REDUCING CONSTRUCTION COSTS: USES OF BEST DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICES BY PROJECT OWNERS
PROCEEDINGS REPORT
FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL TECHNICAL REPORT No. 149
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, D.C.
www.nap.edu
NOTICE
The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC 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, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of Federal facilities. The sponsor agencies are the:
Architect of the Capitol
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Department of Commerce, Office of Real Estate
Department of Defense, Defense Facilities Directorate
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration
Department of Energy, Office of Engineering and Construction Management
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard
Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard
Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer
Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Department of the Interior, Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering and Real Property Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory
Smithsonian Institution, Facilities Engineering and Operations
U.S. Postal Service, Engineering Division
As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Because these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFC publications rather than NRC publications.
For additional information on the FFC program and its reports, visit the Web site at www.nationalacademies.org/ffc; write to Director, Federal Facilities Council, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 967, Washington, DC 20001; or call 202-334-3374.
Printed in the United States of America 2007
Acknowledgments
The Federal Facilities Council thanks the forum participants for giving generously of their time and for sharing their expertise, views, and opinions through briefings and discussions. Mr. James Groton, Mr. James Slaughter, and RADM Jack Buffington of the National Academy of Construction deserve special recognition for their efforts in planning, organizing, and bringing the forum and this report to fruition.
