MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE: Real Property Management Needs Improvement
Abstract
According to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the military services are collectively responsible for maintaining more real property than any other entity in the world-more than 320,000 buildings (with about 2.1 billion square feet), tens of thousands of miles of roads, and 1.1 million square yards of pavement (like runways). DOD estimates the plant replacement values (PRV) of this property at more than $500 billion. RPM-which includes daily maintenance, small repairs, and minor construction (projects under $500,000 or environmental and health projects under $1 million) -is funded through the O&M account. Facilities maintained by the O&M RPM funds include the services' barracks, administrative space, classrooms, ports, hangars and runways, roads and railroads, day care centers, schools and churches, and utility structures and systems (but not the cost of utilities' consumption). RPM for family housing, many industrial-related and military medical facilities is funded by separate accounts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA369108
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office