UFC 3-701-06
30 March 2006
CHAPTER 3 UNIT COSTS FOR DOD FACILITIES COST MODELS
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OVERVIEW
This chapter describes the unit costs used in support of DoD facilities costs
models. These cost factors are intended for macro-level analysis and planning
and should not be used for individual facilities or project estimates.
The unit costs are based upon facility classifications defined by the DoD Real
Property Classification System (RPCS), a hierarchical scheme of real property
types and functions that serves as the framework for identifying, categorizing,
and modeling the department's inventory of land and facilities around the world.
This scheme is comprised of a 5-tier structure represented by numerical codes,
with 1-digit codes being the most general and 5- or 6-digit codes representing the
most specific types of facilities. The RPCS is available on the web at:
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/irm/ProgramAnalysis_Budget/ToolAndMetrics/RPCS/RPCS.htm.
At the most detailed level, each Military Department has established its own set
of 5-digit (Army, Navy) or 6-digit (Air Force) numerical codes--commonly known
as facility Category Codes--to represent each type of facility in its inventory.
Category codes are generally similar but not identical between the Military
Departments. Because of these differences, and to allow consistent macro-level
analysis and planning across all of the Military Departments, DoD established a
higher-level facility classification that groups facilities with similar functions and
units of measure from each Military Department into common Facility Analysis
Categories (FACs). FACs are represented by a 4-digit code. Successively
larger groupings of facility types are represented by 3-, 2-, and 1-digit numerical
classifications.
The RPCS structure is numerically consistent between the 1-digit level and the 4-
digit level. For example, the Facility Class represented by the code "1" for
"Operation and Training facilities" consists of the 2-, 3-, and 4-digit codes that
also begin with the numeral 1. Likewise, the Category Group represented by the
code "11" for "Airfield Pavements" consists of the 3- and 4-digit codes that also
begin with "11." The exception to this rule is FAC 9999, "Not real property,"
which has no two-or three-digit counterparts.
This structure does not always extend to the 5- or 6-digit Military Department
category codes. These categories are assigned to 4-digit Facility Analysis
Categories based upon function, unit of measure, and related considerations.
Because of variations in Military Department numbering schemes, however, the
first 4 digits of some category codes do not match the 4-digit FACs to which they
are assigned
For each FAC, Table 3 identifies the associated cost factors to be used in DoD
facilities cost models and metrics. Whenever possible, cost factors have been
based upon commercial benchmarks.
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