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Troy Meink: “The DAF's lean budget over the years has also resulted in a…”

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We're also looking at ways to operate more efficiently by accelerating decision making and reducing barriers to entry for industry and leveraging innovative contract structures. The DAF's lean budget over the years has also resulted in a $50 billion facilities maintenance backlog. This is compounded by the way we've traditionally done milcon, which results in cost, which results in costs more than double that of the commercial construction world. (02:09–02:16)

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Asserts that the Department of the Air Force has a $50 billion facilities maintenance backlog due to lean budgets.

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