Alternative Approaches to Operating and Maintaining Recreation Areas.
Abstract
This document summarizes the findings and conclusions of the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) research project, ''Cost Efficiency of Methods of Operating and Maintaining Corps Recreation Areas.'' It consolidates the findings of three separate but closely related substudies comprising the project. The substudies were: an identification of existing approaches used within the Corps for conducting operation and maintenance (O/M) activities; documentation and comparison of costs incurred with O/M activities; and (c) development of a methodology for the preparation of O/M performance standards. Although the findings were somewhat inconclusive about O/M costs, they suggest that contracting is more often cost efficient than conducting O/M activities with in-house resources, particularly under conditions of high overall project visitation and high levels of overnight use It was undetermined whether the contract or in-house approach was more cost efficient under conditions of low overall visitation. In suggesting a methodology for local preparation of O/M performance standards, it was concluded that qualitative indicators as well as the amounts of manpower, time, equipment, and supplies and the associated costs should be delineated for specific work tasks. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA125745
Entities
People
- Walter H. Bumgardner