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Clarenc. Cannon Dam and Reservoir: Cost, Schedule, and Safety
Problems. PSID-77-131; B-181997. jujy !8, 1977. 17 pp. + 3
appendices (6 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and S.;rvices: Notifying
the Cogress of Status of Important Procurement Programs
(1905); Water and Water Related Programs (2500).
Contact: Procureaent and Systems Acqisition Div.
Budget Function: Naturel Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Water ResourcRs and Power (301).
Organization Concerned: Department of the Army: Corps of
Engineers; Office of Management and Budget.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Public Works and
Transportation; Senate Committee on Public Works; Congress.
Authority: Flood Control Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-874).
The cost of the Clarence Cannon Dam and Rese-voir
project has more than tripled since 1962, primarily because of
inflation and estimating and design refinemeVLE. Scheduled
completion has been delayed 8 years. Findings/Couclusions: In
1964, the estimated project cost was $63.3 million. The estimate
has now increased to '232 million. Certain estimates still lack
supporting data, and others appear too high because they contain
an excessive anount for contingencies. About half cf the delays
in project completion was due to funding restrictions imposed by
Corps of Engineers Headquarters or by the Office of Management
and Budget. Other delays resulted from reassessment of
construction schedules and from difficulties in negotiating with
the State on road relocation designs. The main dam may not bL as
safe as planned because defective fill material was used in the
foundation. Recommendations: The Secretary of the Army should:
have the corps reviov and strengthen its cost estimating
procedures to develop more realistic estimates; identify for
Congress those corps projects involving construction factors,
such as avai.,,,.ility of long leadtime items, which are
particularly sensitive to schedule delays; and obtain an
evaluatin. *f the overall safety of the project from an expert,
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