Abstract
This systems analysis of the Corps of Engineers approach to design and construction comprises a year's research by the Civil Engineering Systems Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University. The study is perhaps unique in its application of systems engineering to a large and complex engineering system in being; the Directorate of Military Construction (DMC), Office of the Chief of Engineers, and its design and construction mission. The study is parallel to other efforts being made in the building process to cope with today's many and varied problems in design and construction. The word that characterizes today's design and construction is "complex." A recent method that has proved to be successful in coping with large complex operations, such as the DMC, is systems engineering or the "systems approach." The purpose of this study is to determine the present modus operandi the Corps of Engineers uses to accomplish its military construction mission for the Army, Air Force, and NASA; and to structure this operation as a system. The study notes feedback processes and best use of available data for use in investigations, future designs, and research programs in present projects. Preferred sequences are prepared within existing regulations and organizations for decision making in design, construction, and research operations. ...
Coulter, Carleton (1968). A systems analysis of the Corps of Engineers approach to design and construction. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -171717.