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DESIGN-BUILD: NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS
Pages 76-83

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... Within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) , new contracting approaches include privatization, especially for housing; the use of various indefinite delivery contracting approaches for design services; the bundling of two or more projects together in a single design andfor construction contract; and designbuild.
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From page 77...
... We were to consolidate critical engineering functions in a single building at the adjacent Pacific Seabees base. The facility will house many diverse technical functions as well as provide engineering office space for five major departments.
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From page 78...
... In the best value approach, the technical selection factors must accurately reflect facility requirements. Based on these factors, a respondent is selected from among all respondents, based on a combination of price and technical solution (or best value)
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From page 79...
... Our final REP even beat the 25 pages; we did it in 18 pages. For the technical design requirements, we identified four basic kinds of functional space that we needed: engineering and administrative office space, a small amount of wet and dry bench laboratory space, indoor highbay industrial area where we could do research and which had utilities on 79
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From page 80...
... The military base had a Spanish Colonial We wanted a design that was compatible with the adjacent station environment, including the headquarters building and the proposed Naval Reserve Center, while still distinctive in its own right. We also wanted laboratory, office, and lay-down spaces to show good integration, relationships, and work flow patterns.
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From page 81...
... This Evaluated Total Cost was then used as project cost in the price analysis required under source selection procedures for best value determination. The fourth barrier we confronted was how to limit the burden on proposers.
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From page 82...
... The project utilities, site preparation, and foundation work were all underway while final design of the building was being completed. Interior layout and finishing schemes followed.
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From page 83...
... r would emphasize again that the quality of a facility does not reduce simply to meeting schedule and budget, but must be understood also in terms of the productivity and pleasure of those who use it. Let me sum up by noting the comments of one of our senior engineering directors offer in the Navy Yard.
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Key Terms

  • naval facilities
  • technical evaluation
  • port hueneme
  • evaluation factors
  • center headquarters

  • office space
  • design quality
  • engineering services
  • indefinite delivery
  • source selection

  • partnering techniques
  • base closure
  • project management
  • time extensions
  • engineering command

  • five major
  • services center
  • laboratory space
  • contracting approaches
  • total cost

  • completion time
  • raised flooring
  • reconfigure office
  • reserve center
  • major departments

  • avoid distracting
  • accurately reflect
  • project utilities
  • facility requirements
  • navy yard


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