each category code is assigned. Where a unit of measure of a Military Department category differs from that of the FAC to
which it is assigned, the conversion formula is also displayed in the right column.
For each of nearly four hundred FACs, the "4-digit" table identifies the sustainment and construction cost factors to be used in
DoD facilities cost models and metrics, and the source upon which they are based. Whenever possible, cost factors have been
based upon commercial benchmarks. As with the FACs they represent, these cost factors are intended for macro-level analysis
and planning and are not suitable for individual facilities or projects.
The 4-digit FAC table also includes associated values used to process real property records provided by the Military
Departments. The upper limit value for each FAC is the size which any single facility record in the DoD Facilities Assessment
Database (FAD) may not exceed without being independently validated by the submitting Military Department. Without such
validation, the record size is adjusted to the reset value shown in the adjacent column to prevent inadvertent errors from
biasing calculations.
New In This Version
Incorporates the DoD Real Property Classification System for FY05
Updates cost factors for several facility types (primarily utilities) based upon more reliable data sources
Sustainment Cost Factors
Definition of Facilities Sustainment
Provides resources for maintenance and repair activities necessary to keep a typical inventory of facilities in good
working order over a 50-year service life. It includes:
regularly scheduled adjustments and inspections, including maintenance inspections (fire sprinkler heads,
HVAC systems) and regulatory inspections (elevators, bridges)
preventive maintenance tasks
emergency response and service calls for minor repairs
major repairs or replacement of facility components (usually accomplished by contract) that are expected
to occur periodically throughout the facility service life
This work includes regular roof replacement, refinishing wall surfaces, repairing and replacing electrical, heating,
and cooling systems, replacing tile and carpeting, and similar types of work.1 It does not include repairing or
replacing non-attached equipment or furniture, or building components that typically last more than 50 years (such
as foundations and structural members). Sustainment does not include restoration, modernization, environmental
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Facilities Sustainment also generally allows for overhead costs, which include architectural and engineering services.
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