Military Construction: Planning and Design Costs: NSIAD-94-182BR

Pursuant to a legislative requirement and a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) military construction planning and design (P&D) costs, focusing on: (1) trends in P&D costs for the military services and DOD agencies; (2) the percentage of total project costs directed to P&D; and (3) a comparison of DOD P&D percentages to those of four civilian federal agencies.
GAO found that: (1) the percentages of DOD construction costs devoted to P&D were relatively constant for fiscal year (FY) 1989 through FY 1992; (2) lower cost projects tended to have a higher percentage of P&D costs than higher cost projects; (3) there were no clear trends in P&D costs, but the Air Force's and defense agencies' P&D percentages were significantly higher than the Army's P&D percentages; (4) DOD P&D percentages were generally higher than those of the other federal agencies because the agencies did not include some administrative costs in their P&D costs; (5) DOD had significantly higher P&D costs for its medical facilities than did the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (6) the military services and defense agencies devoted substantially more time to P&D than the General Services Administration or VA; and (7) the Logistics Management Institute has made a number of recommendations to improve DOD cost controls and P&D reporting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1287243363
• ISBN13: 9781287243366
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"