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2 3 2 The Long-Range Construction Program The most needed facility requirements defined by the installation master plan (comprehensive plan) constitute the elements of the long-range (5-year)
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for each project by taking his absolute conditions and evaluating them in lig^t of the objectives he must meet These are then presented at each echelon of command where they are viewed m light of similar, but not standard, arguments from other commanders seeking the same construction funds, until the program is reviewed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense where the arguments of the three Services are even less similar Projects do not relate to each other, installations do not relate to each other, and -Services-do not relate to eadT other, except that during the priority ranking process, a final argument for the urgency of need for one project outweighs the arguments presented for another This process, of course, is necessary, but is time consuming It would seem desirable to have standard criteria for the quantitative aspects of the arguments, so that when a question of need for a given facility arises during the planning and review cycle, the question can be related to the criteria and not back to the source of the project The criteria also could form the basis for distingiushing between the merits of one project over another and between the merits of the projects of one installation over those of another Ihe procedure of establishing standard scales for assessing the quantitative aspects of requirements to meet objectives is not new to the military Departments They presently employ a system which relates the military readiness of one unit to another in terms of their quantitative parameters (personnel, weapons, training, etc ) The standard criteria based on these parameters relate to the ability of a unit to meet certain specified objectives The degree to which the unit meets the objectives is a function of the degree to which i t can meet the standard criteria The degree to which the objective is crit ical determines the urgency of the need to meet the requirements stated by the unit A similar system is possible for facilities The degree to which an installation can meet its mission is a function of many quantifiable aspects related to its facilities The degree to which the mission is critical to the Department of Defense relates to the priority of responding to the requirements of the installation The establishment of such a system for military installations could have far-reaching and cost-beneficial impact on the planning process Considerable time could be saved in the development of the rationale for each facility required The urgency of need could be determined from the objective or mission of the installation based on the standard criteria Time would be saved m the presentation and review of these arguments since most facility requirements would be developed 47
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under the same set of criteria Finally, a standard evaluation tool would be available to enable long-range planners to examine alternative military construction programs m terms of cost to meet stated objectives The standard criteria developed, however, should be used only as a planning aid during the development of the five-year construction program and not as a substitute for siobjective judgment This program represents a balance between the facilities requirements expressed in installation master plans (comprehensive plans) and anticipated funding Since both requirements and funding are subject to frequent change, reevaluations are frequently necessary The standard criteria would reduce the effort required for evaluating the impact of such changes Use of the standard criteria also could be made m the development of the annual military facilities procurement program The following chart, for example, indicates the budgeting fluctuations for Fiscal Year 1970 Navy military facilities procurement program Each time a change in the budget guidance occurred, a reevaluation of the construction program was required Projects had to be withdrawn, sometimes reintroduced, other times postponed entirely Use of standard criteria would permit a faster and more effective response to such fluctuations Date (Millions of $)
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