Title 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.

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 59 pages) : some color illustrations
Note	"RR-196-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59).
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 and 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.
Cast	Abigail Haddard, Clifford A. Grammich, Katherin Watkins Webb.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Introduction -- The DoD Facility Development, Construction, and Operating Process and Barriers to Life-Cycle Cost-Effectiveness -- The Role of Building Codes in Determining Construction Material -- Trade-Offs Between Annual O and M Costs and Initial Capital Costs -- Conclusions and Observations -- 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.
Subject	United States. Department of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Military construction operations -- Planning.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Military construction operations -- Costs.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Facilities -- Costs.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Facilities -- Planning.
	Defense contracts -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Added Author	Haddad, Abigail.
	Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963-
	Webb, Katharine Watkins.
Other Form:	Print version: Samaras, Constantine. Obtaining life-cycle cost-effective facilities in the Department of Defense. Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2013 9780833079350 (DLC) 2013008044 (OCoLC)829739242
ISBN	9780833080028 (electronic bk.)
	0833080024 (electronic bk.)
Report No.	RAND/RR-169-OSD

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