Obtaining life-cycle cost-effective facilities in the Department of Defense /

Key findings -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Legislative background on life-cycle cost analysis for military construction -- Study motivation and research approach -- Outline of this report -- DoD facility development, construction and operating process and barriers to -- Life-cycl...

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Main Author: Samaras, Constantine
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Haddad, Abigail, Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963-, Webb, Katharine Watkins
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Key findings -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Legislative background on life-cycle cost analysis for military construction -- Study motivation and research approach -- Outline of this report -- DoD facility development, construction and operating process and barriers to -- Life-cycle cost-effectiveness -- Incentives and barriers to life-cycle cost-effectiveness at each step of the military -- Construction process -- Role of building codes in determining construction material -- The role of the international building code and building types -- Tradeoffs between annual O & M costs and initial capital costs -- Conclusions and observations -- DoD is currently incorporating life-cycle costing in many aspects of the MILCON -- Process -- Challenges in obtaining life-cycle cost effective facilities -- Observations and potential improvements -- Appendix A: RAND interview protocol used in this research -- Appendix B: Navy MILCON team planning and programming process diagram -- Appendix C: Sample U.S. Army DD Form 1391, from USACE.
Item Description:"RR-196-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 59 pages) : some color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59).
ISBN:9780833080028
0833080024