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Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates

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Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates per the GAO. DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates GAO-18-101: Published: Mar 27, 2018. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2018. GAO DOD Cost Estimating.

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Area Cost Factors – Not a viable for Federal Construction Cost Estimating?

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Should Areas Cost Factors be used for Construction Cost Estimating? As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the federal government is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) variances.

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors

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As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An The JDIG was approved by the state’s Economic Investment Committee.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

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We previously reported in 2018 on these unreliable data and made 15 SMS is a tool for asset life-cycle management that produces multi-year condition trends and investment requirements. released and first version commercially available 2003: NAVY funds development of BUILDER 3.0 (web-based

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New Partnership Encourages Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure

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In the wake of 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a green infrastructure financing guide was released by the NatLab consortium—a collaboration between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and The Nature Conservancy, and sustainable asset management firm EKO Asset Management Partners. Seattle: $24-30 million from 2012-2018.

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New Partnership Releases Guide To Stimulate Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure

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In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a new green infrastructure financing guide was released by the NatLab consortium—a collaboration between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Nature Conservancy , and sustainable asset management firm EKO Asset Management Partners. Kansas City, Mo.: