Improving The Accuracy Of Early Cost Estimates For Federal Construction Projects
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Improving the Accuracy of Early Cost Estimates for Federal Construction Projects by National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Budget Estimating Techniques Pdf
Architect's Essentials of Cost Management by Michael D. Dell'Isola Pdf
Written by a cost-control expert with more than thirty years of design and building expertise, this volume in the Professional Practice Essentials Series gives you practical, user-friendly guidance on how to better manager costs through all phases of a project. Dell'Isola first explains the basics of cost management-from estimating costs during the design phase to managing costs during construction and even after occupancy. He then covers all of the tools and techniques available to architects/designers and explains how best to use them. A number of useful case studies clearly show how the author's principles work in real-life situations.
National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings
Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 60 pages File Size : 46,7 Mb Release : 1989-02-01 Category : Technology & Engineering ISBN : 9780309062343
Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings Pdf
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources Publisher : Unknown Page : 950 pages File Size : 55,9 Mb Release : 1992 Category : Federal aid to water resources development ISBN : 016038866X
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 and the Reorganization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources Pdf
Author : United States. Government Accountability Office Publisher : Unknown Page : 60 pages File Size : 52,5 Mb Release : 2005 Category : Federal aid to transportation ISBN : NWU:35556032753543
Federal-aid Highways by United States. Government Accountability Office Pdf
The federal-aid highway program provides over $25 billion a year to states for highway and bridge projects, often paying 80 percent of these projects' costs. The federal government provides funding for and oversees this program, while states largely choose and manage the projects. Ensuring that states effectively control the cost and schedule performance of these projects is essential to ensuring that federal funds are used efficiently. We reviewed the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) approach to improving its federal-aid highway project oversight efforts since we last reported on it in 2002, including (1) FHWA's oversight-related goals and performance measures, (2) FHWA's oversight improvement activities, (3) challenges FHWA faces in improving project oversight, and (4) best practices for project oversight. FHWA has made progress in improving its oversight efforts since 2002, but it lacks a comprehensive approach, including goals and measures that guide its activities; workforce plans that support these goals and measures; and data collection and analysis efforts that help identify problems and transfer lessons learned. FHWA's 2004 performance plan established, for the first time, performance goals and outcome measures to limit cost growth and schedule slippage on projects, but these goals and measures have not been effectively implemented because FHWA has not linked its day-to-day activities or the expectations set for its staff to them, nor is FHWA fully using them to identify problems and target its oversight. FHWA undertook activities in response to concerns raised about the adequacy of its oversight efforts that have both promising elements and limitations. For example, while FHWA now assigns a project oversight manager to each major project (generally projects costing $1 billion or more) and identified skills these managers should possess, it has not yet defined the role of these managers or established agencywide performance expectations for them. While FHWA issued guidance to improve cost estimating and began collecting information on cost increases, it still does not have the capability to track and measure cost growth on projects. Finally, although FHWA received direction to develop a more multidisciplinary workforce to conduct oversight, it has not fully incorporated this direction into its recruiting and training efforts. FHWA faces challenges to improving its oversight that are in large part rooted in the structure of the federal-aid highway program and in FHWA's organization and culture. As such, they may be difficult to surmount. For example, because the program does not link funding to states with the accomplishment of performance goals and outcome measures, it may be difficult for FHWA to define the role and purpose of its oversight. Also, FHWA's decentralized organization makes it difficult to achieve a consistent organizational vision. Human capital challenges affecting much of the federal government have affected FHWA, particularly in its need to transform its workforce to meet its evolving oversight mission. FHWA faces an increased oversight workload in the years ahead as the number of major projects grows and if provisions Congress is considering to increase FHWA's responsibilities become law. Questions exist about FHWA's ability to effectively absorb these new responsibilities, overcome underlying challenges, and improve its oversight. We identified selected best practices that could help FHWA develop a framework for a comprehensive approach to project oversight. These include establishing measurable goals to objectively and quantifiably assess progress, making oversight managers accountable for the effective implementation of these goals, providing professional training, and collecting and transferring lessons learned.
The Dept. of Vet. Affairs (VA) operates one of the largest health care systems in the country. As of Aug. 2009, VA's Veterans Health Admin. (VHA) had 32 major ongoing construction projects with a total cost of about $6.1 billion and average cost per project of about $191 million. Some of these projects were initiated as part of VA's Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services process, which was a comprehensive assessment of VHA's capital asset requirements. This report: (1) describes how costs and schedules of current VHA major construction projects have changed; (2) determines the reasons for changes in costs and schedules; and (3) describes the actions VA has taken to address cost increases and schedule delays. Charts and tables.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Publisher : Unknown Page : 682 pages File Size : 41,9 Mb Release : 1992 Category : Energy development ISBN : UCAL:B5104457
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993: Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Publisher : Unknown Page : 708 pages File Size : 51,6 Mb Release : 1992 Category : Nature ISBN : STANFORD:36105119593643
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Publisher : Unknown Page : 1916 pages File Size : 40,9 Mb Release : 2008 Category : Administrative agencies ISBN : STANFORD:36105050478341
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for 2009 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Pdf
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Publisher : Unknown Page : 334 pages File Size : 49,9 Mb Release : 1990 Category : Environmental law ISBN : UCAL:B5131613
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations Publisher : Unknown Page : 508 pages File Size : 48,6 Mb Release : 1985 Category : United States ISBN : UCAL:B4292931
Military Construction Appropriations for 1986: Fiscal year 1986 defense budget overview by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations Pdf
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations Publisher : Unknown Page : 496 pages File Size : 49,6 Mb Release : 1985 Category : United States ISBN : UFL:31262085031754
Military Construction Appropriations for 1986 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations Pdf
