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 2005-09-15 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-1037T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T P0b002ee18037c0c2 f:d051037t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T GAO-05-1037T Schedule slippages Construction contracts Cost analysis Facility construction Contract administration Construction (process) Construction costs Contract oversight Cost overruns Facility management Financial management Government facility construction Capitol Visitor Center Project Testimony A36937 This testimony discusses progress on the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) project. Our remarks will focus on (1) the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) progress in managing the project's schedule since the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on Appropriations' July 14 hearing on the project; (2) our estimate of a general time frame for completing the base project's construction and the preliminary results of our assessment of the risks associated with AOC's July 2005 schedule for the base project; and (3) the project's costs and funding, including the potential impact of scheduling issues on cost. However, we will not, as originally planned, provide specific estimated completion dates because AOC's contractors revised the schedule in August to reflect recent delays, but AOC has not yet evaluated the revised schedule. AOC believes that the time added to the schedule by its contractors is unreasonable. Until AOC completes its evaluation and we assess it, any estimates of specific completion dates are, in our view, tentative and preliminary. Similarly, we will wait until the schedule is stabilized to update our November 2004 estimate of the cost to complete the project. Currently, AOC and its consultant, McDonough Bolyard Peck (MBP), are still developing their cost-to-complete estimates. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T.pdf GAO-05-1037T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1037T Testimony GAO-05-1037T; Capitol Visitor Center: Schedule Delays Continue; Reassessment Underway; Schedule slippages Construction contracts Cost analysis Facility construction Contract administration Construction (process) Construction costs Contract oversight Cost overruns Facility management Financial management Government facility construction Capitol Visitor Center Project Public Law 108-447