A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
GAO's recent reviews of four Corps civil works projects and actions found that the planning studies conducted by the Corps to support these activities were fraught with errors, mistakes, and miscalculations, and used invalid assumptions and outdated data. Generally, GAO found that the Corps' studies understated costs and overstated benefits, and therefore did not provide a reasonable basis for decision-making. In addition, the Corps' three-tiered internal review process did not detect the problems GAO uncovered during its reviews of these analyses, raising concerns about the adequacy of the Corps' internal reviews. The agency agreed with GAO's findings in each of the four reviews. For three projects the Corps has completed a reanalysis to correct errors or is in the process of doing so; it decided not to proceed with the fourth project.
GAO's recent reviews of four Corps civil works projects and actions found that the planning studies conducted by the Corps to support these activities were fraught with errors, mistakes, and miscalculations, and used invalid assumptions and outdated data. Generally, GAO found that the Corps' studies understated costs and overstated benefits, and therefore did not provide a reasonable basis for decision-making. In addition, the Corps' three-tiered internal review process did not detect the problems GAO uncovered during its reviews of these analyses, raising concerns about the adequacy of the Corps' internal reviews. The agency agreed with GAO's findings in each of the four reviews. For three projects the Corps has completed a reanalysis to correct errors or is in the process of doing so; it decided not to proceed with the fourth project.
Corps of Engineers: Observations on Planning and Project Management Processes for the Civil Works Program
A. Mittal (author)
2006
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Management Practice , Military Sciences , Business & Economics , Accountability , Congress , Delaware , Engineers , Flood control , Governments , House of representatives , Management engineering , Management planning and control , National governments , Phase studies , Project management , Public administration , Systems management , United states , United states government
TECHNICAL PAPERS - Condition Index Assessment for US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works
| Online Contents | 1999
TECHNICAL PAPERS - Condition Index Assessment for US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works
| Online Contents | 1999