Accession Number:

ADA331781

Title:

Comparison of Navy and Private-Sector Construction Costs

Descriptive Note:

Final rept

Corporate Author:

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST MCLEAN VA

Personal Author(s):

• Cassell, Jordan W.
• Campbell, Robert D.
• Jung, Paul D.

Report Date:

1997-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

Each year, the Department of the Navy, through the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, contracts for military construction projects at a cost exceeding 2 billion. Congressional committees and Navy customers have expressed concern about whether the costs of facilities constructed under NAVFAC contracts are comparable to private-sector construction costs. This report compares those costs. The report includes a description of the methodology used to ensure that the comparisons were valid. The study focused on analyzing comparable types of facilities and properly accounting for the additional costs of complying with federal contracting requirements as compared with the costs of similar projects completed under typical private-sector contracts. The study found that the costs of facilities constructed under Navy contracts compare favorably to private-sector construction costs for similar facilities. Moreover, the Navys construction costs are lower than those of other federal agencies and of state and local governments.

Descriptors:

• *CONSTRUCTION
• *NAVAL PROCUREMENT
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• COMPARISON
• COSTS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE