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NSIAD-83-21 1 (1983-07-19)

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  NATIONAL SECURITV AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION



     General Billy M. Minter
     Commander in Chief
     U.S. Air Forces in Europe
     APO New York 09012


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Improvements Needed In The Air Force's Design
Process For Military Construction Projects
In Europe (GAO/NSIAD-83-21)


Dear General Minter:

     We have reviewed the design process for military construc-
tion projects in Europe. The review was made primarily at each
of the services' design agents that are responsible for the
design and construction of all Department of Defense projects
within their designated geographic areas of Europe--Army Corps
of Engineers' Engineering Division, Frankfurt, Germany; Naval
Facilities Engineering Command's Office in Charge of Construc-
tion, Madrid, Spain; and U.S. Air Force 7502 Civil Engineering
Squadron, Ruislip, England.

     During our review, we identified certain problems that we
believe warrant your attention and corrective action:

     --The lack of emphasis given to the use of value engineer-
       ing in the design of Air Force military construction
       projects in Europe.

     --Design agencies were not assuring that proposed
       Air Force construction projects meet the congressional
       goal for projects to be at the 35 percent design stage
       when submitted to the Congress for authorization and
       funding.

VALUE ENGINEERING STUDIES ON PROJECTS

     The goal of value engineering is to assure that a pro-
ject's required function is met at the lowest cost consistent
with performance, reliability, and maintainability. To



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