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      Emerging Information Technologies for Facilities Owners: Research and Practical Applications: Symposium Proceedings

      National Research Council,Federal Facilities Council,Federal Facilities Council,Federal Facilities Council Technical Report No. 144,National Academy of Sciences

      Available and emerging information technologies hold the promise of enhancing the quality of federal workplaces; supporting worker productivity; improving capital asset management, programming, and decision making; reducing project delivery time…

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      Deferred Maintenance Reporting for Federal Facilities: Meeting the Requirements of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Standard Number 6, as Amended

      Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Operations and Maintenance,Federal Facilities Council

      In 1996 the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) 1 enacted Standard Number 6, Accounting for Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E), the first government-wide initiative requiring federal agencies to report…

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      Key Performance Indicators for Federal Facilities Portfolios: Federal Facilities Council

      John H. Cable,Jocelyn S. Davis,Federal Facilities Council Ad Hoc,Committee on Performance Indicators for Federal Real Property Asset Management,National Research Council

      More than 30 federal departments and agencies with a range of missions and programs manage large inventories of facilities, also called portfolios. This study lays out a framework for developing…

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      Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies for Decision Making: Conference Proceedings

      Federal Facilities Council,Federal Facilities Council Technical Report No. 143,National Academy of Sciences

      Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies for Decision Making

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      Competition in the Electric Industry: Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Risks for Facility Operators

      Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Operations and Maintenance,Federal Facilities Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners

      Federal Facilities Council Technical Report No. 149,National Research Council

      The National Academy of Construction (NAC) has determined that disputes, and their accompanying inefficiencies and costs, constitute a significant problem for the industry. In 2002, the NAC assessed the industry’s…

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      Adding Value to the Facility Acquisition Process: Best Practices for Reviewing Facility Designs

      Ralph S. Spillinger,Federal Facilities Council,Standing Committee on Organizational Performance and Metrics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Identifies a range of practices and technologies that can be used by federal agencies and other owners to provide adequate management and oversight of design reviews throughout the facility acquisition…

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      Environmental Management Systems and ISO 14001: Federal Facilities Council Report No. 138

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Federal Facilities Council

      In 1996, the Federal Facilities Council (FFC), which operates under the aegis of the National Research Council, established a standing committee on Environmental Engineering with the express purpose of providing…

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      Federal Facilities Beyond the 1990s: Ensuring Quality in an Era of Limited Resources:: Summary of a Symposium

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Federal Facilities Council,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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      Linking the Construction Industry: Electronic Operation and Maintenance Manuals: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Federal Facilities Council,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,National Academy of Sciences

      Public agencies, private corporations, nonprofit institutions, and other organizations regularly invest millions of dollars in acquiring buildings and other constructed facilities to support their lines of business. For this investment…

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      Government/Industry Forum on Capital Facilities and Core Competencies: Summary Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Federal Facilities Council

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      Outsourcing Management Functions for the Acquisition of Federal Facilities

      Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced…

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      Investments in Federal Facilities: Asset Management Strategies for the 21st Century

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Committee on Business Strategies for Public Capital Investment,National Academy of Sciences

      There is a growing litany of problems with federal facilities that put a drain on the federal budget and compromise the effectiveness of federal services. This report presents a review…

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      Predicting Outcomes from Investments in Maintenance and Repair for Federal Facilities

      Committee on Predicting Outcomes of Investments in Maintenance and Repair for Federal Facilities,National Research Council

      The deteriorating condition of federal facilities poses economic, safety, operational, and environmental risks to the federal government, to the achievement of the missions of federal agencies, and to the achievement…

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      Expansion Joints in Buildings

      Standing Committee on Structural Engineering of the Federal Construction Council,Building Research Advisory Board,Federal Facilities Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      Many factors affect the amount of temperature-induced movement that occurs in a building and the extent to which this movement can occur before serious damage develops or extensive maintenance is…

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      Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings - Federal Facilities Council Technical Report Number 148

      Federal Facilities Council,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is influenced by building design; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; and construction materials, as well as by building operations, maintenance, and housekeeping procedures. Increasing evidence suggests…

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      Stewardship of Federal Facilities: A Proactive Strategy for Managing the Nation’s Public Assets

      Committee to Assess Techniques for Developing Maintenance and Repair Budgets for Federal Facilities,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The federal government has invested in facilities worldwide to support the provision of government services. This book identifies factors contributing to this deterioration and recommends a framework of strategies to…

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      Starting Smart: Key Practices for Developing Scopes of Work for Facility Projects

      G. Edward Gibson, Jr.,Michael P. Pappas,Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Organizational Performance and Management,Federal Facilities Council,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

      Although most federal facilities projects are successfully completed (i.e., they reasonably meet the agency’s requirements and expectations), the perception is that development of the scope of work for design for…

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      Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services: Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Federal Facilities Council,Standing Committee on Procurement and Contracting

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      Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change

      Committee on High-Performance Green Federal Buildings: Strategies and Approaches for Meeting Federal Objectives,National Research Council

      The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the…

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      Core Competencies for Federal Facilities Asset Management Through 2020: Transformational Strategies

      Committee on Core Competencies for Federal Facilities Asset Management 2005-2020,National Research Council

      The US government is faced with growing challenges to managing its facilities and infrastructure. This study focuses on the people and skills that may be needed to manage federal facilities…

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      Protection of Federal Office Buildings Against Terrorism

      Building Research Board,Committee on the Protection of Federal Facilities Against Terrorism,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council

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      The Future of Federal Household Surveys: A Workshop Summary

      National Research Council

      Federal household surveys today face several significant challenges including: increasing costs of data collection, declining response rates, perceptions of increasing response burden, inadequate timeliness of estimates, discrepant estimates of key…

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      Cooperative Stewardship: Managing the Nation’s Multidisciplinary User Facilities for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons, and High Magnetic Fields

      Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request by the federal agencies involved in funding and…

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      Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations

      Committee on Risk Appraisal in the Development of Facilities Design Criteria,National Research Council

      Risk analysis offers improved overall safety of new and existing facilities. This book considers engineering risk analysis applications to the field of building safety. It helps facility professionals, policymakers, and…

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