The U.S. Air Force is held to stringent requirements when it comes to designing and building new facilities. Military construction bills must be approved by the United States Congress with full accounting of expenditures. As such, managing the costs, coordinating schedules and delivering projects on time is critical to the efficient and success management of these programs.
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“MOCA provides a good basis to help us begin the actual design of the project while establishing a better cost estimate that we can then reapply to our programming documents, which eventually go before Congress. The cost and accuracy of the tool helps us go to Capital Hill with great confidence.”
MOCA can provide this cost and schedule information very early on in the process, whereas an architectural/engineering (A/E) firm runs early cost estimates off of what we call parametric models. These are generated based on total square footage in a facility, for example. This model does not account for a hike in construction material prices or adjust for various labor environments. The MOCA model helps the Air Force consider all factors early on in the process.”
Chief of Military Design and Construction, USAF Air Mobility Command HQ
