Discussion Focuses on Sensible Reforms to VA Construction Program
AGC arranged for several large and small members to meet last week with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson to discuss the agency’s construction program. While AGC and its members noted the problems they collectively face in the field, the bulk of the discussion centered upon ways the VA could reform its construction program. Some of those reforms included the establishment of decisions resolution boards, an industry peer review program, and standardized agency facility designs.
Secretary McDonald and Deputy Secretary Gibson welcomed the feedback, sought collaborative solutions and encouraged continued dialogue with AGC and its members. AGC noted its continued desire to partner with them and their agency.
This meeting comes after AGC took the unprecedented step of calling on Congress to remove and replace VA’s Office of Construction and Facilities Management as construction manager of the agency's major construction program (projects above $10 million) with the best-qualified federal owner through thoughtful transition process.
For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at 703-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org. Return to Top