Obtaining life-cycle cost-effective facilities in the Department of Defense / Constantine Samaras, Abigail Haddad, Clifford A. Grammich, Katharine Watkins Webb ; prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, approved for public release, distribution unlimited.
| Author/creator | Samaras, Constantine |
| Other author | Haddad, Abigail. |
| Other author | Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963- |
| Other author | Webb, Katharine Watkins. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2013. |
| Description | xix, 59 pages : some color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| General note | "RR-196-OSD" -- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013008044 |
| ISBN | 9780833079350 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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