Capital Planning and Construction (CPC)

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WesternU dedicates importance to providing a supportive environment for our faculty and students by investing in our campus educational and administrative spaces according to our Campus Master Plan. Our Capital Planning and Construction division keeps our government construction jurisdiction documents and procedures up-to-date and updates infrastructure Campus standards as necessary.

Capital Construction Introduction

Major Capital Projects

MajorCap focuses on external contractor assisted projects of significant construction remodel or expansion of spaces and infrastructure which can encompass machinery and equipment installation that are new and not considered existing replacement, and a thorough evaluation of bids is done using CPC, baseline construction industry-specific procurement processes with multiple criteria and extensive legal contract, terms & conditions.

Budgeting and funding requires competing bids and a CPC Industry procurement and custom-tailored scoring processes to determine best project value, followed by a budget report submitted to office of COO for CFO approvals.

Fiscal category thresholds are determined by the University. Current Major Capital Construction projects are categorized in excess of $20,000.

Timeline beginning with the engagement of the Construction Project Manager involves Pre-construction stages 2 though 4, and Construction Stages 5 through 7 as shown below. The timeframe shown below is a typical forecast depending on size and complexity of a project. Expediting schedules leads to lesser detailed planning & consequently higher cost change order projects. See bottom totals for rough forecasted duration of various stages.

Minor Construction Projects

MinorCap for small area renovations are routed though office of COO for budgeting review and internal or external resource assignment evaluations.

Budgeting and funding requires CPC contractor prequalification/selection, followed by a budget report submitted to office of COO for CFO approvals.

Fiscal category range for Minor Capital is currently under $20,000. These projects can be applied for assistance from University Capital Funding though office of COO, or funded directly by the College upon project approval.

Timeline beginning with the engagement of the Construction Project Manager involves Pre-construction stages 2 though 4, and Construction Stages 5 through 7 as shown below. The timeframe shown below is a typical forecast depending on size and complexity of a project. Expediting schedules leads to lesser detailed planning & consequently higher cost change order projects. See bottom totals for rough forecasted duration of various stages.

Construction Information & Notifications

A Notice of Construction is emailed to faculty, staff & students for new upcoming construction. During this notification period, we welcome email inquiries to coordinate your campus-wide needs in construction affected areas.

Construction Planning & Management by the Capital Planning & Construction team is done exclusively though external contractors and vendors. Project Programming assistance is done internally by the Campus Architect. The Construction Project Manager converts programming needs into Requests for Proposal of services to obtain construction cost estimates.

Budgets for any University approved Capital Planning & Construction projects can be funded by either the College itself, or requested to qualify for a Major Capital designated fund.

Capital Construction Projects, current and completed are shown below (as of 2020).