Description:

A project qualifies for CCHE capital construction review and inclusion in the capital construction budget if it meets the following criteria:

• Purchase of land regardless of value;
  
• Purchase, construction or demolition of buildings or other physical facilities, including utilities, or remodeling or renovation of existing buildings or other physical facilities to make physical changes necessitated by changes in the program.  Changes in program may also incorporate the need to meet standards required by applicable codes; to improve energy conservation; to save costs for facility staffing, operations or maintenance; or to improve appearance.
  
• Site improvements or development (landscaping, upgraded utilities, signage, etc.)
  
• Purchase or installation of the fixed an moveable equipment necessary for the operation of new, remodeled, or renovated buildings and other physical facilities and for the conduct of program initially housed therein upon completion of the new construction, renovation or remodeling.
  
• Purchase of services of architects, engineers, and other consultants to prepare plans, program documents, life-cycle cost studies, eneergy analyses and other studies associated with any capital construction projcect and to supervise construction or execution of such capital construction projects.
  
• Any item of instructional or scientific equipment if the cost exceeds $50,000.
  
• Information technology if the cost exceeds $500,000.
  
• Preliminary planning including initiial review of proposed projects for the following:
  -- Conformity with long-range development plans;
  -- Technical and Economic feasibility of the project;
  -- Preparation of outline plans and specifications;
  -- Preparation of preliminary cost estimates.

Capital construction projects are classified as major (total cost is more than $500,000) or minor (total project cost is greater than $15,000 but less than $500,000).

Notes:

1)  The following items cannot be included in capital construction budget requests:

• printing, publishing, photocopying and other similar costs related to project administration;
  
• postage, certified mailings, long-distance telephone charges, etc.;
  
• employee compensation or reimbursment for time performing project-related work regardless of the work performed;
  
• reimbursment of "in-town" expenses such as food, fuel,etc;
  
• travel and lodging expenses directly related to project management;
  
• renting or leasing temporary space for people and equipment to accommodate construction projects; these costs must be paid from operating funds

2)  Information technology projects can be funded as capital construction if they meet the following criteria:

• they total $500,000 or more in the request year and the majority of the components have a useful life of at least five years;
  
• Personal computer replacement or maintenace is not included in the information technology request (unless as a component of a much larger institutional computer systems upgrade);
  
• Contract personal services and other non-capital items requested as capital construction are integral components of a request.