The Triad has been applied successfully at Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture sites. The primary value of the Triad for these agencies (and other responsible parties) is its ability to achieve project goals at reduced costs and potentially within accelerated schedules. As of Fall 2003, because of the success of early Triad pilot projects, the Air Force began actively exploring at its highest programmatic levels how to expand its technical capacity to support Triad projects at a national level.