United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-09-05 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-823 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823 P0b002ee180398a9d f:d03823 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823 GAO-03-823 Construction costs Data collection Facility construction Human resources utilization Parking facilities Planning Projections Federal facility planning Policies and procedures Other Written Product A07172

In the mid-1990s, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Kennedy Center) officials recognized a need for additional parking and better site access. As a precursor to a planned project to construct an 8-acre plaza and two additional buildings at the site, the Kennedy Center is currently in the process of constructing a garage expansion and site improvement project. GAO did this study because of congressional concerns over project delays and costs as well as challenges that the Kennedy Center faces as it pursues this major construction effort. GAO's objectives were to (1) compare the garage expansion and site improvement project's current costs, time frames, and scope with the estimates provided to congressional stakeholders in 1997 and 1998 and (2) identify what challenges the Kennedy Center faces in managing large construction projects. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823.pdf GAO-03-823 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-823 Other Written Product GAO-03-823; Kennedy Center: Improvements Needed to Strengthen the Management and Oversight of the Construction Process; Construction costs Data collection Facility construction Human resources utilization Parking facilities Planning Projections Federal facility planning Policies and procedures Title 20 Section 76i 20 U.S.C. 76i Volume 117 Page 11 117 Stat. 11 Public Law 108-7