Military Bases

Army Revised Cost Estimates for the Rock Island and Other Realignments to Redstone Gao ID: NSIAD-93-59FS November 23, 1992

The Commission on Base Realignment and Closure recommended in July 1991 that 36 bases be closed and 43 others be moved or realigned; one of these realignments involved the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois. The Army estimated that moving portions of the Rock Island Arsenal to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama would cost $76.8 million, including $38.3 million for military construction at Redstone. In light of concerns that the construction cost estimate for the move had almost doubled from the $38.3 million figure cited, this fact sheet reviews the Army's cost estimates.

GAO found that: (1) construction estimates for the realignments to Redstone have changed from $55.2 million, estimated in July 1991, to $41.6 million, estimated in October 1992; (2) construction costs estimates differed because of the number of additional buildings required at Redstone; and (3) since the 1991 estimate, the overall one-time implementation cost estimates for the realignment to Redstone have increased from $93.7 million to $95.5 million.



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