<P>70The Military Engineer L January-February L 2010 that would result in higher construction costs and potential unstable founda- tions. Another layer identi?ed topog- raphy revealing bedrock locations that would also increase construction costs due to its durable nature. The whole layer sandwich offered a feasibility anal- ysis that illustrated site constraints that could impact the project, the garrison, the post and the entire city. All this work, which would have nor- mally required days or even weeks of on-site surveying, was completed in one hour from an of?ce miles away. Although there is a cost associated with using the USACE Europe Districts GIS services, the savings in labor cost and time offset the price tag and tend to save customers even more over the course of a project. Once data are translated into a geo- reference format, planners are provided accurate locations for potential con- struction sites down to a few centime- ters, allowing them to identify, de?ne and relocate structures in any way they deem ?t. More importantly, GIS allows customers to see the hypothetical what ifs in a matter of minutes. The bene?ts of GIS have become es- pecially important as the USACE Europe District hopes to begin site planning ef- forts for a new hospital in Kaiserslautern, Germany, that is expected eventually to replace the aging Landstuhl Regional Hospital. Anticipated to have a total cost of roughly $1 billion over the course of smaller phases and an estimated ?ve years, the project would likely need close to 100 acres—the perfect project to showcase the capabilities of GIS. If project funding is approved, USACE Europe District planners propose to map a series of constraints for the entire region to identify areas with high and low levels of constructability. About 12 locations have already been identi?ed as potential constructions sites. By us- ing GIS, the pros, cons and restrictions attached to those sites, revealing a more accurate construction price tag, can be revealed and weighed by architects and engineers. Making Progress Beyond construction, the Europe Dis- tricts GIS capabilities also help garrisons survey and measure existing infrastruc- ture as well as map updates on Army installations across the European the- ater. These resources give directorates of public works a more accurate picture of the operations and maintenance funds needed to manage and maintain their installations. But GIS products are only as good as the manner in which they are applied, and in Europe, the incorporation of GIS into the construction process is happen- ing at a pace slower than that of the dis- tricts USACE counterparts in the U.S. For now, as the Europe District works to incorporate initiatives such as build- ing information modeling and Leader- ship in Energy and Environmental De- sign into construction processes and legal framework with other countries, administrators are looking to expand GIS capabilities. So far, two inde?nite delivery teams are being created, and planners hope the inclusion of GIS in the planning section to perform plan- ning tasks and analysis will grow in the future, bene?tting Army garrisons and other Department of Defense customers across Europe. Rachel V. Goodspeed is Technical Writer-Edi- tor, Philip Cohen is Chief, Planning Section, and Thomas Rodehaver is CAD/GIS Admin- istrator, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District. They can be reached at +49 611 9744 2847, or rachel.v.goodspeed@usace.army.mil; +49 611 9744 2825, or philip.m.cohen@ usace.army.mil; and +49 611 9744 2418, or thomas.r.rodehaver@usace.army.mil, respec- tively. 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