Federal Laboratory Modernization Cost Controls
A federal laboratory modernization that needed earned value reporting the agency could defend to oversight.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Mid-Atlantic
- Market
- Government & Civic
- Our role
- Earned value and cost forecasting
- Size
- 320,000 SF
- Delivery
- Design-Bid-Build
- Duration
- 34 months
- Completed
- 2025
What was at stake.
The agency had to report cost and schedule performance to oversight bodies each quarter. The contractor's schedule was not cost-loaded, and progress was reported as percent complete with no link to budget.
What we did.
Beck Franklin's role: earned value and cost forecasting. We advise and measure; the contractor builds.
Cost-loaded schedule
We loaded the schedule with budget by control account, so earned value could be measured.
Monthly SPI and CPI
SPI, CPI and EAC were calculated every month and checked against field progress.
Variance reporting
Variances beyond thresholds were explained in writing with a corrective action.
Oversight-ready
Quarterly reports followed the agency's format, ready to send without rework.
What the team delivered.
Oversight wants numbers it can trust. Earned value tied to field progress gave the agency those numbers.
Cost engineer, Beck Franklin
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