The corps has largely avoided the criticism that has dogged the project office.
Whether the corps will fare better than the project office is open to question, Mr. Barton said.
Rather, he said, the project office, with its emphasis on planning, will slim down as more contracts moved into construction.
This work continues at the project office in Springfield, Illinois as of 2011.
By June 2012 a facility to house the project office was well under construction.
Strong but small project offices must be provided both by the military and industry.
They still have assigned hangar space and a project office at Edwards.
On 27 July 2006, the joint project office was opened at Tangshan.
Overseas project offices were also established at various times.
There are 26 project offices around the world.