National Academies Press: OpenBook
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

Technical Report

No. 125

THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN FACILITIES/INSTALLATIONS PLANNING

(Summary of a Symposium)

Federal Construction Council

Consulting Committee on Comprehensive Planning and

Task Group on The Use of Computer Graphics in Planning

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1994

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

NOTICE

The Federal Construction Council (FCC) is a continuing activity of the Building Research Board of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FCC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology--particularly with regard to the design, construction, and operation of federal facilities. Currently, 18 agencies sponsor the FCC:

Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer

Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Department of the Army, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Department of Energy, Office of Project and Facilities Management

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Construction Management

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Office

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory

National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts Program

National Science Foundation, Structural Systems and Construction Processes Program

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Service

U.S. Information Agency, Voice of America

U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Management

U.S. Postal Service, Facilities.

As part of its activities, the FCC periodically publishes reports like this one that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Since these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are not reviewed and approved in accordance with usual NRC procedures. Consequently, the reports are considered FCC publications rather than NRC publications.

For further information on the FCC program or FCC reports, please write to: Executive Secretary, Federal Construction Council, Building Research Board, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

PREFACE

For many years a symbiotic relationship has existed between planners and computers. As the speed and data-storage capacity of computers have increased and new features and programs have been developed, planners usually have been among the first to make use of the added capabilities. This is because planning--by its nature--has an open-ended need for information; no matter how much data planners have and how many analyses they make, they can always use more. Consequently, planners--and particularly installations planners--frequently have been in the vanguard of those pushing the development of computer technology.

The computer industry has responded by producing a dazzling array of hardware and software for installation planners. New computer graphics systems and geographic information systems (GIS) are especially impressive. However, while the new systems are more user friendly and have far more capabilities per dollar than old systems, they are still neither cheap nor easy to learn to use. This has prompted many federal agencies to hesitate to invest in the new systems. Agencies have questioned, for example, whether they really need the added capabilities of the new systems, whether in these times of tight budgets the investment in new planning tools can be justified, and whether it might be wise to delay making a purchase until the next generation of systems comes out.

A Federal Construction Council (FCC) symposium was held in March 1993 at the National Academy of Sciences, to help federal agencies decide whether they should invest in modern computer systems to assist in their installations planning activities and, if so, what type of system to purchase. The symposium was organized jointly by two Federal Construction Council committees (the FCC Consulting Committee on Comprehensive Planning and the FCC Task Group on The Use of Computer Graphics in Planning).

This report comprises summaries of papers presented at the symposium. The summaries were prepared by the speakers, and the opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the FCC. However, the papers are believed to be relevant and timely and to contain information that will be useful to the sponsoring federal agencies.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL

CONSULTING COMMITEE ON COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

Chairman

Juanita Mildenberg,

Facilities Engineering Branch, National Institutes of Health

Members

Ed Bakunas,

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, Department of the Air Force

Anthony Costa,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

John Deponai,

U.S. Army, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

Ray Detig,

Readiness Center, Air National Guard

Tariq Farooqi,

Refurbishments Division, Voice of America

Edward Feiner,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Thomas Grooms,

Federal Design Improvement Program, National Endowment for the Arts

Kenneth R. Harper,

Office of Engineering Service, Public Health Service

Joseph Hassenfeldt,

Facilities Management Division, Department of Energy

William Hoffman,

Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Public Health Service

Emil Kish,

Office of Foreign Buildings, Department of State

William G. Miner,

Office of Foreign Buildings, Department of State

James McCord,

Facility Development Planning Office, Department of Veterans Affairs

Don Pledger,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Richard Schneider,

U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

Gordon Velasco,

Architecture and Planning Branch,U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Edward Wandelt,

Facilities Program Support Division, U.S. Postal Service

Robert C. Wilson,

Facilities Branch, Voice of America

George Williams,

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

Jerry Zekert,

U.S. Army Engineering and Housing Support Center, Department of the Army

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css

FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL

TASK GROUP ON THE USE OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN PLANNING

Chairman

James Carberry,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Members

William Aley,

Facility Systems Division, US. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories

Philip Clark,

Office of the Civil Engineer, Department of the Air Force

Steve Coppedge,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy

Fred Drummond,

Office of Project and Facilities Management, Department of Energy

Paul Fardig,

Engineering Support Services Branch, U.S. Public Health Service

Stewart Grayson,

U.S. Army Engineering and Housing Support Center, Department of the Army

Emil Kish,

Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State

Al Lew,

Facilities Engineering Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Kent Reed,

Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Staff

Henry A. Borger, Executive Secretary,

Federal Construction Council

Lena B. Grayson, Senior Secretary

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page viii Cite
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
http://books.nap.edu/openbook/nap.css
This page in the original is blank.
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R1
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R2
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R3
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R4
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R5
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R6
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R7
Page viii Cite
Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1994. The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9139.
×
Page R8
Next: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS »
The Use of Computers in Facilities/Installations Planning: Summary of a Symposium Get This Book
×
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    Switch between the Original Pages, where you can read the report as it appeared in print, and Text Pages for the web version, where you can highlight and search the text.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  9. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!