What's Important and When
Capital Program Support
Asset Planning
GSA must shape its Capital Program and portfolio decisions with consideration to their
context. The Local Portfolio Plan (LPP) and Asset Business Plan (ABP) are important
tools and typically are required by the Planning Call. The LPP helps to make GSA
portfolio decisions within the larger community, with respect to GSA's multi-asset
needs in that community. The ABP helps to make asset-specific project decisions, with
Erie, PA
respect to each asset's holistic needs and GSA's long-term plans for the asset.
Visitors to the new Erie
Courthouse complex see
Pre-Planning
how GSA's Capital Program
Maintains up-to-date ABPs and forges effective asset team.
meets customer needs and
contributes to our national
Feasibility Study
built legacy, but they won't
Evaluates broad alternatives that may impact multiple GSA properties
see all the planning that
and the community.
made it possible.
Relies on the LPP and relevant ABPs.
Early in the Feasibility Study,
Program Development Study
it was clear that the court's
needs were growing faster
Evaluates more focused micro-level alternatives, often within a single
than anticipated. The team
GSA property.
needed a creative solution.
Relies most heavily on ABPs.
After studying options, they
recommended renovation of
Budget Development
the endangered Beaux-Arts
The Feasibility Study and the PDS must incorporate the required cost estimate types
county library, an Art Deco
men's store, and a Moderne
and sources, as outlined in the latest Planning Call. Both studies must clearly define the
federal building linked
firewall that separates the budgets for shell and TI costs.
together with a new annex.
Pre-Planning
The complex testifies to the
Tracks budget development and performance in GSA projects.
value of creative thinking
and the positive impact of
Feasibility Study
GSA's Capital Program for
Ensures that the site budget for future site acquisition is sufficient, based on
an entire community.
macro-level program test fits, likely availabilities, and supportable market data.
Creates a budget that can accommodate potential changes in the project
definition due to site acquisition issues, mission or operation changes at the
customer agency, and increased costs.
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