Obtaining life-cycle cost-effective facilities in the Department of Defense
By: 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
Contributors: Haddad, Abigail; Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963-; Webb, Katharine Watkins
Publisher: RAND National Defense Research Institute
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780833079350
Subjects: Armed Forces; Military construction operations; Planning; Costs; Facilities; Appropriations and expenditures; Defense contracts; Cost effectiveness; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Description: 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.
Notes: "RR-196-OSD" -- Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59).
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Key findings; title: Acknowledgments; title: Glossary; title: Introduction; title: Legislative background on life-cycle cost analysis for military construction; title: Study motivation and research approach; title: Outline of this report; title: DoD facility development, construction and operating process and barriers to; title: Life-cycle cost-effectiveness; title: Incentives and barriers to life-cycle cost-effectiveness at each step of the military; title: Construction process; title: Role of building codes in determining construction material; title: The role of the international building code and building types; title: Tradeoffs between annual O&M costs and initial capital costs; title: Conclusions and observations; title: DoD is currently incorporating life-cycle costing in many aspects of the MILCON; title: Process; title: Challenges in obtaining life-cycle cost effective facilities; title: Observations and potential improvements; title: Appendix A: RAND interview protocol used in this research; title: Appendix B: Navy MILCON team planning and programming process diagram; title: Appendix C: Sample U.S. Army DD Form 1391, from USACE.