Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309062446
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Government/Industry Forum on Capital Facilities and Core Competencies
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309062446
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Process
Author: Standing Committee on Organizational Performance and MetricsPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309068940
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
The federal government, like private corporations and other organizations, acquires buildings and other facilities to support specific functions and missions and the general conduct of its business. The federal government is, in fact, the nation's largest owner of buildings and spends more than $20 billion per year for facility design and construction. Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Processidentifies a range of best practices and technologies that can be used by federal agencies and other owners to provide adequate management and oversight of design reviews throughout the facility acquisition process.
Outsourcing Management Functions for the Acquisition of Federal Facilities
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309072670
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced. In the 1980s, a number of factors led to a renewed interest in outsourcing. For private sector organizations, outsourcing was identified as a strategic component of business process reengineering-an effort to streamline an organization and increase its profitability. In the public sector, growing concern about the federal budget deficit, the continuing long-term fiscal crisis of some large cities, and other factors accelerated the use of privatization measures (including outsourcing for services) as a means of increasing the efficiency of government.
Federal Facilities Council's report on the role of facility design reviews in facilities construction
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142897122X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Starting Smart
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166683
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Although most federal facilities projects are successfully completed (i.e., they reasonably meet the agency's requirements and expectations), the perception is that development of the scope of work for design for these projects is challenging and in some cases poorly performed. Based on this perception, a study was commissioned by the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Research Council to identify the elements that should be included in a scope of work for design to help ensure that the resulting facility is one that supports the fulfillment of a federal agency's program or mission. Its objectives also included identifying key practices for developing effective scopes of work for design involving new construction or major renovation projects and identifying key practices for matching the scope of work with the acquisition strategy, given a range of project delivery systems and contract methods.
Facility Design and Management Handbook
Author: Eric TeicholzPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071353941
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
CD-ROM contains: Sample documents -- Standards -- Forms -- Web links -- References.
Learning from Our Buildings
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309086930
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
In 1986, the FFC requested that the NRC appoint a committee to examine the field and propose ways by which the POE process could be improved to better serve public and private sector organizations. The resulting report, Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement, proposed a broader view of POEs-from being simply the end phase of a building project to being an integral part of the entire building process. The authoring committee recommended a series of actions related to policy, procedures, and innovative technologies and techniques to achieve that broader view. In 2000, the FFC funded a second study to look at the state of the practice of POEs and lessons-learned programs among federal agencies and in private, public, and academic organizations both here and abroad. The sponsor agencies specifically wanted to determine whether and how information gathered during POE processes could be used to help inform decisions made in the programming, budgeting, design, construction, and operation phases of facility acquisition in a useful and timely way. To complete this study, the FFC commissioned a set of papers by recognized experts in this field, conducted a survey of selected federal agencies with POE programs, and held a forum at the National Academy of Sciences on March 13, 2001, to address these issues. This report is the result of those efforts.
A Modified Baseline Incineration Process for Mustard Projectiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309076129
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The United States has maintained a stockpile of chemical warfare agents and munitions since World War I. The Army leadership has sought outside, unbiased advice on how best to dispose of the stockpile. In 1987, at the request of the Under Secretary of the Army, the National Research Council (NRC) established the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee) to provide scientific and technical advice and counsel on the CSDP. This report is concerned with the technology selection for the Pueblo site, where only munitions containing mustard agent are stored. The report assesses a modified baseline process, a slightly simplified version of the baseline incineration system that was used to dispose of mustard munitions on Johnston Island. A second NRC committee is reviewing two neutralization-based technologies for possible use at Pueblo. The evaluation in this report is intended to assist authorities making the selection. It should also help the public and other non-Army stakeholders understand the modified baseline process and make sound judgments about it.
Military Infrastructure
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real property
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309132568
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The nation's physical infrastructure facilitates movement of people and goods; provides safe water; provides energy when and where needed; removes wastes; enables rapid communications; and generally supports our economy and quality of life. Developing a framework for guiding attempts at measuring the performance of infrastructure systems and grappling with the concept of defining good performance are the major themes of this book. Focusing on urban regions, within a context of national policy, the volume provides the basis for further in-depth analysis and application at the local, regional, state, and national levels.