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Title

  • Main Title Office of Inspector General report on audit of renovation and new construction projects at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Inspector General.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Western Regional Audit Office
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 1997-06-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The Oakland Operations Office (Oakland) is responsible for acquiring facilities needed to satisfy mission needs and to do so at the least cost to the Department of Energy (Department). The objective of the audit was to determine if proposed renovation and new construction projects at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore) met mission needs while minimizing cost to the Government. In pursuing three projects, estimated to cost over $78 million, Livermore had not demonstrated that it had selected the best alternatives for meeting the Department`s needs while minimizing cost. Livermore was able to pursue these projects because Oakland did not ensure that the laboratory had performed cost and benefit analyses of all alternatives. Further, Oakland did not establish benchmarks to assess the reasonableness of the total costs of designing, constructing, and managing these projects. As a result, it was likely that the Department was spending more than necessary on renovation and new construction projects at Livermore. Although the projects met mission needs, it was recommended that the Manager, Oakland: (1) require Livermore to perform analyses of expected costs and benefits for alternatives; (2) evaluate the adequacy of Livermore`s cost and benefit analyses of alternatives; (3) establish benchmarks based on industry and other government agency cost data to assess the reasonableness of Livermore`s total design, construction, and project management costs; and (4) select the alternative that meets established needs at the least cost to the Government. Oakland agreed with the recommendations and will implement them starting with the Fiscal Year 1999 project submission and validation.
  • Physical Description: 18 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Modifications
  • Keyword: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Keyword: Construction
  • Keyword: Economics
  • STI Subject Categories: 99 Mathematics, Computers, Information Science, Management, Law, Miscellaneous
  • Keyword: Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Keyword: Cost
  • Keyword: Audits

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: 5 Jun 1997

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: TI97006971
  • Report No.: WR-B--97-06
  • DOI: 10.2172/495760
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 495760
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc687598

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as TI97006971
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