Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Process Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs (2000) / Chapter Skim
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4 Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs
4 Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs
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used the term design review to signify the review of facility designs as part of a multifaceted process that begins in conceptual planning and continues in some fashion throughout the facility acquisition process. The core issues of this study concern the value-added portions of design review processes and the appropriate level of oversight for facilities owners, particularly federal agencies, in such processes.
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Today' s general practice among federal agencies is to outsource design development and, to a lesser extent, certain specialized technical review functions such as shop drawing reviews, value engineering, and constructability. As long as sufficient skills are retained in-house to meet the smart buyer approach discussed above, there does not appear to be any greater risk from contracting out a broader range of design review functions including such services as construction document discipline reviews and code compliance checks, so long as such functions are widely available from a competitive commercial marketplace.
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The ongoing revolution in information technology and communications offers unlimited opportunities to improve design review processes. Examples range from relatively simple practices, such as effective use of audio and video teleconferencing to improve meeting flexibility, to emerging technologies using holographic projection techniques to create three- and four-dimensional models of project designs in order to visualize the impact of proposed changes.
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Using the same A/E for conceptual planning, detailed design, construction support engineering services, and start-up takes advantage of the A/E's intimate understanding of both the owner and his project needs, and supports continuity of personnel involved.
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Even better, find a way to share such information with other organizations and federal agencies.
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An advisory group of senior officials from DOD, DOE, GSA, NASA, other federal agencies responsible for managing facilities portfolios, OMB, GAO, the National Science and Technology Council, and other appropriate agencies and organizations should be appointed to focus on the policy issues related to maintaining and enhancing the functionality and quality of federal facilities. This group should also include representatives of state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private sector corporations with facilities-related responsibilities to provide a broad perspective in facilities management.
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The peer review process itself may sound simple and straightforward; however, it has evolved into a sophisticated and highly structured activity with increasingly successful outcomes for both the inspecting as well as the inspected parties. Peer review is much more common in the private sector, but would appear to have application in the federal sector.
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