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Title |
| Date June 23, 1992 |
Report No. T-GGD-92-55 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat lOk0 a.m. EDT Tuesday June 23,1992 Testimony
Before the Subcommitteeon Legislation and National Security Committee on GovernmentOperations House of Representatives VALUEENGINEERING Usefulness Well Established When Applied Appropriately
Statementof L. Nye Stevens,Director GovernmentBusinessOperationsIssues General Governm... |
| Date March 8, 1991 |
Report No. GGD-91-61 |
Title
-1-1---. --..w..mm-F March 199 1 N A V Y O F F ICE S P A C E C o st E s ti m a te fo r C o n solidati n g th e N a val Syste m s Commands May Be High 143430 ~--- G A o /(;ciI)-!~ l-~ i 1 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-243108 March 8, 1991 The Honorable John Warner United States Senate The Honorable Frank Wolf House of Representative... |
| Date Oct. 27, 1988 |
Report No. NSIAD-89-16 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 1988 Report to the Honorable William Proxmire, U.S. Senate ARMY CONSTRUCTION Some Vehicle Wash Facility Designs Can Be Modified to Save Money RELEASED
METR~CTED-Not bereleased to
outside the Clend Accounting Office except on the basis of the specific m by the office of Congressimd Relstions. GAO/NSlAD-89-16 ch3b4-i
/ -7-7 3ci i Purpose Since 197... |
| Date March 29, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-96 |
Title
United Sltatee Geneml Accounting Ofilce Report to the Honorable Bill Schuette, House of Representatives March l#M BRIDGE SAFETY Structural Soundness
of the Zilwaukee Bridge GAO United States General Accounting Office
~- Detroit Regional Office Room 866 Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building 477 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI 48226 B-215223 March 29, 1988 The Honorable Bill Schuette House of Representat... |
| Date July 16, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-85 |
Title
. BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Greater Use Of Value Engineering Has The Potential To Save Millions On Wastewater Treatment Projects
Value engineering is a method of analyzing a product or service so that its function can be provided at the lowest possible overall cost without sacrificing quality. When applied to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) c... |
| Date April 5, 1985 |
Report No. GGD-85-44 |
Title
1 BY THE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum United States Senate Information an The Use (% Value Engineering .‘ln Federal Design ,&‘nd Construction
Senator Kassebaum requested an assessment, based on prior GAO work, on the potential benefits of the increased use of value engineering--a systematic process for reducing life-cycle costs--in federal constru... |
| Date Nov. 2, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-85-14 |
Title
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Greater Use Of Value Engineering Has The Potential To Save The Department Of Transportation Millions In Construction Costs
Value englneoring is a scientific method of analyzing a product or service so that its function can be provrtled at the lowest possible overall cost. When r~ppl~t?cl to Departrnent of Transportation federal-aid corlstruction programs, ... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1983 |
Report No. AFMD-83-78 |
Title
REF'ORTBY THEU.S. General Accounting Office
Value Engineering Should Be Improved As Part Of The Defense Department’s Approach To Reducing Acquisition Cost
Value engineering, a technique for reducing cost and improving productivity, has been used by Defense for 20 years. Recently, the Department has stressed this technique to reduce weapon systems acquisition costs under defense contracts. Althou... |
| Date Aug. 17, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-165 |
Title
Report To The Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr. United States Senate early Decisions And Delays On The Zilwaukee, Michigan, Bridge Project
Zilwaukee Bridge project on Interstate ear Saginaw, Michigan, has been conersial since its inception. The $81 milproject, which is 90 percent federally ed, has been plagued by delays, revier difficulties. In August , a construction mishap caused a near Ilapse, an... |
| Date July 19, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-21 |
Title
a
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20548 NkflONAl
tNTtRNATlONAL 8LCUlllW
&ffAIR8 AND
DlVllfON General Billy M. Minter Commander in Chief U.S. Air Forces in Europe APO New York 09012 Subject: Improvements Needed In The Air Force's Design Process For Military Construction Projects In Europe (GAO/NSIAD-83-21) Minter: Dear General We have reviewed the design process for militar... |
| Date July 19, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-22 |
Title
03.
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 NATIONAL INTLINATIONAL EECURITV AMA1118 AN0 DIVI8IoN General George K. Withers, Jr. Commander U.S. Army Engineer Division, Europe APO New York 09757
Subject: Improvements Needed in the Army's For Military Construction Projects (GAO/NSIAD-83-22) Withers: Design Process In Europe Dear General 'We have reviewed the design process for m... |
| Date May 11, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-127 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-211694 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. John 0. Marsh, of the Army
Jr. 121355 MAY II,1983 Secretary: 'Water Resource Construction Costs Could Be Reduced if Value Engineering Were Applied to More Designs and Applied Earlier in the Design Process (GAO/RCED-83-127) . Subject: S... |
| Date April 26, 1983 |
Report No. B-211567 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMtC DEVELOPMENT DIVtSION April 26, 1983 B-21 1567 Mr. Robert H. McManus Associate Administrator for Grants Management Administration Urban Mass Transportation Department of Transportation Dear Mr. McManus: Subject: UMTA could take steps to reduce costs development of light rail projects: 121319 in the Lar... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-34 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Value Engineering Has The Potential To Reduce Mass Transit Construction
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) could achieve substantial savings by applying value engineering to the design of federally funded rail and bus construction projects. Value engineering, a cost-control program, assures that a proje... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1982 |
Report No. 120021 |
Title
4’ w t a042 I
STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, UNITED ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20648 OFFICE RLSOURCEII. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OIVISION December The Honorable Robert N. Broadbent Commfeeioner, Bureau of Reclamation Department of the Interior
Dear 1, 1982 Mr. Broadbent: Potential Exists to Reduce Construction Costs Through More Effective Promotion of the Value Engineering Incentive Program lllal II... |
| Date March 19, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-57 |
Title
OFFICE ~UIWEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LI you asked us to investigate In your June 23, 1981, letter, whether K.I.M. and Associates, Westlake Village, California, is entitled to a monetary award under the Value Engineering Program. K”1.M. developed a modification kit that increases the life of the pressure vacuum pump used in certain Navy ground support equipment. K.I.M. su... |
| Date June 11, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-90 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT ACQUlSlTlON AND SYSTEMS DIVISION June 11, 1979 B-193530 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Richard Senate Schweiker: S. Schweiker This is in reply to your December 19, 1978, request on behalf of Dr. Lewis B. Udis, President of Alan Scott IndusI tries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You asked us to review a voluminous ser... |
| Date Nov. 16, 1977 |
Report No. PSAD-78-5 |
Title
DOCO4MT RB"INI 04145 - (B32144175] Department of Defense .Vlue dring frOt ds Voed: To. ! Management Support. PAD-7i ; . 65 167. ~vamb~E, '.6, 19g7. 40
pp. + 2 appendices (Q pp.). Report to the Joqgress; by Ener B. :Stats, Comptrce.llex General. Issue Area: Federal Prok:urrm'nt of (soeds and Sjrvic"s (1900i; Federal Procurement of g(ods a. c;m: oti.y'ng the Corgress of Status of IXportgnt Procureme... |
| Date May 6, 1974 |
Report No. B-163762 |
Title
REP0 TO THE CONGRESSOqr
LM095887 l~~llMlllllllllllll Need For Increased Use Of Value Engineering, A Proven Cost Saving Technique, In Federal Construction
B-163762 Multiagency BY THE COMPTROLLJZR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES @DMPTRdJ..ER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. t%
D.C. tHE UNITED
20548 STATES B-163762 $ To the Speaker President of the of the House of Senate and the Representatives the need for cost sav... |
| Date Jan. 4, 1973 |
Report No. B-176575 |
Title
B-176575 Dear Mr. ,.s’; L L’II -u Chairman: Your letter dated November 2, 1972, requested that we verify w-r the Federal,. ..%.*rinkbnu~ .Procurement, 4-“lrrX .Re~81,atio,ns,. proh,ibi t -.-.,.,UW&* .a,%..-/bw. .~,.,.rii~~..“,,..~~~.,~,~,,, *. aLwa&d,i,ng. ,.,c,o,ntr_a.c,ts for s erv.i.cesLef, the, ty, e in ,wh.ichti,Lvadue ,,,..,_ * eering m%LCIIJln1, .,~.W”.iW?~11.,,t*v,, j?,.r;w,! % c... |
| Date May 10, 1972 |
Report No. B-118779 |
Title
llllllllllll~lll~llllllllllllllllllllIIllll (----------LM096576 / Maritime Administration Department of Commerce COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED
20148 STATES D.C. B-118779 Dear Mr. Winn: This is our report, pursuant to your request of October 6, 1971,m of the Maritime Administration, Departon our review .of the reasons ment of Commerce, for discontinuing the requirement that a valuee... |
| Date Nov. 18, 1971 |
Report No. B-174161 |
Title
. REBSTrECTD. _t. Aceountirg QffI4t Wet hs . .. esxsept onl the ba .
ravl "y tbO Offt" Of Cong"/ 16/ IN f - v B-174161 uv 1 8 1371 Dear Mrs. Heckler: This is in response to your request of September 16, 1971, that we consider a value-engineering proposal submitted by Mr. Louis S. Alongi, Attleboro, Massachusetts. Value -engineering is an extremely worthwhile program designed to achieve savings in ... |
