The National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday it has migrated all up-to-date data on the buildings at its eight sites to the BUILDER system, which it called a “cutting-edge infrastructure management took” backed by the National Academy of Sciences.
The system, developed by the Pentagon and owned by the federal government, “will provide greater consistency and transparency on infrastructure management” when completely operational in fiscal 2018 at the NNSA, according to a press release.
“This data migration marks another major step by NNSA to transform our management and operations culture into one that is accountable and efficient at all levels,” NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz said in the release. “NNSA is committed to meeting our mission goals while ensuring we are good stewards of taxpayer dollars.”
The BUILDER system is being used increasingly throughout the federal government, the agency said.
“NNSA is leading the U.S. Government in development of an agency-specific BUILDER functionality module that allows for evaluation of the risks mitigated by modernization,” said James McConnell, NNSA associate administrator for safety, infrastructure, and operations, in the release. “Upon full implementation of BUILDER, NNSA will have a standardized master equipment list of all major building systems and components, with a comparable, consistent understanding of infrastructure conditions.”