Milan Srskic, CCM, FHFI

Acting Chief, Project Management Service

Office of Construction and Facilities Management

Mission• Planning, design, construction and lease

management for major projects (over $10M)

• Develop design & construction standards for VA

• Historic preservation, NEPA compliance, etc.

• High quality, cost effective facilities

Vision/Goals

• Business leadership, expertise, advice for facilities projects; CFM is VA’s in-house CM “firm”

• Focus resources to support VA asset management

• Promote continuous improvement

Human Capital Strategies• A major transformation and improvement, moving to

an enterprise-wide, rather than fragmented model for facility management

• Moving more functions to field offices, including contracting, planning, tech support

• All project management to be done in field offices; Program Management (PM) in Central Office.

Opportunities & Challenges• VA using Agency CM firms since FY2006• Constructability reviews, market surveys,

estimates, value engineering, phasing, construction administration; local market knowledge essential

• Individual CM firms for very large projects. Six IDIQ CM contracts.

• Exploring other options for CM/PM use

Project Delivery Methods

• Evaluated during planning process and acquisition strategy development

• Design-Bid-Build most utilized method, and likely to remain so.

• Best Value (FAR 15) selection – no sealed bid utilized

Design-Build• Usually for less complex projects, but have done an

operating room renovation by DB. • One- and two-step processes used• Currently re-evaluating to improve DB• Constraints on use of DB – lack of full funding, NEPA and

historic compliance requirements , site acquisition issues, etc.

Integrated Design/Construct

• FAR 16.403.2, fixed price incentive (successive targets) contracts

• Constraints– Complying with competition requirements– Meeting socio-economic goals– Availability of trained VA staff

• Contractor selection at end of schematic

FY 2011 Budget

• $1B for major construction, including:– New Orleans medical facility, $310M– Denver facility, $450.7M– Palo Alto polytrauma/ambulatory, $30M– Alameda Point, outpatient clinic and

columbarium, $17.3M

FY 2011 Budget

• Major construction (cont’d)– Omaha replacement facility, $56M design– L.A. National Cemetery, $27.6M– Indiantown Gap, PA cemetery, $23.5M– Tacoma, WA, cemetery $25.8M

Future Funding & ARRA

• No major construction projects in ARRA

• CFM not affected by reporting requirements.

• Anticipate future funding at around $1B per year.

BIM• VA wants to use and reap benefits – required on all major

projects since FY2009• VA required Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) compliant

parametric BIM• “Major” construction = >$10M• New VA BIM Guide online soon at:

http://www.cfm.va.gov/TIL

Commissioning• Federal mandates apply for sustainability and energy

reduction• VA requires compliance with VA Directive 0055 (April 2010)

available at:http://www.cfm.va.gov/til/sustain.asp

• LEED Silver or two Green Globes• VA uses independent commissioning agent

Electronic PM & Tech

• No current unified electronic project management system

• Various systems now in use

• VA exploring enterprise-wide solutions as part of the transformation initiative

Doing Business with VA

• A/E Opportunities are listed at http://www.cfm.va.gov/contract/forecastAE.asp

• Construction opportunities are listed at http://www.cfm.va.gov/contract/forecastCC.asp

• Current contracts on FedBizOps.