ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL UTILITY SYSTEMS ON U.S. NAVY INSTALLATIONS TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM TIMING FOR RECAPITALIZATION

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dc.contributor.advisorSingh, Amarjit
dc.contributor.otherAkiona, Randall
dc.contributor.otherRobertson, Ian
dc.coverage.spatialWorldwide
dc.creatorAderibigbe, Keji
dc.creatorSingh, Amarjit
dc.creatorAkiona, Randall
dc.creatorRobertson, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T01:42:44Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T01:42:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractThe Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) is responsible for providing Facility Management and Sustainment (FM&S) services for all U.S. Navy installations worldwide. A critical element of this service is maintaining critical utility infrastructure that is key to operating these installations. Currently, most of the critical utility infrastructure systems – electrical, potable water, and wastewater – on U.S. Navy installations are near or past their useful life. When infrastructure start to degrade, the U.S. Navy allocate funds for recapitalization, but budget constraints have made it difficult to predict the timing of this investment and so facility managers must determine how to best extend the life of their utility infrastructure. The purpose of this report is to conduct an analysis of NAVFAC’s preventive maintenance (PM) strategy, performance, and U.S. Navy’s utility infrastructure investment by: • Analyzing the PM strategies NAVFAC uses for facility maintenance on U.S. Navy installations. • Researching PM strategies used in the facility management industry. • Analyzing the PM completion rates for utility systems on U.S. Navy Installations. • Analyzing the level of investment that the U.S. Navy’s provides for maintenance of utility systems. • Determine the optimum time for investing in the recapitalization of critical utility systems at U.S. Navy installations. The methodology used for this report analyzed different processes and reviewed data for the items associated with the report’s objective. The methods include: • Interviewing facility management teams within NAVFAC to determine the PM strategies used at their installations. • Interviewing facility managers outside the Department of Defense to determine their organization’s maintenance strategy and use it as a point of comparison. • Reviewing data on the condition of critical utility systems on U.S. Navy installations. • Reviewing data of PM completion across the NAVFAC enterprise to determine if NAVFAC is meeting its 100% PM completion goal. • Reviewing data on the historical level of U.S. Navy’s investment for critical utility systems, to determine if it is adequate to maintain the systems. The analysis used data obtained from NAVFAC’s electronic facility management systems, and the notes from interviews conducted with facility managers at various U.S. Navy installations. Based on this analysis, the key findings of this report are: • NAVFAC-managed critical utility systems are old; with some past their useful life. • NAVFAC uses a combination of maintenance strategies to maintain its utility systems. • NAVFAC does not meet its PM completion goals. • Maintenance investment from the U.S. Navy is not adequate to maintain the systems. • The timing to receive funding for recapitalization is unpredictable, and utility systems do not compete well for funding during the project prioritization process. Based on these findings, some recommendations for prolonging the life of critical infrastructure and receiving funding for recapitalization include: • Incorporating elements of different maintenance strategies into NAVFAC’s PM strategy. • Addressing staffing issues to increase PM completion. • Advocating for increase in sustainment funding. • Advocating for increase in weighted priorities in the decision lens model, to increase the chances of utility infrastructure projects being selected for funding. • Advocating for targeted funding for recapitalization of utility infrastructure Navy wide. The optimum time to invest in recapitalization for critical utility infrastructure is when systems are at the most significant risk of failure – as determined by the facility condition assessment tools used by NAVFAC. However, the reality of funding unpredictability means that NAVFAC must implement a well-disciplined PM program to help extend the life of critical infrastructure and mitigate the risks associated with projects not being selected for funding during the project prioritization process.
dc.formatTechnical Report
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/108161
dc.languageeng
dc.subjectNAVFAC
dc.subjectNaval Facility
dc.subjectPreventive Maintenance
dc.subjectCondition-based Maintenance (CBM)
dc.subjectRecaptilization
dc.subjectMeasuring System Performance
dc.subjectReliability
dc.subjectAvailability
dc.subjectReliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
dc.subjectCorrective Maintenance
dc.subjectFacility Management and Sustainment (FM&S)
dc.titleANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL UTILITY SYSTEMS ON U.S. NAVY INSTALLATIONS TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM TIMING FOR RECAPITALIZATION
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