ITEM
108-107-R0700 JULY 6-7, 2000
DATE:
June 23, 2000
TO: Board of Regents of Higher
Education
FROM:
Rod Sundsted
Associate Commissioner
for Fiscal Affairs
SUBJECT: Long Range Building Program – Project
Priority List
Attached
is the proposed project priority list for the Long Range Building Program. After approval by the Board of Regents, the
priority list must be submitted to the Architecture and Engineering Division,
Department of Administration, for consideration in preparation of the Executive
Budget. I have also included
information regarding each project including information about on-going
operation and maintenance where applicable.
At
the May, 2000, board meeting, I presented the priority lists that were
developed by each university. This
proposed MUS list has been developed with the cooperation of both universities,
and reflects the generally accepted principles that projects addressing failed
systems, critical deferred maintenance, code compliance and life safety
deficiencies should be the highest priorities for the MUS. Adaptive renovations that address code
compliance, life safety and critical deferred maintenance issues were generally
given priority over new construction. These
are the same principles used during the development of the FY00-FY01 project
priority list for the MUS. While the
attached MUS project priority list has the support of both universities and the
commissioner’s office, it has resulted in several departures from the original
campus lists as noted below:
1.
The
MSU project priority list had the proposed new Advanced Technology Center at
MSU-Northern, which received planning funds from the previous legislature,
prioritized higher (number 4) than Phase II of the Cowen Hall Deferred
Maintenance project (number 12). The
priority of these projects was reversed on the proposed MUS list consistent
with the principles noted above. The
Cowen Hall deferred maintenance project was number 5 on the MUS priority list
last session. This project received
partial funding that is being used to replace windows and plan the balance of
the needed work. Phase II of the
project would renovate some existing office and classroom space and replace
mechanical and electrical systems to provide up-to-date air conditioning,
ventilation and power distribution. The
project will also correct existing deferred maintenance problems and bring the
building into compliance with ADA.
2.
The
UM number 6 and 9 priorities and the MSU number 10 priority were combined into
a MUS system priority number 11 to deal with critical code compliance,
disability access, life safety and fire alarm deficiencies.
3.
The
MSU number 6 and the UM number 14 priorities were combined into a MUS system
priority number 12 for system-wide roof replacements.
4.
The
MSU number 11 priority (no similar project was identified by UM) to develop a
university-wide facilities master plan was expanded to include a MUS
system-wide facilities master plan at priority number 17. This would allow the system to contract with
a nationally recognized outside firm to aid in the development of a MUS
facility master plan.
5.
The
MSU priority number 4 (MSU-Northern, Advanced Technology Center) and number 9
(COT-Billings, New Building Addition) were moved to MUS priorities 19 and
20. The UM priority number 15
(COT-Helena, New Facility) was moved to MUS priority number 18. These changes reflect the principles that
new facilities should be a lower priority than failed systems, critical
deferred maintenance, code compliance, and life safety projects. However, these three projects that involve
new facilities were ranked as the highest priority for new construction on the
MUS campuses.
c: Commissioner Crofts
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