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National Institutes of Health - Buildings and Facilities

The Buildings and Facilities program plans, designs, and constructs facilities to support the current and emerging scientific research requirements of the National Institutes of Health, while also maintaining responsible stewardship of existing facilities and equipment.

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What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The program has a clear purpose and program design that is directed toward the specific needs of research activities, such as on-campus labs, equipment, animal holding facilities, and administrative space. The program uses its 5-year Strategic Facilities Plan to identify current and emerging program facility needs, as well as to assure the responsible use of resources.
  • The program has made progress on its long-term and annual goals. For example, since 2003 it has managed its buildings portfolio such that all construction projects are built according to scope, on-time, and on-budget.
  • The program's budget and performance integration is making progress in presenting the tie between funding requests and expected performance results.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Maintaining the condition of the portfolio of existing infrastructure so the average weighted Condition Index is 85.
  • Managing all buildings and facilities projects so that they are completed within 100% of the final approved total project cost.

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