation la to be leased and three additional letter aorting machines to be installed m that space These machmea are m addition to -the one 6-position machine now installed m the present facility, and are expected to coat approximately $551,000 The neu letter aorting madhinea to be installed include a e-position nuxahine scheduled for installation m FY-I97la a 12-poaition letter aorting machine to be inatalled m FI-1976 and another l2-poaition letter aorting machine to be inatalled m 17-1978 The aecond alternative (identified as Alternative W propoaea the construction of a new facility It is estimated that a total capital investment of $6 9 million mil be required for the building, including $551,000 for the installation of letter sorting machines, these machines are to be identical to those planned for Alternative #1, and are to be installed according to -tiie same a |
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