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FCC CONSULTING COMMITTEE ONCOST ENGINEERING
Chairman
Kenneth Beebe,
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior
Members
Joseph Bozik,
Department of Energy
Juan Castro,
Independent Cost Estimating Staff, Department of Energy
Robert Furlong,
Office of the Civil Engineer, Department of the Air Force
Wesley C. Hammond,
Civil Engineering Support Agency, Department of the Air Force
Ron Hatwell,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army
Donald K. Hicks,
U.S. Army Construction Engineering and Research Laboratory
William H. Hoffman,
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Public Health Service
Harry Kay,
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration
Harold Marshall,
Office of Applied Economics, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Get Moy,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations, Department of Defense
William O'Connor,
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy
Rosalie Ruegg,
Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
David Sponn,
Major Facilities Office, U.S. Postal Service
James Vitagliano,
Facilities Engineering Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph White,
Office of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State
Robert Whiting,
Office of Construction Management, Department of Veterans Affairs
Staff
Henry A. Borger, Executive Secretary,
Federal Construction Council
Lena B. Grayson, Senior Secretary
PREFACE
This report presents the results of a survey conducted by the Federal Construction Council (FCC) Consulting Committee on Cost Engineering to gather information on the experiences of federal agencies with the design-build approach to the procurement of facilities. The committee believes the report contains interesting and useful information that will be of value to federal agencies as they consider whether and how to use the design-build approach.
The committee wishes to note that a large measure of the credit for the report is due the many agency professionals who took the time to fill out--or provide information for--the committee's questionnaire. Unfortunately, the committee does not know the names of many of those who contributed to the effort, so it cannot acknowledge everyone deserving thanks. However, the committee would like to express appreciation to those whose names it does have: Thomas Anglim, Department of Veterans Affairs; R. Gelpe, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Frank Karner and Curt Smith, General Services Administration; Daniel Duncan and Bob Maki, U.S. Army; David Sponn, U.S. Postal Service; Elbert Tschoepe, U.S. Air Force; and William York, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.