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APPENDIX D
NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
As an integral part of a comprehensive maintenance manage-
ment program now known as the control maintenance manage-
ment program, the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks
(predecessor of the current Naval Facilities Engineering
Command) established a continuous inspection program. This
program had two basic parts:
1. A preventive maintenance program provided for periodic
scheduled inspections and adjustments to selected elements of the
physical plant, specifically including dynamic equipment such as
pumps, air-conditioning units, boilers, and similar items. This
program also identifiecl the need for replacement or repair of
these items on a continuing basis. The purpose of this preventive
maintenance was to assure that necessary routine adjustments,
lubricating, and fine tuning of operating equipment were per-
formed on a scheduled basis and, ultimately, to assure a high
degree of reliability of these items with a minimum cost.
2. Controlled inspection program scheduled comprehensive
annual inspections of each facility and structure at a naval
installation. The purpose of this program was to monitor the
overall condition of the Navy's shore facilities and specifically
to identify deficiencies at an early date so that corrective action
could be planned and serious failures thereby avoided. The con-
trolled inspection program was in fact a counterpart to what is
now known as condition assessment. Detailed checklists were
developed for the inspection of specific kinds of facilities such
as waterfront structures, airfield pavements, roofs of buildings,
painting, electrical distribution systems, etc. Industrial
engineering studies were performed to determine the optimum
frequency for inspections--at least annually.
.
Deficiencies observed were analyzed to determine whether
immediate or short-term corrective action was required,
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engineering studies were necessary, or the deficiency was such
that correction could be deferred until later. The results of this
program generated a major input to the workload planning for
each activity's public works department. Some deficiencies were
scheduled for correction by the maintenance or utilities
department, while others were designated for correction by
contract. The controlled inspection program also provided the
basis for an annual inspection report that was a summary state-
ment of the condition of all of the Navy's real property. This
report provided information to the command structure of the
Navy concerning the readiness of Navy shore facilities to support
missions and combat readiness of Navy sea units. The annual
inspection summary was the source of information that supported
estimation of the Navy's backlog of maintenance and repair, an
important factor in the development of Navy maintenance and
repair budgets. Starting from the mid- 1 970s the annual
inspection summary also became a primary input to the
development of justifications in the Navy's programming process
for the commitment of resources in the "outyears" (i.e., for a 5-
year planning period f rom which each annual budget was
derived). The annual inspection summary was also analyzed by
investment category (i.e., water-front facilities, aviation
operational facilities, or ammunition storage facilities) to build
an understanding of the factors influencing facility performance
and maintenance needs.
While there have been evolutionary changes to the con-
tinuous inspection program, which was initiated in the 1950s, the
program continues today with essentially the same structure and
purpose.
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