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Introduction
The primary audience for this Site Selection Guide is GSA’s real estate and design professionals and the customer agencies. A secondary audience for this Guide comprises the many stakeholders in the site acquisition process, including other members of the government, as well as GSA’s partners. This Guide will be used by individuals possessing a wide range of site acquisition, site selection, and design knowledge. GSA has broad discretion in selecting sites for public buildings under 40 U.S.C. § 3304. This Guide provides an outline for the entire site selection process. It is a menu of best site selection practices, GSA experience, and recommendations. Suggestions include who the participants should be, what roles they play, when the various activities of the process occur, and where the requirements can be found. GSA recognizes that every site selection is unique and that the required activities vary for every project. This Guide encourages best practices for site selection in order to ensure completeness and consistency nationwide, to address the needs of the customer and the community, and to work toward a healthy environment. It is based on the premise that site selection is the first step toward responsible development. Most important, this Site Selection Guide is a tool for finding the most appropriate sites from economic, programmatic, and policy perspectives.
Benefits of Using the Site Selection Guide By following the steps and suggestions in this Guide, the user can:
Tools and Resources This Guide includes useful tools and resources, such as simplified process charts, comprehensive checklists, project examples, sample worksheets, and examples, to illustrate the recommendations and suggestions. The following are some of the innovations in the Guide:
Last Reviewed 9/25/2008
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