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Procedures Used by Federal Agencies to Prepare Budget Estimates for Construction (1987) / Chapter Skim
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'Budget Estimating in the Air Force'
Pages 5-8

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... Air Force Logistics Command This paper on budget estimating is prepared from the perspective of one of the major commands in the Air Force, the Air Force Logistic Command (AFLC) , and its subordinate bases.
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... All reasons for the cost difference from DoD/AF pricing guides also are documented. Budget cost information obtained from the DoD/AF pricing guides works well on typical administration and operational type buildings.
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... The readily available price manuals such as Means and Dodge effectively supplement locally developed unit prices. Unit prices used for budget purposes on the O&M program improve as a local data base expands.
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