Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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people out there. The United States is represented
by people of all cultures and all backgrounds. So
our embassies should use the kit of parts, the
rules, but establish creativity as the norm, as the
measure that we want to pursue. Next slide.
Lifecycle costs. We heard actually a
presentation this morning that talked about how we
are seeing beneficial effects from a lifecycle
analysis. I know that that measure has come up in
our studies before and it's nice to see that good
changes are happening with OBO. You can't look at
just simply what the savings are today. That's
deplorable. We're better than that. We have to
look at the future. We are the stewards of the
future every time we take on a project.
So, we have to look at the measurements.
Is the shell the same as the interior? Is the site
the same as the shell? There is not one answer for
lifecycle measurements. I think you have to look at
the shell that is built like the pyramid, it's going
to last forever. But you're a business. You're in
the business of diplomacy and you change every four
years, every ten years. Are we seeing churn, are we
measuring lifecycle in the interiors of these
buildings to respond to the appropriateness of churn
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