George Mullet - Facilities Planner

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The Renovation Planning Office is responsible for remodeling and renovation projects on campus. The staff members of this office offer design and consulting services as well as cost estimating for projects that are capital funded or locally or departmentally funded.

It is the responsibility of the Facilities Planner; in conjunction with the Facilities Planning Department at the main campus in Columbus, to determine whether a space renovation should be classified as capital or maintenance in nature. For the purposes of this determination, the following general guidelines are used.

1. A request will be deemed capital in nature if, upon completion of the project, there is a significant increase in the value or useful life of the space being renovated or altered, or if there is a substantial change in the purpose or function of such space. Expenditures for approved projects of this nature will ordinarily be budgeted and accounted for through the budget administration process.

2. A request will be deemed maintenance in nature if it does not substantially meet the criteria for a capital project as discussed above. Examples of maintenance projects include routine painting, emergency repairs, etc. Expenditures for items of this nature will ordinarily be charged against the Facilities Services department budget for operation and maintenance of the physical plant, unless other sources of funding are specified.

Requests for space renovations must be by the department chair or director and then forwarded to the Renovations Planning office for scope cost estimate. When needed, the Renovations Planning office will engage the services of architects, engineers or other consultants to assist in defining the project.

A listing of project requests for the Wooster campus with estimated cost is then returned to the Director’s Office for prioritization. From this list a consolidated list of prioritized requests is then prepared and sent to the Facilities Planning Department in Columbus. The prioritization process is repeated again at the University level. After review and approval by the President, the list is presented to the Control Board for final review and approval.