Defense Infrastructure: DOD's 2013 Facilities Corrosion Study Addressed Reporting Elements
Abstract
annually to prevent and mitigate corrosion of its assets, including military equipment, weapons, and facilities and other infrastructure.1 While the vast majority of these costs are related to corrosion issues on military equipment and weapons, the cost of corrosion at DOD facilities and other infrastructure2 was estimated to be about $1.9 billion annually.3 Corrosion is defined in Section 2228 of Title 10 of the United States Code as the deterioration of a material or its properties due to a reaction of that material with its chemical environment. DOD manages more than 555,000 facilities including barracks, commissaries, data centers, office buildings, laboratories, maintenance depots, storage tanks, and piers and linear structures, such as pipelines, roads, and runways, at more than 5,000 sites that cover more than 28 million acres. In its report accompanying HR 1540, a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,4 the House Armed Services Committee directed DOD s Director of the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight (hereafter referred to as the Corrosion Office) to conduct an evaluation of corrosion matters related to the department s facilities and infrastructure, specifying that the study should (1) identify the key cost drivers5 for corrosion associated with facilities and infrastructure and recommend strategies for reducing their effect; (2) review a sampling of facilities that are representative of facility type, military department, and facility age; (3) include an assessment of at least one planned facility construction program; and (4) include information obtained from site visits and the examination of program documentation, including maintenance and facility engineering processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 27, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA598637
Entities
People
- Amie Steele
- Carleen Bennett
- Carol Dawn Petersen
- Clarine Allen
- Mark Dowling
- Mark Wielgoszynski
- Nicole Harris
- Richard Powelson
- Terry Richardson
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office