Vision

The Department of Capital Projects is a model facilities organization dedicated to improving the built environment supporting the University’s goal of national pre-eminence in higher education. We are a diverse, professional team with a strong commitment to the customer, efficiently providing safe, quality facilities.

Mission

The Department of Capital Projects provides quality, cost effective project design, construction and equipment services to support the University’s mission and community.

Capital Projects Units:

The Project Management units are responsible for managing assigned capital projects, from pre-design through construction, equipping and closeout. Primary duties within this unit include project cost control; schedule management; quality assurance; management of pre-design, design, construction, and commissioning services. This unit also oversees the acquisition and receipt of capital equipment and coordinates with clients to assure efficient move-in and start up.

The Design/Construction Quality Assurance unit oversees the quality assurance program for design, construction and capital equipment. This unit is responsible for the ongoing development and maintenance of the University's Design Criteria and Facilities Standards, for coordinating reviews of projects under design, for development of capital equipment lists, and for day-to-day construction inspection, testing and coordination of construction activities with campus operations.

The Support Services unit helps to meet both individual project and overall program needs and provides project data to a variety of internal and external customers. The unit also provides scheduling, cost estimating, cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, time allocation, record management and various administrative support services.