Paired cost comparison, a benchmarking technique for identifying areas of cost improvement in environmental restoration projects and waste management activities

Technical Report · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:111698

Wainikainen, A P.E. ^[1]; Mallick, P; Meador, S

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1. Dames and Moore, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This paper provides an overview of benchmarking and how the Department of Energy`s Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management used benchmarking techniques, specifically the Paired Cost Comparison, to identify cost disparities and their causes. The paper includes a discussion of the project categories selected for comparison and the criteria used to select the projects. Results are presented and factors that contribute to cost differences are discussed. Also, conclusions and the application of the Paired Cost Comparison are presented.

• Research Organization: Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 111698
• Report Number(s): CONF-940225--Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFORMATION NEEDS
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
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RELIABILITY
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