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In conducting the study and i n d r a f t i n g recommendations, the Special Advisory Committee on Management o f M i l i t a r y Construction f o r the U S Department o f Defense has been encouraged by the Assistant f o r Construction Operations o f the Office o f the Assistant Secretary o f Defense ( I n s t a l l a t i o n s and Logistics) not only to give f u l l consideration t o known procedures and tediniques f o r managing construction programs, but also t o exercise i t s f u l l imagination and ingenuity i n adapting or developing new procedures and techniques that o f f e r promise of achieving the goals o f the Department o f Defense with respect t o m i l i t a r y construction C CONDUCT OF THE STUDY The study i s being conducted with the advice and guidance o f the Special Advisory Committee on Management of M i l i t a r y Construction f o r the U S Department of Defense, whose membeiship was appointed by the Chairman o f the Building Research Advisory Board with the approval o f the Chairman o f the National Research Council's Division o f Engineering and the President o f the National Academy of Sciences To date, the advisory committee has met twice t o guide the detailed operations o f the study At i t s f i r s t meeting, on 4 and 5 June, 1970, the advisory committee approved the plan and schedule developed f o r conduct o f the overall study and the f i r s t progress report t o be transmitted t o the program sponsor, which contained the study plan and schedule To provide the basis f o r an analysis o f the organization and operation o f the e x i s t i n g system f o r obtaining m i l i t a r y f a c i l i t i e s , and pursuant t o the study plan, a series o f interviews was held i n Washington, D C with persons associated with the M i l i t a r y Construction Program and working withm the Office o f the Chief o f Engineers-Army, the Naval F a c i l i t i e s Engineenng Command-Navy, and the Office o f the Directorate o f C i v i l Engineenng-Air Force A series o f extensive interviews also was held with personnel working withm the f i e l d d i s t r i c t and division o f the Corps of Engineers, the f i e l d d i v i s i o n o f the Naval F a c i l i t i e s Engineenng Command, and the f i e l d regional o f f i c e o f the Air Force Directorate o f C i v i l Engineenng, a l l located m Calif o r n i a Personnel involved m the M i l i t a r y Construction Program at two bases or i n s t a l l a t i o n s o f each m l i t a r y service located on the west coast, and representatives of users of constructed f a c i l i t i e s at these bases or in s t a l l a t i o n s were s i m i l a r l y interviewed Further, personnel associated with several architectural/engineering and contractor firms on the west coast that had performed work f o r the design and construction agents of the m i l i t a r y services were interviewed In addition t o the above, to provide the basis f o r a review o f construction methods and practices employed by nonmilitary federal and nonfederal organizations, many interviews were held with individuals involved m the design, construction, or acquisition o f f a c i l i t i e s f o r the Veterans Administration, the Department o f the Post Office, the General Services Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and several l a r ^ nonfederal organizations The results o f a l l interviewing and the study of available l i t e r a t u r e on the siibiject formed the basis f o r t h i s progress report, which was reviewed and iQ>proved fo r transmittal to the program sponsor by the advisory commi-ttee at i t s second meeting on 22 and 23 July 1970
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